After months of rumours and speculation, Sony has finally confirmed plans to unveil its new PS5 Pro mid-generation upgrade. Just when we were starting to worry that the new console would be pushed back until 2025, Sony has given fans an official date and time for the PlayStation 5 Pro reveal. The PS5 Pro stream will take place at 4pm BST UK time on September 10 (that’s 8am PDT for fans living in the US). Hosted by PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny, the PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation will “focus on PS5 and innovations in gaming technology”, and is scheduled to run for approximately 9 minutes.
Daily Express will update this article with the actual video stream once it goes live on the PlayStation YouTube account, so keep checking back if you want to watch the PS5 Pro reveal as it happens.
The news was announced by Sony on the PlayStation Blog, alongside a warning for content creators and streamers.
“Join us for a streamed presentation hosted by Mark Cerny, Lead Architect of the PS5 console,” reads a Sony blog post. “The 9-minute Technical Presentation will focus on PS5 and innovations in gaming technology.
“If you’re planning to save this broadcast as a VOD to create recap videos, or to repost clips or segments from the show, we advise omitting any copyrighted music.”
While we’ll find out the official PS5 Pro release date, price and pre-order information during the event, the timing would suggest that the console will launch in November.
In terms of pricing, recent reports suggest the console will launch with a surprise hidden cost that could affect millions.
Indeed, it’s believed the PS5 Pro may not launch with a built-in disc-drive. It’s more likely that Sony will go down the PS5 Slim route, where disc-drives can be purchased separately and attached to the hardware.
While this would keep costs down for fans of digital media, the millions of PlayStation fans who prefer physical games will have to pay extra.
Whatever the case, fans should be able to get hands-on with the PS5 Pro during this year’s Tokyo Game Show event at the end of September.
As for specs, the PS5 Pro should perform about 45% faster than the current model. The larger GPU will reportedly use faster system memory to improve ray-tracing by up to three times.
The PS5 Pro CPU will be the same as the current model, but will have a mode that can increase performance by around 10%.
“Trinity has a mode that targets 3.85GHz CPU frequency,” reads a report on The Verge. “Sony will offer developers the ability to pick between a ‘standard mode’ at 3.5GHz or the ‘high CPU frequency mode’ at 3.85GHz.”
Finally, developers will have access to more system memory with the PS5 Pro, which should make it easier to improve resolutions and increase frame-rates.
Games that deliver significant improvements will reportedly ship with a PS5 Pro Enhanced tag to make it easier for the customer to identify titles that utilise the console’s superior architecture.