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PlayStation 5 Pro 1-year anniversary report card

How do you grade the PlayStation 5 Pro after one year?

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It's only been a year? Feels longer than that.
 
Half of the software has not been great ( a lot of third party stuff), half has been good. PSSR is a great improvement in image quality in certain games.

Interested to see how FSR4 will improve PSSR next year.
 
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My expectations were kept in check when I bought it so I give it a B. It is definitely not an A but I do not feel it drops to a C either.

I would give it a B+ only because I got the anniversary edition but based on it just being a pro I will stand by my B.
 
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I'm happy with the machine and PSSR is great when devs actually know how to use it properly and it's also a nice early look at some of what the PS6 will be capable of doing.
 


I'm an owner and give it a C. I'd rate it higher but Sony really hasn't released much new software this generation it feels like. Some bangers for sure, like Astro Bot, but the output is so low and I honestly play my Steam Deck OLED a fuckton more.
 
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Definitely not an A. Somewhere between a B and a C. Going with C because I just had to turn off PSSR on GOW:R yesterday due to shimmering, shadow flickering and performance issues that DF never bothered to call out. Realm between realms visibly drops below 60 with PSSR. So I'm kind of bummed by it. Did they just test the opening area and call it a day? And I have Silent Hill f next on the list, which is known to have some issues as well.

GoY was fantastic though. I might change my vote back to A if 2026 PSSR fixes everything. That's my only gripe with the system.
 
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I mean...It's doing what they said it would do. I'm just waiting for a better implementation by certain games like SH2.
But i played games like FFVII Rebirth with a smooth 60fps and loved it.
 
For me it's a D.

I have a total 4 of them across our homes, and really it's nowhere near the improvement PS4 Pro was, let alone Xbox One X.

At its insane price I think it's poor value.
 
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It's a B for me.

I mainly play on PC or Switch 2. But for the games I've played on PS5, which include exclusives and sports, it gets the job done and is about what I expected for a mid-gen refresh.
 
F for me,

honestly there are a ton of things they could have done but didn't do to add a ton of value to the machine, features like AMD AFMF2, AutoHDR and AutoSR even if they only works on PS4 games, those are huge at least for me personally. A 7 dollars app like lossless scaling is transformative for a lot of old 2D games AFMF2 works on RDNA2 GPU, I don't see why PS5 pro can't use it.
 
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C - it's been ok, some good stuff like FF7 & Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, but also some meh stuff. So somewhere in the middle for me.
 
B - the hardware itself is well designed as a 'Pro' upgrade for the generation, and the first party games seem to take advantage of the enhancements (still waiting on Helldivers 2 though….). For third party games it's very hit and miss. Some upgrades have been fantastic, while others are definitely not up to par. If Sony doesn't already have it, they need to have a dedicated support team available to all developers to assist in ensuring the Pro upgrades are as good as they can be. Sony needs to have a more aggressive/proactive approach to make sure that Pro upgrades for games are consistent.
 
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I give it a B. I didnt expect 4k everything at 120fps. It's exactly what I thought it was which is an improved PS5.

I would guess your rating is based on your expectations before it was shipped. Some of you would bitch that your ice cream is too cold.
 
The PS4 Pro brought 4K, HDR and better performance, it was a major upgrade from the PS4. and had the same price as its predecessor. I thought the PS5 Pro would be an equally might leap in performance. There was a leap, but that was when I found out the full system would cost 900 euro (including a 120 euro disc drive that got discounted to 80 euro two months later).
 
C for me. I considered selling the thing for a while, but decided I'm going to stick with it and see how year two goes.
 
If the Pro were to have the same price as the regular PS5, if PSSR worked as well as FSR4 or DLSS4, and if performance wasn't bottlenecked by the low memory bandwidth, it would have been a cool console. As is, it's rather disappointing.
There were still some games that made good use of it, but not enough to justify it's price.
 
kruis said:
The PS4 Pro brought 4K, HDR and better performance, it was a major upgrade from the PS4. and had the same price as its predecessor. I thought the PS5 Pro would be an equally might leap in performance. There was a leap, but that was when I found out the full system would cost 900 euro (including a 120 euro disc drive that got discounted to 80 euro two months later).
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HDR was released on OG PS4 in September 2016.
 
winjer said:
If the Pro were to have the same price as the regular PS5, if PSSR worked as well as FSR4 or DLSS4, and if performance wasn't bottlenecked by the low memory bandwidth, it would have been a cool console. As is, it's rather disappointing.
There were still some games that made good use of it, but not enough to justify it's price.
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Yeah. As mediocre as the PS6 is going to be as a next gen console, it's going to be a far better value than the Pro.
 
dont own it but its a good upgrade over the base ps5 , developer support has been a mixed bag , PSSR update is taking too long.
 
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Former owner, only had it for about four months before the regret set in.

I was ultimately won over with a discount that essentially put it on par with the standard physical edition (before the price bump)

But outside of a few select games like astro bot, demon souls and bloodborne, I dont generally play ps exclusives. And most of the games i do play i also play on pc so i ended up selling mine to help upgrade from my 2070 laptop to a 4070

BUT credit where its due: playing demon souls at 1440p at 60fps with all the bells and whistles as the old quality mode was absolutely worth the playthrough again. So I give it a B

Tl;dr - good upgrade, wouldve stayed, but pc gaming has spoiled me
 
winjer said:
If the Pro were to have the same price as the regular PS5, if PSSR worked as well as FSR4 or DLSS4, and if performance wasn't bottlenecked by the low memory bandwidth, it would have been a cool console. As is, it's rather disappointing.
There were still some games that made good use of it, but not enough to justify it's price.
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The price should be $100 lower (or at least that option with 1TB SSD), but not the same price as regular PS5. That wouldn't make sense.
 
Topher said:
The price should be $100 lower (or at least that option with 1TB SSD), but not the same price as regular PS5. That wouldn't make sense.
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It would make sense if the price for the PS5 had gone down, as time goes by, as with previous console generations.
The PS5 should already be at around 300$ and the Pro at 500$.
 
I was not excited about the price point especially without the disc drive.

But as time goes, I actually become more content with the machine because of the continuous support has been great, virtually every game post Pro launch has Pro enhancement.

But it is inconsistent in terms of the enhancement quality. Hopefully the next year's new iteration of the AI upscaling tech will make things more consistent.

Hence voted for B.
 
Ironically unless forced I never use PSSR, I can count on 1 hand games that actually do look better then the standard PS5 offering, sure some have better performance modes but that's not good enough.
Worse still their is some forced implementations that are actually worse then the base PS5.
Whether the PS5 Pro can be used to do something better then what it is remains a question we will not know until Devs either implement PSSR better or not use it and do something else with the additional power.
Sadly they just use PSSR and call it a day.
 
EH.. alan wake 2 and GT7 are worth it.
Ghost yotei
Not as bad as my switch 2…
 
HeisenbergFX4 said:
Voted B, its ok slightly above average on some games
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I own a basic PS5, but what a disappointment the pro has been. I got the PS4 pro when it came out and everything was so much better on it compared to basic PS4 (especially PSVR).

PS5 pro with the PSSR noisy, shitty image and the minimal improvements in IQ because of higher res.. I'm so glad I didn't buy it.
 
winjer said:
It would make sense if the price for the PS5 had gone down, as time goes by, as with previous console generations.
The PS5 should already be at around 300$ and the Pro at 500$.
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Ah ok.....that makes more sense.
 
Day one owner - C.

Just feels like Sony hasn't supported it like I thought they would. I don't regret the purchase, though, as it simply replaced my launch PS5, and works well otherwise.
 
Diminishing returns make me question why have a PS6 when we can barely see a difference between PS5 and PS5pro.
 
I'm happy with the console. The improvements aren't always dramatic compared to PS4 -> PS4 Pro, but there are definitely times when PS5 Pro shines. It would be a lot easier to live without than PS4 Pro was for me, so I give it a B.
 
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