PS5 Pro!

— 67% bigger GPU
— 28% faster memory
— Better Ray Tracing
— Native upscaling PSSR

The price is also huge:
— $699
— £699
— €799

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Digital Foundry accidentally posted their early Patreon video even earlier. Long story short: PS5 Pro isn't truly a 4K console (again), the majority of titles will run in 864-1440p to be upscaled with PSSR.

Dunkey still has the best review: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QWoP_n-Ocn4 #PlayStation #Consoles

Just died laughing 😂 #PCMR #Consoles #meme

Oddly enough, PlayStation exclusive Death Stranding is now available on Xbox Series! The game is very strange and not for everyone. But it's on sale, so may be a good time to try it out 😉

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Meanwhile, Switch 2 has been officially announced with only a brief overview.

The console will be shown worldwide from April to June in dozens of big cities around the world. The release is expected somewhere during the upcoming tour.

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Remember I told ya that Console Wars are over? Well, PlayStation is releasing a 27" Gaming Monitor "Designed for PlayStation and PC", but runs at QHD and 240Hz.

Which means, it's only for PC: PlayStation is not focused on QHD and doesn't support 240Hz.

Jokes aside, they already have INZONE M9 II 27” 4K HDR 160Hz, which was way more about PS5 and had a FALD (Full Array Local Dimming) to provide real HDR on LCD.

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Nintendo are keeping up only due to Switch 2 release, but PS5 Pro didn't save PlayStation that much. XBox released no new consoles at all and is basically dying.

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Digital Foundry team is not sure if they should continue making XBox tests: they simply do not gain any views, compared to PC, Nintendo, and PlayStation...

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Bloomberg says that PlayStation is turning away from PC for the next few years to improve their own brand. They are concerned by poor sales of a few recent ports, they no longer want deals with Microsoft, and so on.

Multiplayer and Live Service games will be available on PC, but the story-driven paid games will stay exclusives.

The biggest change happened when PlayStation forced people to use PSN accounts on PC. It was their plan to move people from PC to PS5, but it backfired. Even when restrictions were lifted sales never returned.

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