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Sony officially launches PlayStation 5 Pro

Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment expands its PlayStation 5 (PS5) family with the launch of the new PlayStation 5 Pro (PS5 Pro) console. This console is the company’s most advanced and innovative gaming console. PlayStation 5 Pro was designed with deeply engaged players and game creators in mind, and includes key performance features that let you run games with higher fidelity graphics at smoother frame rates.

“With PlayStation 5 Pro, we wanted to enable our most dedicated gamers and game creators to take their PlayStation 5 experience to the next level by leveraging the most advanced console technologies,” said Hideaki Nishino, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Platform Division. said. “This is the most advanced PlayStation ever, and gives our player community the opportunity to experience games the way the developers intended. Players will be able to see this console enhance some of their favorite titles while also discovering new ones. You will be thrilled by the way it opens up.”

• Upgraded GPU: With 67% more compute units and 28% faster memory than the current PlayStation 5 console, the experience is even smoother with up to 45% faster rendering for gameplay.

• Advanced Ray Tracing: It provides more dynamic reflection and refraction of light, allowing light rays to be projected at double, and sometimes triple, the speed of current PlayStation 5 consoles.

• AI-based upscaling: Introducing PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, AI-powered upscaling that uses machine learning-based techniques to add massive amounts of detail for razor-sharp image clarity.

Game creators have embraced the PlayStation 5 Pro’s latest technology, and several games will be upgraded with the free PS5 Pro Enhanced software update to take advantage of the console’s capabilities. These include Alan Wake 2, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, F1 24, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Metal Gear Solid Delta, No Man’s Sky, and Ratchet & Clank. : Rift Apart, The Last of Us Part I, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, etc.

The PlayStation 5 Pro console currently has a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $699.99, £699.99, €799.99, 119,980 yen (tax included). This includes a 2TB solid-state drive, a DualSense wireless controller, and Astro’s Playroom, which comes pre-installed on every PlayStation 5 Pro purchase. PlayStation 5 Pro will also launch with Wi-Fi 7, the latest wireless technology in regions that support this standard.