It sure seems like the PS5 Pro will be announced in the next few weeks

The PS5 Professional might be introduced in mid-September and can probably hit retailer cabinets someday in the course of the vacation season, based on . The knowledge was introduced forth by a , who has a pretty good track record for leaking upcoming video games and {hardware}.

Right here’s what the leaker has laid out. Take all of this with a grain of salt, because it’s not coming from Sony. Initially, it’ll really be known as the PS5 Professional. This was assumed, primarily based on the PS4 Professional, however we didn’t have any precise naming particulars. The consumer claims to have entry to the packaging design, however didn’t really feel comfy sharing copyrighted photos. As an alternative, they sketched out the packaging, as seen under.

As you possibly can see, the design is just like the PS5 Slim, with a white colorway. We don’t know if it’ll be out there in different colours past white. There seems to be to be three black stripes throughout the center, which is a brand new design factor. These stripes might double as cooling vents however, once more, we simply do not know.

The leaker additionally doesn’t know if the console can have a disc drive, although it has been theorized that it might ship and not using a drive in an effort to hold prices down. It’s equally unclear if there might be two variations of the PS5 Professional, one with a disc drive and a digital-only version.

The report additionally signifies that the console will ship with the identical normal DualSense controller that comes with the unique PS5 and the PS5 Slim. The leaker, nevertheless, provides no info concerning inner specs. In different phrases, we’re nonetheless (largely) at nighttime in regards to the “Professional” a part of the PS5 Professional.

To that finish, there have been different leaks that trace on the console’s energy. Again in March, a YouTuber leaked official documentation from Sony that defined a few of the console’s specs. The doc is believed to be reputable by IGN and different websites, however the video has since been taken down at Sony’s behest.

The video advised that the forthcoming console can have the identical CPU as the usual PS5, however that there might be a “Excessive CPU Frequency Mode” that pushes the chipset by ten p.c to three.85GHz. It has additionally been indicated that the GPU might be powered by 33.5 teraflops versus the usual PS5’s 10.28 teraflops.

This doesn’t imply that the PS5 Professional might be 3 times higher at rendering than the common PS5. There have been latest adjustments in AMD’s structure that make it tough to immediately examine teraflops between the PS5 and the PS5 Professional, . The leak suggests a forty five p.c uptick with rendering.

In any occasion, it certain seems to be like (and even days) away from an official announcement from Sony. Right here’s to hoping the PS5 Professional gained’t completely .