PS5 Pro Will Make One of the Best PS5 Games Even Better

Sony Santa Monica’s God of War Ragnarok will be one of the critically acclaimed games that will be upgraded with the launch of the PlayStation 5 Pro. As a PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced title, God of War Ragnarok will receive a major update and upgrades to performance and visuals.

Revealed during Mark Cerny’s PS5 Technical Presentation, the PS5 Pro launches on November 7 as a disc-less console for $699.99. The console offers a 45% boost in rendering power over the base PS5, thanks to 67% more compute units for the GPU. Cerny noted that the console is capable of running games at 60 frames per second with the visual fidelity players can expect from a Graphics Mode, without needing to toggle a Performance Mode and lower the game’s resolution. Games can also benefit from the console’s advanced ray tracing capabilities and the new PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) AI-driven upscaling feature. Moreover, PlayStation confirmed that dozens of existing PS5 games, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Gran Turismo 7, will receive a PS5 Pro Enhanced update with performance and visual improvements.

As spotted by Push Square, the PlayStation Store listing for God of War Ragnarok was recently updated, confirming that it will be a PS5 Pro Enhanced game. It’s unclear if the game will receive its PS5 Pro Enhanced update on November 7, but PlayStation will likely share more details about its PS5 Pro Enhanced titles before the console’s launch. With the update, God of War Ragnarok is expected to support PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, which uses AI-driven technology on the PS5 Pro to enhance image quality and maintain high frame rates. This should make it possible to run God of War Ragnarok in 4K at 60 FPS on PS5 Pro.

God of War Ragnarok Will Be PS5 Pro Enhanced

• God of War Ragnarok will receive an update to make it PS5 Pro Enhanced.
• The update will bring support for PS5 Pro’s new features, like PSSR, to the game.

It’s worth noting that God of War Ragnarok does not feature ray tracing, so this particular feature is not a factor in the PS5 Pro version’s performance. Players who don’t want to wait for the PS5 Pro upgrade may enjoy the PC version of God of War Ragnarok, which supports similar features if the game is running on compatible hardware.

Those who have not caught up with the God of War series yet wish to do so on the PS5 Pro, as 2018’s God of War will benefit from the new PS5 Pro Game Boost feature. PS5 Pro Game Boost supports over 8,500 PS4 games, providing faster and smoother frame rates for a vast library of titles. This feature is applicable from the console’s UI, meaning all PS4 games that are backward compatible on PS5 may be enhanced by turning Game Boost on.

PlayStation 5 Pro

With the PlayStation®5 Pro console, the world’s greatest game creators can enhance their games with incredible features like advanced ray tracing, super sharp image clarity for your 4K TV, and high frame rate gameplay. That means you get to play PS5® games with the most impressive visuals ever possible on a PlayStation® console.

PS5® Pro is an all-digital console with no disc drive. Sign into your account for PlayStation™Network and go to PlayStation™Store to buy and download games. You can also add a Disc Drive to your PS5® Pro console if you would like to play PS5 or PS4 games on Blu-ray™ Disc, or if you want to watch movies and shows on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Discs, Blu-ray™ Discs, and DVDs.

Brand

Sony PlayStation

Storage

2TB SSD

VR Support

PlayStation VR2

Resolution

Up to 8K

App Store

PlayStation Store

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7

Ports

Power In, Ethernet, HDMI 2.1, 2x USB Type-A, 2x USB Type-C

HDR Support

Yes

Original Release Date

November 7, 2024

Original MSRP (USD)

$699.99

Dimensions

10.3 x 35.8 cm

Processor

AMD Ryzen Zen 2 (8 cores, 16 threads, 3.5GHz)

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