Playstation is the brand name given to a series of video gaming consoles from Japanese conglomerate Sony. The original console, released in 1994, was a major success and signalled Sony’s rise to power within the industry; it was the first console to use compact discs and led to a huge sales boom. The console has been followed by several successors, most recently the PlayStation 5 Pro in 2020.
It’s the most powerful console on the market, and one of the best-performing games systems available, but it is also more expensive than Microsoft’s Xbox Series X. The PS5 Pro’s biggest strength is a seamless fusion of graphical fidelity and performance, with games like Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered and The Last of Us Part 1 and 2 remasters showing off some truly incredible technical magic with their new high-performance modes.
Loading times are also reduced, thanks to a modern SSD compared to the hard drive in the PS4. The controllers feel fantastic too, with the new DualShock 5 offering advanced features such as adaptive triggers and haptic vibration response that can respond to different aspects of gameplay. And there are plenty of ports on the back, with a SuperSpeed USB Type-C port and HDMI 2.1, Ethernet, and two Hi-Speed USB Type-A ports for charging controllers, plugging in external storage or hooking up the PSVR 2. The eject button is now next to the power button rather than at the bottom of the console, though – and sadly, there’s no optical audio out, either.