Confession time: I have already got a duplicate of Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the PS5 though I nonetheless do not have a PlayStation 5 console. I by no means get consoles the second they arrive out and often wait a couple of years for his or her subsequent model. Within the PlayStation 5’s case, I believed it was going to be the PS5 Slim, however it seems like I might have an alternative choice by the tip of the yr: The PlayStation 5 Professional. Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming says the PS5 Professional particulars leaked by the Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel got here from documentation Sony itself just lately despatched to third-party builders.
Take the web site’s affirmation with a grain of salt, after all, however Henderson has a fairly good observe file in the case of leaks. In 2022, he reported that Sony was working a “real skilled controller” for the PS5, two months earlier than the DualSense Edge was formally introduced. He additionally revealed that the corporate was set to launch a model of the console with a removable disc drive a full yr earlier than Sony launched the smaller and lighter PS5 mannequin.
Primarily based on leaked info on the PS5 Professional to date, it would supply improved and constant body price (FPS) at 4K, in addition to a “efficiency mode” for 8K decision. It is also anticipated to have the ability to render video games as much as 45 % faster and to have ray tracing capabilities which can be two to 3 instances sooner than its non-pro counterpart. Plus, the documentation Moore’s Legislation is Useless featured in its video reveals that it’ll have a GPU with 67 Teraflops FP16 (33.5 Teraflops FP32) efficiency, which signifies sooner speeds and higher graphics total.
Henderson says Sony is focusing on a vacation launch for the PS5 Professional, most probably to benefit from heightened gross sales for the season. Nevertheless, that would nonetheless change, relying on whether or not the corporate feels there have not been sufficient first-party title releases this yr.