share 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 It’s one of the worst kept secrets of the video game industry but also one of the most highly anticipated. At a time when most tech get an annual refresh, update or upgrade into a new model, the video game industry has bucked the trend as game consoles are supposed to last, some beyond a decade if they’re powerful and popular enough. So following a pattern established in recent years, a console gets a substantial upgrade around the mid-point of its life cycle because technology advances and gamers don’t necessarily want to invest in a new ecosystem of hardware, software and accessories.
This was the case for the previous console generation, with the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox One X offering enticing performance upgrades over their ageing counterparts, to tide things over in anticipation of the next console release. Someone must have forgotten to tell Xbox it’s happening again. The arrival of the PlayStation 5 Pro comes almost 4 years after the launch of the original, as Sony attempts to push the boundaries of console hardware performance and extend the longevity of its platform.
Advertisement ▼ Visually, the console looks almost identical to the PS5 Slim, first unveiled and released back in October 2023, with the only major difference being the presence of three stripes along its side, compared to Slim’s single-stripe design. The smaller console was already a sight to behold to begin with, so no complaints here on the decision to keep thing.