PS5 might quickly be joined by a ‘Pro’ variant.
With the launch of GTA 6 looming subsequent 12 months and {hardware} gross sales slowing down, Sony may very well be getting ready to launch a PS5 Pro variant this 12 months.
Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been accessible for over three years now, and as we strategy the mid-lifespan of this console era, hypothesis is constructing about whether or not Sony goes to copy what it did with the PS4 era—that’s, launch a mid-cycle refresh within the type of a PS5 Pro, akin to the PS4 Pro that adopted the PS4 in 2016.
Now, CNBC is reporting that it has obtained data from analysts suggesting {that a} “refreshed” model of the PS5 console is certainly launching this 12 months.
Notably, this improvement follows Sony reducing its gross sales forecast for the PS5 as curiosity regularly wanes. It goes with out saying that having a model-new console refresh anticipated to be extra highly effective and totally able to run the upcoming GTA 6 at excessive constancy is one thing that may spark curiosity for a lot of.
GTA 6 is at the moment set to launch in 2025, so from a gross sales perspective, it is smart for Sony to have the absolute best console prepared for the mass market earlier than what is anticipated to be a blockbuster launches.
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Also, if the previous is something to go by, each Sony and Microsoft launched mid-cycle refreshes within the type of the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X, respectively, over the last console era. Therefore, now may very well be the time that Sony repeats the identical with the price of the construct coming down.
“There seems to be a broad consensus in the game industry that Sony is indeed preparing a launch of a PS5 Pro in the second half of 2024,” Serkan Toto, CEO, Kantan Games, informed CNBC.
He added, “And Sony will want to make sure to have a great piece of hardware ready when GTA VI hits in 2025, a launch that will be a shot in the arm for the entire gaming industry.”
It will probably be attention-grabbing to see how the alleged PS5 Pro takes form, how does it Sony place it by way of worth, and most significantly, how does Microsoft responds to it?
