Report: Sony may release PS5 Pro before GTA 6 launch in 2025.
Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been available for more than three years now, and as we approach the middle age of this console generation, speculation is mounting as to whether Sony is going to repeat what it did with the PS4 generation – that is, launch a mid-term update in the form of the PS5 Pro, which resembles the PS4 Pro, which followed the PS4 in 2016.
Now, CNBC is reporting that it has received information from analysts that suggests that an “upgraded” version of the PS5 console will indeed be released this year.
This development notably follows Sony cutting its PS5 sales forecast as interest gradually wanes. It goes without saying that the brand new console upgrade, which is expected to be more powerful and fully prepared to run the upcoming GTA 6 in high definition, would pique the interest of many.
GTA 6 is currently scheduled for release in 2025, so it makes sense for sales that Sony has the best possible console ready for the mass market ahead of the release of the anticipated hit series.
Also, if the past is anything to go by, both Sony and Microsoft released mid-cycle upgrades in the form of the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, respectively, during the last console generation. Therefore, now may be the time for Sony to repeat the same as construction costs come down.
“There seems to be a broad consensus in the gaming industry that Sony is indeed preparing to launch the PS5 Pro in the second half of 2024,” Kantan Games CEO Serkan Toto told CNBC.
He added: “And Sony wants to make sure it has great hardware ready when GTA VI arrives in 2025, a launch that will be an arm of the entire gaming industry.”
It will be interesting to see how the alleged PS5 Pro takes shape, how Sony positions its price, and most importantly, how Microsoft reacts to it?
