Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro is almost here. The PS5 Pro pushes gaming console boundaries with a more powerful GPU, better ray tracing and a narrower gap between graphical fidelity and performance. Unfortunately, it also pushes your wallet’s boundaries with a $700 price tag. (Cue spit take.) If that isn’t far beyond your console budget, today’s the first day to reserve the pricey powerhouse before its November 7 launch.
The PS5 Pro offers those upgrades in a familiar form factor: It has the same height as the original PS5 and the same width as the disc-less PS5 Slim. Like the latter, you’ll need to pay extra for a disc drive or a vertical stand.
Select games from the PS5 library will be enhanced for the new console. The company’s launch event highlighted Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Horizon Forbidden West as some of the first-party beneficiaries of the console’s upgraded capabilities. Third-party games
