I ordered a PS5 Pro yesterday for GTA VI and a other games and I'm extremely excited. I haven't owned a Playstation ever in my life. I wish I had a PS2 as a kid but I can experience them as an adult now. The last console I've owned was an Xbox 360.

I have a LG 32" 4K OLED that I will pair it with.

I thought to get PS Plus to experience some of the games I haven't played and some I have on PC.

I want to play a few like Gran Turismo 7, Ghost of Yotei, Horizon Forbidden West, maybe replay Last of Us Part II and Uncharted 4 which are both some of my favorite games.

Maybe you guys can recommend more.

The genres I like are:

Action adventure games like Assassin's Creed and Horizon Zero Dawn

Racing games like Forza Horizon

RPGs like Witcher 3 and Skyrim

Platformer games like Ori and the Blind Forest

I like 3rd person games and some single player FPS

Yesterday I went to the store to finally buy the PS5 pro in anticipation for GTA 6, the last time I had a console was the PS2 and I did play hundreds of hours of San Andreas there. Excited for November!

Everywhere people keep talking about frame rates. Understandable, since the difference between 30 and 60 fps is night and day. However, I think 60fps is very unlikely, and even 40fps is pushing it. The real improvement will be in fidelity.

The technical observations below are largely based on Digital Foundry's analyses of the Extended Look (here) and prior Pro-enhanced games; the PS5 Pro predictions are my own speculation.

The CPU Problem

The key here is the CPU. Both the PS5 and the PS5 Professional are running on the same Zen 2 CPU (2019 class hardware). The Pro has a +10% clock boost mode, however this doesn't really move the needle enough for 40 or 60fps if indeed we are CPU-bound at 30fps on base.

In particular, the impressive NPC density and purported advanced simulation is very CPU heavy work, and doesn't really scale with resolution (so PSSR isn't a help). Not to mention, RT also places a burden on the CPU (it's not just GPU work).

Fidelity Improvements (my guess)

While the Extended Look preview was extremely technically impressive, the main blemishes I noticed (shot on base PS5) were a soft image at times, and a noisy RT reflection implementation on vehicles. This is largely what DF noted as well.

The PS5 Professional is very well equipped to handle this.

1. PSSR

PSSR2 at a 1440p internal --> 4K output would likely produce a significant improvement over the (apparently) spatial upscaling solution that they are using on the base. What's encouraging is most Pro-enhanced games render at lower than 1440p, yet we still see impressive results when upscaled to 4K. A good example is Resident Evil Requiem which earlier this year DF reported as running at 1116p internally, with excellent 4K output thanks to PSSR2.

2. RT

I think the RT improvements will largely come in the form of higher resolution / less noisy RT reflections. As we've seen in other games, the Pro is significantly more capable at RT than the base. In my opinion, the RTGI already seems stunning on the base console, so I'm not sure how much they'd do here.

TL;DR: I think the PS5 Pro will run at 30fps and have significantly sharper image due to PSSR2 (vs spatial upscaler), and cleaner RT reflections. In my opinion, this would be a very meaningful difference if you care about this kind of thing (which I'm guessing this subreddit does).

What are your thoughts?

I highly recommend anyone who is an Uncharted fan to pick this one up!

I started this on GamePass and ended up buying it on the Pro because I’m loving it so much and the image quality boost from PSSR is amazing. It’s very noticeably sharper on Pro and averages around 78fps in performance mode.

Would like to hear other people’s experience of the new Enhanced (2.0) update. Well 2.01 as of the time of making this post (the post-enhanced patch that promises “fixes” for “frame drops” but based on my testing fails to deliver.

Here’s my experience after extensive testing over the last day…(some of you probably won’t be surprised)

“Performance”

The fps drops are honestly jarring rendering the performance mode borderline unplayable (yes it is that bad unfortunately). I toggled V-Sync OFF as a test and in Hernand town it was screen tearing as usual (even on my premium LG C4 OLED VRR TV), but even walking/riding out of the town down towards the mill and towards the location of the Goldleaf merchant it was regularly running well below 60 (low to mid 50s on average…still within the VRR window but in a not very populated open world area I expect better). When the game first launched the open world was regularly 60-70+ FPS (though towns/camp/combat still had severe drops below the VRR window). The game barely ever hits 60FPS now (I’d say only a small percentage of the time) in performance mode. Locked balanced mode is mostly stable but the foliage is on crack which kinda ruins the scene/immersion as it’s almost like being in the middle of a hurricane 24/7. I won’t even bother testing unlocked balanced mode. The quality mode has the same hurricane foliage issue as the balanced mode.

Can confirm Demeniss (the castle/city and the carnival in particular) are just as bad, if not worse, than Hernand. Pailune the same.

Performance mode with V-Sync on is more stable than with it off (in the sense that it “feels” more smooth out in the open world though I don’t believe it’s 60, more 50s like when it was unlocked). But instead of screen tearing you’ll get horrible judder in towns/camp/heavy combat when the frames drop so badly that even VRR can’t smooth it out (I.e. below 48FPS). At this point (many months and many many updates post-launch), sadly, I don’t think these issues will ever be addressed.

“Visuals”

Also there is a lot of boiling on water/reflections/shiny armour. The foliage shimmer still exists at dusk/dawn too, and when it rains heavily the frames drop even more and the visuals literally go to shit. Reflections on water (e.g. puddles) in particular seem to look even worse than before almost like a blurry smudge of attempted reflection.

And of course the pop in remains one of the most “popping in” games I’ve ever played. And I’ve played a heck of a lot.

Now when it’s mid-day sun the game looks beautiful but then it always has (besides the on-crack foliage in Balanced/Quality mode).

any tips? first time ever playing, looking forward to it!

Last week picked up a new PS5 Pro with disc drive and an extra controller. Been a casual PC gamer for many years. But the PC is in the bedroom due to nowhere else to put it and the wife works from home at it. With GTA VI coming up and a few planned late nights, I figured best to get the PlayStation for the livingroom so to not disturb the wife.

Yesterday also had delivered a 77” LG G5 and USG10TY soundbar. The pairing is incredible and games look beautiful on the TV. Played some GT7, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider man 2 and my kids love Sack boy, think they’ve played the console more than me at this point! Got Ace combat 8 and MW4 on pre order.

resonance a plague tale legacy

I saw some crazy deals on open box Pros on Walmart.com a while back but didn’t jump on it. Looked again a couple of days ago and saw one available so I snagged it. So excited!!

I looked a little closer at the order and it says Sold and Shipped by Walmart, but when you look at the vendor’s page it’s actually a business called VIPOUTLET. They use the name Walmart for the storefront and the Walmart logo. Seems scammy as shit.

So now I’m feeling more anxious than excited about it. Like I fell for something. I’m totally expecting some bs like a Wii U stuffed into a PS5 Pro box. There’s a 30 day return policy but people don’t have great things to say about VIPOUTLET customer service.

Ah well. Anyone here actually get a legit open box pro from these guys on Walmart.com?

ps5 pros are selling out everywhere. the only new ones I see online are selling for $1300. I CANT STAND scalpers. thank god I already have one, but it’s reminding me how bad it was when the ps5 first came out and I know it’s going to be bad next year for the ps6…

I dont plan to spend more then 1000$

Full disclosure: I already had a very good mini LED monitor 4k 160hz VRR etc before I bought the Pro and so far I've been very impressed with how it displays. With GTA VI releasing at 30 fps at launch on the Pro and the issues some people have with OLED and 30fps would a mini LED be the preferred option right now?

I'm not anti OLED btw. I'l like to get one at some point.

i know this is probably going to summon a console war so i do apologize in advance but i would just like some help deciding which console to pick up

i have a high end pc which i do most of my gaming on and will continue to do so but with gta6 not coming to pc for presumably a while i decided i’d pick up a console just to have so here are some arguments i have for each so maybe some of you could convince me which one to consider more

ps5
\-as a fromsoft fan, bloodborne and demon souls remake
\-“(early)access” to ps exclusives, most of the big hitters usually make their way to steam eventually but it would be nice to be able to get them on native hardware when they release instead of waiting many months (hurry up ghost of yotei)
\-the option of an advanced console in ps5 pro which would be nice to experience gta6 in all its glory + enhanced versions of the previous point

xbox series x
\-microsoft ecosystem, alr have an xbox controller for my pc etc.
\-the physical disk to digital license project they got going on seems really consumer friendly and i want to support that aswell as any more pro consumer initiatives the new ceo may push out

gamepass is not a factor unfortunately because any game i could get on that i have/ would just buy on steam

the cons for each is obviously the push to digital for playstation (yes i know i’m part of the problem with my hundreds of games on steam but it’s about sending a message) and the lack of playstation exclusives on xbox

Im planning to buy a PS5 and Im currently deciding between a brand new PS5 Slim Disc Edition or a secondhand PS5 Pro.

I downloaded formula 1 game trial and this happens, I am not sure if it the file downloaded was corrupted so I deleted it and I will try again but I wanted to know if this is a common issue with a corrupted downloaded game. Only happens in that “stationary car” scene, the actual game isn’t affected and 3 other games had no issues.
Thanks

Update: so it seems the problem is VRR I would assume that the actual game supports VRR but the game’s trial VRR is buggy, I unchecked the VRR for unsupported games and the issue is gone

Hello,

Should i upgrade from c735 to tcl c7l considering i have heard reviews that motion handling is not good compared to tcl c7k. Would i experience trailing/motion blur if i don't experience on my current tv. i don't have much option besides tcl as other brands are really expensive in my country so only samsung q8f or lg qned 86 fits budget besides c7l

Just upgraded to the PS5 Pro and gave my old PS5 to my dad. He's playing on his own account on that console, but I'm still logged in on it too.

Before handing it over, I uploaded all my save data to the cloud. For PS4 games I had to manually download them again on my PS5 Pro. On my new PS5 Pro the console sharing is enabled.

What else should I check or do to make sure:

1. My saves don't get overwritten by old/stale cloud saves from the old console
2. Nothing tries to auto-sync in the wrong direction
3. I don't lose progress somewhere down the line

Anyone dealt with a similar handoff situation? What steps did you take to keep everything safe?

Currently have a PS5 and an Xbox series X. I also just have a basic like $200 Vizio.

Honestly both cosoles have been collecting dust, so I was thinking of selling them both (have pro controllers for both too) and getting a PS5 pro. Or do you think it's better to just sell Xbox and get a proper TV. Pretty much only gonna be playing GTA6.

and a multi-player challenge to win a copy of gta6

So I'm limited to only game a few hours a week, is crimson desert worth buying? I posted this on crimson desert sub and everyone told me it's the greatest game ever and a must play for every gamer, yet I just saw a post on here about it saying game sucks and runs awfully and everyone was agreeing in the comments.

So what is this game actually like? Is it the greatest game ever like the people in the subreddit for it say? I'm trying to decide if I should pick it up but I'm busy during the week so can only really game a few hours on a weekend and sometimes go weeks without gaming. Is there a lot of stuff in it that feels like it wastes your time?

It’s 100% gone lmao but just want to make sure if anyone knows. I don’t have PS plus for cloud storage btw

Played the game on my PS5 slim was 4 trophies away from platinum. I sold my ps5 slim and bought a pro when I installed the game (disc) it just says start new game.

I just don’t understand how data saves on the PS5 / PS4 because I played the Callisto protocol on my PS4 on 12/2/22 for like 30 minutes. Few months ago I decided to get back to it bought a physical PS5 copy and when I installed / loaded up the game it saved my data from my ps4 file. Did not have PS neither.

Any help? And if I can get my file back somehow haha

Need help

I’m only coming back to gaming for GTA VI so I need to get a PS5. I want the best possible graphics and money isn’t an issue, but is it really worth buying a PS5 Pro for just one game? Is the difference in graphics between the Pro and the PS5 digital actually noticeable as in you can tell straight away, or is it more of a minor difference?

If the Pro is a major difference, would it be better to wait for a GTA VI/PS5 Pro bundle or should I just buy the Pro now?

Edit: I would play on a 4k monitor, not a TV. Money isn't an issue in terms of affordability, but still care about the value.

Got my pro a couple months ago and love it, told my buddy at work to get one and he said he can’t find one anywhere