Did Sony really take the PSSR?
That’s not to say we don’t all buy things we probably shouldn’t, of course.
I recently bought 24 cartons of barista oat milk only to find that it doesn’t foam.
That’s over a month of regret right there, and that was just this week.
I even bought a SEGA Mega CD for crying out loud!
You show it and… nothing.
At best you get a pitying stare that suggests you’re one step closer to receiving divorce papers.
It’s over, they aren’t getting it.
This is the PS5 Pro experience.
Mid-generation consoles are a tricky thing to position in the market.
Disclaimer: I had that hassle for years when I was younger.)
The PS5 Pro isn’t a PC.
It’s a console that can only operate within the boundaries defined by the games it runs.
Sadly that’s just not how console gaming works, but there is some nuance to that.
The Pro handles these modes far better.
“What about older games?
11 years!).
In short, I definitely wouldn’t be looking to buy a PS5 Pro to improve PS4 games.
To give clarity (get it?)
Let me tell you a short story about cola.
I was a die-hard special edition glass collector of Coke.
Real Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Coke.
Then ‘cozzie livs’ happened (urghh, what a horrid term!)
and I started buying a supermarket brand cola instead.
It is fine, nice even.
Years passed, until two months ago when I bought two mispriced crates of the good stuff again.
Let me tell you, that’s hard.
Going back to the standard PS5 is like being slapped in the face with a budget brand cola.
(*everything that isn’t locked down due to previously mentioned console development foibles.)
There’s no visual indicator and no filter in your library.
Wonderful stuff all round, Sony.
In terms of the physical console itself, it’s surprisingly smaller than I anticipated, but not compact.
I feel the same about the storage space afforded here.
It’s a real game changer if you’ve been struggling along with just what the OG PS5 offered.
It’s not sturdy in any way, but it does at least sit there.
This thing doesn’t exactly make you feel special.
Congratulations, you’ve made it to the end.
I’ll leave you with a few closing thoughts.
You’ll slowly grow to hate these people and potentially lose long-standing friendships.
These kinds of thoughts eat into my free time and stop me enjoying things.
Remember that rambling part of the intro where I went on about tweets?
That’s the PS5 Pro.
If you are the kind of person who cares about such a console, it’s for you.
As I think Margaret Wolff Hungerford famously said, value is in the eye of the card holder.
If not, own-brand coke is fine…
