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A £700 PS5 Pro is an argument against "Pro" consoles altogether
The PS5 Pro is ludicrously expensive; one upside is that it might put us off the idea of "Pro" consoles for good.
The games that actually make the most of all these lovely flops are the ones at the heart of the industry's struggles over the past few years: big, five- or seven-year-long development ventures costing hundreds of millions, aiming for the live service golden goose or the GTA-level zeitgeist. As one 2018 study seemed to show, a game's performance – measured in image quality, frame rate, smoothness, controller responsiveness, and room environment – offered "no obvious correlation" to the amount of enjoyment players have. Image credit: Sony There may well be some more tangible in-game benefits that arise when we actually get our hands on it, of course, but right now, the one, true knock-on effect of a £700 piece of kit that promises to make distant background crowds slightly sharper is that it throws into doubt the entire notion of "pro" consoles altogether.
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