Sometimes, promotional images reach users before their time. The most recent case involves one of Sony’s most anticipated products. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of PlayStation, the company released an image. And sure enough, users quickly zoomed in and took a closer look. They discovered an icon that didn’t match any product Sony had announced but did correspond to the leaked design of the PlayStation 5 Pro.
Let’s see, let’s see. Like everything related to leaks, users should take this one with a grain of salt, mainly because the design of the PlayStation 5 Pro remains a mystery. The only reference is the image leaked by Dealabs Magazine editor Billbil-kun. The image Sony posted matches, but maybe there’s some confirmation bias. Also, it’s an official image shared by Sony, which is supposed to monitor its releases. As such, there are two options: The company published the image on purpose or did it by mistake. We’ll never know.
Image released by Sony to celebrate the 30th anniversary of PlayStation. On the left, you can see an enlargement of the alleged icon corresponding to the PS5 Pro. On the right, the icon of a PS5. Image | PlayStation edited by Xataka On
The leak. The image published by Sony gives very few clues, at least at first sight. If you look at the icons, you see a PlayStation 5 with the latest design that everyone’s familiar with. However, between the PlayStation icon and the “3,” you can see another unknown shape. It’s similar to a PlayStation 5, but it has three side stripes, a detail present in previous leaks.
Original PS5 Pro design leak. Image | Billbil-Kun
In development. In March of last year, Insider Gaming, the website founded by leaker Tom Henderson, said that the PlayStation 5 Pro was supposedly in development. Sony will reportedly release it by the end of 2024. It seems like yesterday, but the company announced the PlayStation 5 five years ago. In this way, it’s well past the halfway point of a console’s lifecycle, which is typically seven years. The latest leak suggests that the announcement will likely be made on Sep. 19-20 at a State of Play event.
What can gamers expect from the PS5 Pro? More power. All the leaks point in that direction. Unofficial information references an alleged CPU identical to the current one. However, if true, it would have a high-frequency mode that improves the clock speed by 10% and artificial intelligence-based acceleration. In other words, games should run a bit better. However, users won’t know for sure until Sony makes a move.
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