The PS5 Pro will be released this year – if the rumors are to be believed. These 4 features should be included
The rumor mill is always boiling over with various leaks from industry insiders. According to the latest rumors, the PS5 Pro will be released in September this year, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Whether it’s in September or later, I have a fairly clear idea of the features Sony should include in the PS5 Pro.
You also have ideas for the PS5 Pro? Then please vote below in our poll on which features, hardware upgrades and what else you would like to see in the PS5 Pro.
1. Better hardware for 4K and 60 FPS
Let’s get straight to the obvious point: the hardware. The PlayStation 5 was released over three years ago in the fall of 2020 and therefore still uses hardware that is no longer among the most powerful today.
In fact, the PS5’s hardware couldn’t even be described as “high-end” in 2020, even if that’s never the case with consoles anyway. Nevertheless, the performance of the PS5 was impressive at the time. Especially because of the extremely fast loading times
But even a PS5 will get old at some point. I’d love it if Sony normalized 4K gaming at 60 FPS with the PS5 Pro. It’s already possible with some titles, but how nice would it be if that was the rule and not the exception?
Raytracing would also benefit from better hardware, because there is still a lot of room for improvement in the area of reflections and realistic lighting effects.
How likely are hardware upgrades to come? This is one of the few new features that is almost guaranteed. After all, the point of a Pro version is to bring a “stronger” PS5 to the market.
Some technical data has already been leaked, but official information has yet to be released.
2. Better options for audio output
Now that we’ve ticked off the most obvious new “feature”, let’s move on to two related heartfelt wishes of mine, which I have very little hope of ever coming true:
- A PlayStation 5 (Pro) that I can connect to my conventional Bluetooth headphones.
- A PlayStation 5 (Pro) with a dedicated audio output.
Both options would make it much easier for me to use the PlayStation and would probably also ensure that I switch it on more often.
Why is there currently no Bluetooth on the PS5? Sony has answered this question on its support page . Accordingly, the PS5 does not support Bluetooth audio connectivity to “avoid potential latency and bandwidth issues”.
Sony does provide alternatives with the Pulse and Inzone headphones, but in my opinion these exclusive products are not the solution to the problem – just like the Bluetooth adapters you can get from third-party suppliers.
How likely is Bluetooth audio coming? This is probably the feature that is least likely to come with the PS5 Pro. So far I haven’t heard anything about it in the rumor mill and it would also contradict Sony’s previous strategy with its own headsets. But I’m not giving up hope
Where is the TOSLINK output on the PS5? At the time of the PS4, there was still an optical audio output that could be used to connect the PlayStation directly. Unfortunately, this output is missing today. Instead, the sound from the PS5 is always transmitted to the monitor/TV via the HDMI cable. From there, you can then use the optical cable. Provided you’re playing on a device that also allows this.
For example, I played PS5 on a gaming monitor for a long time and was often annoyed that I couldn’t connect the console to my system and always had to crawl under the table to plug in the AUX cable that I use for my computer.
How likely is the TOSLINK output? This is also more wishful thinking. I think it’s very unlikely that Sony will take another step “back” in the direction of the PS4.
3. More internal memory
The PS5 Slim now comes with one terabyte of storage space. That’s already better than previous models with 825 gigabytes. A few years ago, I would probably have said that one terabyte is easily enough to install your favorite games and still have room for more. This statement would no longer be acceptable today.
There are some games, such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (MW2), that go well beyond the 100 gigabyte limit.
MW2, for example, is a whopping 153 gigabytes. This means that six copies of MW2 or similarly sized games would fit on the PS5 Slim’s hard disk. In my opinion, that’s already quite small, but if you consider that games won’t get any smaller in the future, then I’m already lacking a lot of space
That’s why I’m hoping for around 2 terabytes of storage space on the PS5 Pro.
How likely is the internal memory to be increased? There are no rumors about this yet. However, I personally think it is unlikely that there will be two terabytes of storage space. That’s because the PS5’s memory can be expanded quite easily anyway, which could mean that Sony sees little need for this.
On the other hand, the PS5 Slim has already been given a little more memory. Accordingly, I think that the storage space on the PS5 Pro will be larger than on the PS5 Slim, but it will hardly be two terabytes.
4. Juicy downloads with Wi-Fi 7
Since we’ve already talked about the storage space required, I don’t want to leave out a related topic: the duration of downloads. It depends on your Internet connection, but the WLAN standard also has an impact on this.
Luckily, Wi-Fi 7 has recently been introduced, a standard that will replace Wi-Fi 6E and others in the coming months and years. It is said to be up to five times faster than its predecessor and therefore also enables significantly faster downloads.
How much faster is Wi-Fi 7 exactly? Our colleagues at Chip.de have already tested Wi-Fi 7 and came to an astonishing conclusion: It is said to be 4,740 MBit per second, around 4.5 times faster than a connection with a LAN cable (Giagbit Ethernet).
