Why do we need a PS5 Pro? And who would want one?
Why do we need a PS5 Pro? And who would want one?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16485707
This is my very first YouTube video! š
I can't wait for the Pro! But many ask, What's the point? I try to answer this question and discuss how it will benefit the entire gaming industry even if most people don't buy one.
Be nice, Lemmy. We need more original content and discussions in our communities. If you are downvoting, you should at least say why.
As for the video, I thought it was pretty good actually, especially for a first YouTube video. I liked your transitions and editing. You also predicted some of the complaints and addressed them in the video, although I'm guessing some people down voted without watching all of it. I hope you don't let the down votes discourage you, and you keep it up.
Anyway, my personal opinion on the discussion topic itself is that it feels like I just got a PS5 and the games targeted for it still feel lacking, so I get people's complaints there. I think that's largely because the pandemic made time weird, plus the logistical issues that entailed. But, it's not like they stopped releasing games for the PS4 when the PS4 Pro came out. Hell, they're still releasing games for the PS4. It doesn't negate the desire for the PS5 Pro some people might have, and I don't think it would cause them to stop targeting the PS5 with new games, either.
And I totally get the annoying trade off between quality and performance that would be nice to not have to make, or at least not have the difference be so drastic. I want a closer experience to my PC from my couch and with my big, expensive TV that my partner can watch with me, without having to move my PC and mess with switching around a bunch of power and HDMI cords. It would take me a long time to want to pay for that experience, but I wouldn't begrudge others for wanting to, especially since I don't think it would harm my experience at all.
Thanks. I'm still learning how to make and edit videos.
I was fortunate enough to get a PS5 in early 2021 (at retail price). So I've had it for over 3 years now. But it's just now gotten easy to find them in the past year, so I get how it feels like it just came out to some. It's been great to play my PS4 gamea on it with Boost Mode enhancements. But as UE5 games and others using more modern engines finally have started to come out, it's just became pretty clear to me the base model is just not quite powerful enough to keep up with where gaming is headed over the next 5 years. I'm ready for an upgrade
I literally cannot see the "gap" in appearance between PS4's best-looking games and what are considered the top games in the PC market. All the PS5 has done for me is allow for extras like letting them run at 60fps.
When given comparison videos like Batman: Arkham City (PS3, 2011) to Gotham Knights (PS4/PS5, 2022), the level of detail seems to have shifted in bad ways; suggesting most of the new power pushed into these consoles has gone to supporting developer inefficiency. We already know the best of the PS5 can produce some extremely detailed environments, and I really cannot imagine many gamers nitpicking the seams out of them - especially these days where people feel satisfied by digetic environments like Minecraft or Fortnite. So, it feels more like a PS5 Pro or PS6 would go towards making players pay more towards stronger hardware just to account for lack of developer optimization. It does not feel hard to imagine future releases coming out at 25fps, and if players complain about it, only getting the response "Buy a PS5 Pro if it bothers you."
That's my explanation for the downvotes. It's a bit of a visceral reaction to a presumptive sentence, like "Why haven't you stopped hitting your wife?" It'd be more neutral to ask "Do we need a PS5 Pro?" and my answer would be an immediate No.