Sony achieved overwhelming sales figures for its PS4, well above what was seen on PS3, so looking forward to the years in which PS5 will be in stores has decided to repeat the same strategy releasing a whole arsenal of new models that include powerful Pro hardware designed to further enhance the gaming experience of the original machine.
Who needs a Pro model?
In the same way that we tell you that when PS4 Pro was announced we all had in mind that that generation released in November 2013 had not taken a really important leap With respect to the previous one, with PS5 the opposite happens to us, that many of us perceive it as powerful enough to remain active without problems until 2030, the year of its presumed retirement due to a hypothetical PS6.
But Sony doesn’t care what we perceive and has already decided that will put a PS5 Pro model on sale around half a generation, So whether you like this idea or not, you’re going to see how more vitaminized hardware arrives in stores than the one you have right now in your living room and that it has cost you horrors to get after months (and years). rationing in stores.
now what PS5 Pro is a reality is something in the public domain because it is impossible to seal the mouth of all those who work in the sector and those comments, like it or not, end up reaching the media. So all that remains is to place them in order and shape the moment in which we will have this new machine in stores. So this (we think) will be the schedule.
Summer 2023: first kits
According to some media reports, it will be over the next few months when The first PS5 Pro dev kits hit some studios, basically the ones that are owned by Sony or work with them almost exclusively. Thus, they will be able to optimize their existing releases for the technical potential that this new (medium) generation will bring us.
End of 2023: more kits for other studies
It will be before the end of 2023 when the third party Now you can try first-hand the news of PS5 Pro and implement them in the games that are going to be launched in the following months. So, the futures call of duty, FIFA (EA Sport FC), etc. They will be able to land next to the console in stores with that extra power and graphic quality implemented.
November 2024: put up for sale
Although the same sources point to the end of 2024 as the time to launch PS5 Pro on the market, we wanted to refine by specifying November because it is, traditionally, the month of that last third of the year in which the Japanese have released similar products in the past. It was in November 2016 when PS4 Pro arrived, so we can expect a similar movement in the case of the current generation and continue, thus, repeating the same steps of a strategy that has earned Sony very good results.
Does it seem like a good idea to launch another more powerful machine when we have barely recovered from the rationing of the original model?
