Yeh hopefully they come back in stock.
I actually got mine from them in September.
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Poll: *The Official PlayStation (PS5/PS5 Pro) Thread*
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I actually got mine from them in September.
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True, it's just a little disappointing and would have been a relatively easy step that Sony could have taken to differentiate the PS5 to the PS5 Pro.
There's so many in this position, it's nuts. Scalpers. Multiple auctions running on eBay for +£160. Absolutely insane.
Yeah I saw that earlier, I'll just wait and play the digital backlog I have until drives get back in stock, I just really wanted to replay TLOU and finally play TLOU2, Rebirth and Stellar Blade
Yup, checking occasionally and still no drives in stock here in Poland, except for those sold at preposterous prices. One bloke bought like fifty Slims and is trying to flog the drives as "new without box", obviously for a hefty premium. What a **** show.
The consoles themselves aren't exactly flying off the shelves but given how ridiculous this is getting, even if I get a drive, I'm still waiting for those eager early adopters to test the hardware for me in case there are any annoying faults. If enhancement announcements for the games that truly matter come in the meantime, then all the better.
I reckon I'll get it in a month or so if everything is all right.
The consoles themselves aren't exactly flying off the shelves but given how ridiculous this is getting, even if I get a drive, I'm still waiting for those eager early adopters to test the hardware for me in case there are any annoying faults. If enhancement announcements for the games that truly matter come in the meantime, then all the better.
I reckon I'll get it in a month or so if everything is all right.
I regret selling my OG PS5, fan was fine on that. Got a revised model later (GOW bundle) and the fan had a high pitched UFO noise to it.
Had to get rid of it. Turns out it was some kind of lottery which fan you got if I recall.
I am very sensitive to it as I rarely game with headphones and my brain tunes in to it.
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Same here.
I’m hoping for less coil whine too. But I’m thinking the Pro is going to be quite loud!
Yeah certain fans had a really unpleasant tone. The ufo ones could be heard from 6ft away. I tried all sorts like adjusting screws, rubber o-rings etc but ended up just returning it.
Maybe the smaller fan in the pro will have a nicer pitch to it.
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They had two fan manufacturers and it was a bit of a lottery, I got the fatty 1216A (C-Chassis) and it's fine.
About PS4 titles, the ones with dynamic resolution targets apparently benefit from Gameboost and get a slightly sharper image, should actually work the same for non-enhanced PS5 titles if they have dynamic res. If a game jumps in res depending on load, then the Pro will be able to bruteforce a higher res target. Just not sure if this is all Gameboost does as they haven't gone in-depth about what it actually is.
EDIT: Oh, for PS4 games it's actually a toggle in the options so not even Gameboost and it doesn't affect framerates, it might be PSSR-based. I reckon Gameboost will do the above with non-enhanced games but we'll have to wait and see.
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Anyone know where ps direct post from?
Derby is the return address so hopefully from there.
Derby is the return address so hopefully from there.
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It would be funny if it is! I don’t know if a Sony distribution centre here. Maybe at the new big distribution points at EMA but I don’t know locally.
I'm really confused about what this actually is and what it is actually for? Surely any PS5 game will be patched for PS5 pro, as many have been (80+ at this point). If it somehow "boosts" PS4 games, then would the base PS5 not benefit from this also?
I can dream for a boosted Bloodborne or RDR2 but that aint gonna happen and if it did, surely this would hit all variants of the PS5.
e: Hmm This is supposedly a comparison with Bloodborne using the method. No FPS boost alas.
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From what I gather the boost simply makes games run at the max there dynamic res supports, I've also seen people talking about it boosting games with uncapped frame rate but that should be obvious really since it's a more powerful system
Sod the Pro, that's a cool looking gaming store. Meanwhile in the UK all we've really got left is a dark, dingy corner of Sports Direct. 
There will be loads of PS5 games that won't get Pro enhancements, as was the case last gen, so a Boost mode at least has the potential to improve framerates or dynamic resolutions.
I don't think this PS4 enhancement thingy is actual GameBoost, I think they've put PSSR to work because otherwise I see no reason why the base console wouldn't be able to do it, though I'm not sure how it's supposed to read motion vectors and stuff in PS4 titles (as this is what machine learning upscalers like DLSS do for the most part), maybe that's why it'll work for "some" games and might result in issues in others.
That would also align with why it doesn't improve framerates at all but even if it did, Bloodborne cannot be run at 60fps reliably because the physics engine is tied to the framerate, it needs a complete engine rework.
I don't think all currently released PS5 games will be enhanced and that's where I reckon Gameboost comes in, if a game has dynamic resolution targets, the Pro will bruteforce the highest possible target without affecting fps and, likewise, if a game is locked at 60fps but suffers dips, the Pro might be able to iron those out.
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I have an Xbox Series X but I'm thinking of switching over to the Playstation. I'm trying to make up my mind with whether I should stick to the Xbox Series X until the end of the current generation or whether I should just jump in the deep end and get the PS5 Pro. The only thing holding my back is that I need a disc drive as I have a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays.
I guess I could get the Pro and then wait for the disc drive to come back in stock? I'm just looking for some advice really.
I guess I could get the Pro and then wait for the disc drive to come back in stock? I'm just looking for some advice really.