Sony reveals powerful PlayStation 4 Pro 4K gaming console

7 September 2016
Sony PS4

Sony has unveiled the PlayStation 4 Pro, a more powerful version of the PlayStation 4 which is based on Polaris GPU architecture.

Core features of the PlayStation 4 Pro include:

  • More than double the graphics processing power of the PlayStation 4
  • Boosted CPU clock rate
  • 1TB Hard Drive
  • Upscaled resolution for 4K display

The PlayStation 4 Pro is part of the PlayStation 4 generation, and will share a game library with other PlayStation 4 models.

The Pro console will support High Dynamic Range lighting, increasing visual quality across supported PS4 games.

Sony has also officially announced the PlayStation 4 Slim as the new standard PS4 console.

The revised PlayStation 4 will be available on 15 September for a recommended retail price of $299.

The PlayStation 4 slim console will be as powerful as the previous iteration of the PlayStation 4 with a smaller form factor.


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  1. Craig "CrAiGiSh" Dodd
    08.09.2016 at 08:38

    This is what I hate about console the most.

    “Here is our BEST console yet”

    Months later …

    “Here is the same console you just bought but BETTER in every way”

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