The Pro will come packed in with a larger 1TB hard drive, double the GPU power of the base model PS4 and technology adapted from AMD’s Polaris graphical architecture. With Amazon Prime members, shipping is free and release date delivery is guaranteed if available in your area. Excited gamers can head over to GAME right now and pre-order the PS4 Pro for £349.99, or alternatively you can head to Amazon and pre-order the console for the exact same price. Created to perform as a tech demo instead of a gameplay demo, the new Mass Effect was Sony’s way of showcasing the increased texture detail and how it applies directly to improving characters within a game. The PS4 Pro comes out on November 10 at $399 while the PS4 Slim will be released on September 15 for $299.
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Before the end of the year, Sony will have launched not one, but two brand new PlayStation 4 consoles.
In a PS4 Pro FAQ published today on the PlayStation Blog, Sony said 4K streaming is only in its “early days”.
If you went into Sony’s press conference yesterday looking for details about their rumored 4K upgrade to the PlayStation 4 previously known as the PlayStation Neo (now dubbed the PlayStation Pro), then you likely did not walk away disappointed. Future games will run on both machines but the Pro version will have better graphics and is 4K-enabled. This is particularly baffling since Blu-Ray is Sony’s own creation, and being able to play the latest, greatest movie format has been a core feature of the company’s consoles since the PS2 era.
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A number of patches will also be coming to already released games to make them “forward compatible”. It also launched the PS4 Pro which brings more power as well as 4K and HDR support. He told The Guardian that ditching the 4K Blu-ray player was done to match up with what he’s seeing now on PS4 in terms of demand for streaming video content.
