What to expect with a PS5 pro... if they even make one.
Wild Speculation I’ve seen a lot of speculation about what specs the PS5 Pro will have. Most of that speculation has been people asking themselves “What specs would I like to see in a much more powerful console” and for the most part, are describing what would amount to a new generation. I will try to bring the speculation back to some reality by instead asking “what makes sense given everything we know about Playstation development, what reasons have there been for mid-generation spec improvements in the past, and what reasons might motivate a drive for a mid-generation upgrade this generation?” Before we get into what’s possible for the PS5 Pro, we need to establish some things. Development difference between PS5 and PC This point will be a recurring theme, but it’s very important for this to be understood early. Playstation is *not* a PC, and the API that it uses to send commands from the game engines to the hardware is *not* similar to DX12 or Vulkan, which are designe...