So I spent a day with the PS5 Pro...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- I'm gonna get some hate for this video and that's okay. But, I just don't see the value with the PS5 Pro. Not yet at least. Only time will tell.
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Thanks for the review. But that water heater is giving me anxiety lol.
Right! 😂
@@shadowronin yeaaahh I had to turn my big ass walk in closet into a gaming room and it inconveniently has a water heater in there. I plan to buy a colorful back drop/tapestry to mitigate the boring background.
Great review and true assessment. I thought about upgrading, but I barely have had time to play my current PS5 games. So, I'll wait until it comes down in price a little, or just wait until PS6.
@@PoeLemic I’d just stick with the current PS5 you have now. You’re good at this point. Unless you wanna sell it and pay the difference for an upgrade, could be an options but I personally wouldn’t bother.
Did the same and tested the same games except for Stellar Blade. I own a disc copy and could not get a disc drive. Saw minimal differences. I do see the value of the pro later on when price drops and titles come out for it. Its price and no disc drives are hurting the pro's launch. I love the water heater.
They won’t drop the price of the PS5 until the PS6 comes out in 2 to 3 years.
Are you using a tv/monitor that takes full advantage of the pro ? Did you select Pro optimized games - ? 🤔🧐
@@chris-_-3073 I used a 4k, 120hz, HDR10, 65 inch TV. Yea, I maxed out every possible setting for every possible game that supports the Pro enhanced features. That’s why I made the video.
The only time it’s worth it imo, is if you have a TV with VRR (120hz) to achieve an unlocked frame rate at 4K with the PSSR tech. Or a monitor
I just bought an LG C3, do you recommend it?
@ Yes, definitely. LG is pretty much the best of the best when it comes to tv’s.
Software Engineer here. Slightly older than you but you're spot on pretty much. Definitely remember Onimusha as well as the cinematic videos in the game were ahead of their time. One thing though, this is the earliest version of PSSR. There needs to be more updates to the SDK and other firmware in order to better utilize the hardware acceleration. So its going to get better in like a year once they have better optimized the software. It will be similar to your experience with Stellar Blade. But yes if you need a PS5 today PS5 pro may not be the best option. The verdict should be sometime next year. Sony needed to release it now and start working out the software kinks so that by the time the PS6 releases with hardware acceleration for upscaling the software is quite mature.
@@rsKayiira This is very enlightening. Makes sense. I actually forgot to mention this in my video but I feel like the PS5 Pro was released too early. But based on what you’re saying, makes sense why they did it.
@@MackDaddyVic Yes you're very right they released it too early, but it was for technical reasons. The nature of Software Development has changed so better to push out the hw now. Thats why they didnt launch it with specific titles to showcase the hw. So most likely you'll see games like GTA 6 and Wolverine benefit from all the updates being made to the PSSR software and the PS5 SDK. PSSR software is currently on version ~1.0 for the most stable version. As well with all this the empirical data may come out that even with the updates it still doesnt produce a bigger leap over the PS5 in terms of visual fidelity. But certainly in terms of fps performance thats confirmed. So you'll definitely get a clearer picture in the coming months. Best of luck with your channel.
Might as well wait for the PS6 in two to three years.
Fuck this video was perfect!! I own all three consoles and all my thoughts about the fat slim and pro are brought to life in this vid. Thank you brotha, I really hope this vid goes viral
@@Strika562 thanks man that means a lot, seriously. Appreciate you brotha man.
I have one and what IS worth it is double the frame rate without dropping clearity. I have a 4k 120hz tv and a standard 4k 60 tv. I didnt get a 1440p 60 or a 4k 30 tv. 4k 60-120. Id like my games to match that. Thats when it really starts showing major differences when your high end display is maxed out
Everyone is dumping on the Pro because of the price. If it were 400 with a dual sense it would getting called the bargain of the century. I got one to go with my lg c2 oled and it is spectacular!
Just a regular consumer sitting next to his hot water tank. 😂😂😂
Exactly, that's crazy work.🤣
Need a nice OLED 120 htz .. unfortunately but yeah with OLED you see the difference but not that worth it but maybe in the future
I brought the ps5 slim with disc drive 2 weeks ago on sale. I am not paying $1199.00 AUD and still need a drive which you cannot get here at the moment. I am coming from a PS3. So I will enjoy the 5 slim. Thanks for the video
@@kimbridge5592 absolutely man, the extra cost for the pro just doesn’t make sense.
If u have an older tv or a lower to mid tier LED, don’t buy a PS5 Pro because you’re not gonna notice the difference because that tv is not gonna have the specs to match the Pro but if u had an MLA or QD-OLED then that’s when the difference becomes more noticeable. Those people returning their pros and say there’s no difference may need to consider upgrading the tv b4 they return it or don’t buy one at all
I have one….retuned it
When i saw Golden Eye in 97, I was blown away 😂😂😂
Couldn't agree more. What's with all these TH-camrs saying it's "so worth it" , literally the dumbest advice you could give people.
@@JZAB1018 I’m assuming these TH-camrs are paid to say it’s good so they can keep getting endorsement deals with Sony. That’s my theory.
It’s definitely worth it, if you’re coming from a base PS4, maybe PS4 Pro. Other than that would be a very dumb decision to make. It would be better if you saved your $700 for future PC builds.
NONSENSE!
Its worth it as we speak if you have a tv thats 120 hz and supports VRR. Calisto Protocol, Last of Us Remastered, Horizon Forbidden West and any game where effort was taken on the upgrades makes it very competitive with mid to high end PCs at a cheaper price point. Its still early days and many more games need to be enhanced before its universally accepted though. No PC for me. Waste of resources and time.
@UniversalStand a 4060 is mid at best. Some argue it's low end for the current generation of cards.
Plus, the CPU is equivalent to a low-end 3700x, and 16GB of RAM is low-end.
My PC can produce nearly 20x the raster amd raytracing of the PS5 Pro.
one is definitely going to need the Pro, when GTA6 comes out, Base PS5 probably won't run it as smooth as possible
Of course it will, will run at 30fps
Main reason why there’s not a huge difference is because the Pro has the exact same CPU as the base ps5 so it limits the system 🥴. Also We’re kind of at a plateau fidelity wise as far as technology goes which is why Frame rate (which is more important anyway) should be the bigger priority. One reason why I switched to PC gaming lol
I mean you’re really only paying for storage the other stuff is icing on the cake, I’ll be keeping mine.
@@ChromeArmor fair enough man, keep on keeping on
I like this guy. He's honest. Refreshing to see. So many are shilling.
@@Loophole23742 thanks man. I’m just being myself. This is just a hobby for me. Appreciate you!
Really shilling they got to be gaslighting me because I own a ps5 pro and when I say the differences in like 98% of games currently is so small I mean it. But you got people making videos almost cumming in their pants saying how amazing it is and I’m like are we looking at the same thing.
he confirms your bias you mean lol
Shilling ? We all have opinions bud
Tired seeing these people "what type of tv you have, you need an oled 4k tv" its like bro that shit causes just as much as the ps5 pro 🤦♂️
@@smwfreak1647 Yeah it’s like dude if you got that kind of money to buy a massive 4k OLED tv and a PS5 pro, you probably got enough to buy a monster ass gaming PC at that point might as well go that route.
@@MackDaddyVic exactly
He didn’t say it wasn’t better. He just said it wasn’t $300 better. I got one too and took it back because it wasn’t that much different from my base ps5. I don’t get why you guys get so upset when people say this. If you’re enjoying the pro. That’s good nobody is telling you to take yours back
@ exactly man. Buy and play whatever y’all want. I just think that extra $200-$300 can be spent better elsewhere like maybe on a bunch of new games or something.
@@crunchypunchfn7880 true ngl lol
Thanks for the honest review sounds like a waste if your own a PS5 and Xbox Series X already i was going to get a pro then when i got to the mail i got a new winter coat 2 sets of wireless headphone's for Xbox and PS5 and a an 80 gram Sliver chain with a Cross after i got home i was like to my self i would'nt of had these of i went threw with the pro . And everything you said in this vidio i agree with.
Ngl my PS4 Pro still looks amazing in my opinion. Only reason I want a PS5 is for brand new games
@@fernandodominguez9143 yeah I don’t blame you.
That's mainly the reason for owning a PS5, newer games, to push better graphics and gameplay
Hear me out, instead of consoles getting more powerful, games need to get more optimized...
@@braeden252 I couldn’t agree with you more man. That’s a major problem nowdays. You are absolutely right.
Games can only get more optimized by the hardware as the developers take advantage of tweaking the games to the best of their quality
Love video!im new at this to but hope urs grows man.
@@gamingfromjohnwayne thanks man, I hope yours does too you got a decent channel there
@MackDaddyVic wel thank u hard when u have no help but I get it!!!
My friend i am 40 i truly grew up with them as they came out i am one of the guy's who us to use ACE as a game name in high score's i only said one of the guy's because i am sure i was not the only guy to do that but i remember useing that name about 10 year's ago and must of been some kid online say's ACE how Original and i said hey kid or whoever i was the guy to use ACE in the high score's as i Literally grew up playing each system and in the Arcades as a 10-year-old in 94 putting in ACE 😂😂 anyways just wanted to sure yes I didn't play atari cause I didn't really like it but I didn't play Nintendo yes i know it came out in 1985 i was bron in 84 but i have one in the 80's then sega then N64 PS1 PS2 PS3 PS4 PS5 and all the Xbox's gameing truly is and still is a big part of my life i really live how amazingly good they have gotten.
cant even promise things will be better in the future either. we are seeing problems with the ps5 pro performance and upscale gimmick in current gen titles and we all know games get more complex and more demanding at time goes on so if the cracks are showing now and you barely see any difference. then you get the point.
I agree big time. I've watched reviews from IGN and other huge big companies on there comparisons of games from PS5 to PS5 Pro and some games have better graphics in little tiny areas like the grass or detail of bricks. But it's not a major super upgrade of wow omg! It's like ok a little bit better, but barely. So it's at the point of why buy the PS5 Pro? Sure the whole deal of it is you can get the steady 60 FPS or faster along with the better graphics instead of choosing better graphics or better frame rate on regular PS5. I get it for sure. But with how high the details of everything now in games, you can't spot those little tiny differences. Because when your playing the game it goes by and you're just not going to go oh hey that looks better now. No. Seriously, the same games look exactly the same, no difference. The only benfit of the PS5 Pro at this point is higher frame rate along with good graphics. So basically to say it in a small way is the PS5 Pro is good if you want 30 to 60 more frame rate in your games while having good resolution. It's like barely better. So it's not worth it.
@@davidbailey9464 yeah those extra frames for me just don’t warrant the extra $200-$300 price jump. Doesn’t make sense to me other than maybe this console will be more future proofed when video games start getting even more demanding 3-5 years from now. That’s the only conclusion I can come to.
great review bro
@@abzabz7035 thank you brah 😀
If people want to buy something because it makes them happy (and if they can easily afford it) I think that shouldn't matter to complete strangers. I personally have no interest in a Switch, but I don't care if it sells like gangbusters because lots of people enjoy it. I love the higher framerates on the Pro, and I think it's a little weird that people are so angry that random people that they don't even know are enjoying their PS5 Pros.
I say buy whatever you want. But don’t buy it if you already have a base PS5. That’s where it doesn’t make much sense to me.
@@MackDaddyVic OK, well I can explain my situation if that provides any insight.
I have a 75" QLED TV, and I sit about 7 feet back from it. I don't have a Switch, an Xbox, or now a gaming PC (since Steam just randomly decided to not support Windows 7 one day, even though I have a 1080Ti in my PC which ran all the games I played great. My entire PC library has been yanked out from under me.)
So, the only current gaming machine I owned was the PS5. It made sense to get the best version of that to me (and I could easily afford it.) I can see the differences clearly and am really enjoying it, especially the higher fps.
Graphics are perfect, Now if only devs would put the time into actual game quality we would be in gaming heaven (Until the newest breakthrough in technology)
I think gaming needs a plateau for a few years, no "MasSiVe NeW InNoVaTiOn!!!" shit, just devs knowing the hardware and producing their masterpieces
@@Dedramir Yeah that’s what I’m saying. Video games look good enough right now. Just hone in on making extremely fun and memorable experiences instead of this copy and paste, boring, woke, confused, nonsense we’ve been getting lately.
The pro is selling on playing best fps at quality of course you don’t see massive improvements the whole point was play at best performance with quality without choosing one or either. And for the feel of the game not just visuals. Ya missing the point expecting night and day difference.
The honest opinion i fucking heard about the gaming industry in 2024 .Well done brother! Everyone is loosing his mind about fps ,4k and staff like this.Actually,we miss the whole point of enjoying videogames,which is in my opinion to escape from the reality
Lol. You said you started with PlayStation and watched the evolution. I'm 45 and started out with an Atari 2600.
Oh I know, I’ve seen the older school consoles. The first game ever invented was Pong lol we came from that from the 70’s lol
What kind of TV are you playing on?
@@demiani6237 65 inch 4K, UHD, 120hz
he is playing on a color TV
@@MackDaddyVic Yeah but what tv? The fact you can't give a straight answer... 😂
@@kaydee4790 the tv matters, even the moniter of choice
@@MackDaddyVic Name? Model?
Great grounded review. You’re funny too bro thanks for the vid
@@PadeJuan lol thanks man. I’m gonna keeping making more videos and being my stupid self. Hope to see you around.
Personally, i like the idea of faster FPS, potentially better detail and potentially quiter and cooler temps.
Totally overpriced, but eh. i bought it because fuck it.
Yes i know you need a tv that takes advantage of the extra detail etc.
It's called a placebo effect but I'm guessing it didn't work on you that much and GTA6 is not going to run above 30fps on the pro I highly doubt it will
What a honest review kudos my dude what you just said is the reason i stayed away from getting the pro if only other sony fan boys were like you thanks for the vid
I need to see ur gaming set up
@@Mando2104L I’ll make a video on it soon!
Curious, what TV were you using for your test? And does it have 120hz?
@@bloodline271 4K, 120Hz, 65 inch
@@MackDaddyVic Don't use no TCL bro...
Did you enable the HDR10 support on those games?
@@XBurningMFinger I enabled every possible setting to the maximum for each game. The game that had HDR support, had the HDR enabled. However, HDR does nothing to affect graphical fidelity. All HDR does is produce a wider range of light and shadows on a given image. So HDR is somewhat irrelevant to giving a game better graphics/framerate/textures.
Nicely explained between the PS5 and BS5 Pro 👌, Digital Foundry are Rubbish lol 😅
@@Thunder_Light207 BS5 😂
I've had 3 friends take it back and people don't believe me 😂😂
@@workbirdygaming I believe ya.
896,55 dollar ( 849 euro ) here in Finland and i own normal ps5, i am not in hurry to buy ps5 pro :D
The review was the most honest and spot on!
@@chazman1974 that means a lot for you to say that. Thank you very much!
Whats ur tv? I wish u can provide the tv model code if u know what i mean
@@azyt695 it’s a Samsung, 4K, 120hz, HDR10, low latency TV. It costed me around $700 2 years ago. It’s a very nice TV.
The tv or Moniter is what matters
i just bought a 5 Pro played it only 2 days went back to my 5 OG. I thought GTA online would benefit it didn't WWE 2k24 again thought i see improvements nothing. The games that are Pro pacific i dont play those
The whole point of the ps5 pro was to bridge the gap from quality and performance mode… you’re obviously not the target audience as this console is not for the majority but the minorty.. only a certain amount of people are going to buy this… meant for mainly enthusiasts. As was the the ps4 pro only about 25 percent of people had them
Enthusiasts buy physical copies of games. This is not an enthusiast machine.
@ that’s what the slot for the disk drive is for
@@andyduhh4278you missed his point lol and that’s ok
@@Mr.Rodgers720 and what point is that
If you bought this consule for image quality, you will be extremely disappointed. I bought this consule for a boost in fps, PSSR, and 2TB SSD. and thats it. Im able to play alot of my games are 60 fps/120fps stable now. Set your expectations people.
Kick his Ass 😂get them subs Dawg!!! 😂 😂😂😂 Sending the Kitty 🐱 Love ❤️!!!
Is it safe to sit that close to a water heater???🤯
Probably not! But it’s all I got to work with right now for my current living situation.
@@MackDaddyVic aint gonna hurt u
Partner sitting next to the water heater 😂😂😂
@@ryanl3407 I have roomates and I rent the master bedroom. So the only place I could make a gaming setup was in the walk-in closet that’s in this room. And inconveniently enough, there’s a water heater in here. It’s annoying lol
the thing is if you got a good monitor or tv (which cost more than the pro) then you kind of have to get the pro otherwise its pointless to own that monitor/tv. if you dont have that monitot/tv then its pointless to own a pro because you cant see a difference. its simple as that
@@Danmas305 I did my test on a 65 inch, 4k, QLED, 120hz, HDR10 TV. Doesn’t get much better than that. Maybe if you throw OLED panel in the mix then sure, but OLED is not necessary.
@ yes true you have seen the difference but you dont care about it😂 lot of people say there is like no difference but thats a lie. i think with the 2tb upgrade and the fact that this console gonna cover the next 4-5 years of gaming and the option to sell the old ps5 i find nothing wrong about buying the pro except that we give sony the feedback that such a pricetag is acceptable which is for sure a downside and gonna be a problem in the future
I have a Sony oled 4k 120hz VRR 65” and to be real it’s not much of a difference.
@ my point exactly
Good honest review! You got my sub 👌
Thanks for the sub!
I love your video
@@invincible5104 thanks brotha!
I don't particularly agree with your takes regarding gaming, but I just wanted to say that you're absolutely killing it with your guitar videos. You're very good
@@MarluxiaX2 thanks brotha
I'm more worried about the Trump tariffs sorry for being political, but it is kind of a mandatory thing to bring up. It is possible the PS5 pro could be $950 or $1,000 that could affect the sales
Going to effect all of electronics in USA
100% agree
Ps5 is a little extra for a lot of money. A lot of money for what it offers. It's like buying a large meal at Mcdees just to get a few extra fries if the large meal was twice the price of the standard. Last gen's mid gen refresh was an upgrade worth getting. Xbox one x vs Xbox one was an upgrade worth getting, the difference was night and day, even the jump from ps4 to ps4 pro is a bigger jump than the jump from ps5 to the ps5 pro and this upgrade is significantly more money than last gen's pro models.
Not to be that guy but only cognitive dissonance can justify seeing value in the ps5 pro. Definitely not a night and day difference despite being double the price of the standard ps5😂😂😂
People think those that don't rate the pro are just salty or broke but really it's not about the money it's about the principle. Some people just don't like the idea of being taken advantage off or lied to. Sony lied. Even when the ps5 launched they lied and said there would be no loading times or very short loading times whilst that's true for first party games, games like life is strange true colors still have long loading screens just when going in and out of stores and other buildings. This time with the pro the lie was that they would take away the choice of fidelity and performance modes so there would be no compromise by just giving you top performance with the fidelity of the ps5 which is not what you're getting. They actually have more modes for people to struggle choosing between. Instead of having 2 modes graphics and performance now they have in some cases as much as 4. Even on the pro you're still having to play 30fps to play at the best fidelity just like you do with the base model.
If I'm paying £800 I'm paying that for a new gen console not a mid gen refresh of a current gen system. Last gen it made sense to upgrade. The Xbox one X gave me a 4k Blu-ray player to play my ultra hd movie discs and the ability to game in native 4K and the ps4 pro gave me 1440p versions of ps4 games that had good enough checkerboard upscaling for me to appreciate them on my newly purchased 4k tv.
Pssr comes with its own set of problems so there are still compromises with the ps5 pro despite Mark Cerny's silver tongue hissing through his presentation assuring there would be no compromise.
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Aayyy basement gang
lol is Apple iPhone 16 that much better that iPhone 15? Yet Apple sells the iPhone 16 for $1200. No one bats an eye.
I love my pro it’s way better that the base ps5. The base is old tech upgrade.
The PS5 Pro is old tech to since the CPU in the Pro is a AMD Ryzen 2 which was launch in 2018 which makes it 7 years old.
Imo PS5 Pro is needed for third party games not first party games. First party games look/run good enough already but UE5 games look and run dogshit imo and if properly optimised PS5 Pro games in the future will improve how those games look and run it's already worth the money for me.
Please stop games can always look better we should always strive for better
@@MCcalzone yea, I agree. But at what cost? The pro should be cheaper. $700 doesn’t make sense. Not for the average consumer/gamer.
180FPS 4K for $1500 is laughable but add the potato camera on top and now you're a comedian. you playing runescape on 4k or something?
@@cyclogenisis okay let’s all take a breath here. My PC can do 4k and it can do 180fps. I didn’t say it does 4k-180fps simultaneously. On most modern games it handles 4k 60-80fps. And at 1440p it does 150-180fps depending on game. That being said, doesn’t matter. Has nothing to do with the video.
PS5 slim $380 Holiday sale means $700 PS5 Pro cost 85% more for 15% overall real world increase in performance🤦♂️ Sony is 🦇💩🤪‼️ Pure sony cash grab while Beta testing pssr & ai upscaling to be fully integrated in PS6 release in 3-4yrs, the slim should have dropped to $300-$350 and Pro release at $500 and it would have been acceptable to most console gamers wanting that little extra performance (without disc drive), 👍👍 honest video
@@c.daubz.5386 correct lol and thank you man