A HEFTY PRICE TAG The improvements make the PS5 Pro sound like a winner until players check the price. At $699, the console costs $200 more than the original console at launch. The price puts it on par with budget gaming rigs, bringing up a value proposition and one big question: Who is the PS5 Pro for?

Reviewers say the PlayStation Pro is an upgrade in performance over the older PS5, but truly enjoying it requires an expensive setup.

The PS5 Pro, Sony’s new $700 luxury console, promises visual upgrades across more than 50 games. I tested 25 (yes, including “Bloodborne”) to find out.

The first PlayStation 5 Pro reviews have finally appeared. Thanks to them, we can find out whether Sony's PSSR actually brings a revolution.

The PlayStation 5 Pro doesn’t bother with any of that. It’s an exercise in providing less, for more, and what it does provide will only appeal to a very select group of people. It also costs $700 — $200 or more than the existing PS5 models.

Still, many graphics-conscious console gamers were looking for an excuse to use the extra pixels and HDR colors on their new 4K TVs, and spending hundreds of dollars on a stopgap console years before the PS5 served that purpose well enough.