Sony Comments On PS4 Pro Sales And How They Compare To Slim Model

@titang1: The comment about TLoU:R is especially funny when (according to Digital Foundry):

'From a second play-through of the game at 30fps, we've noticed no other visual differences; textures, ambient occlusion and effects are entirely untouched.'

Which means that TLoU:R in 4K looks... like TLoU:R in 1080p! Of course the fact I think it's an incredibly overrated game probably doesn't help...

As for the enhanced modes, it's very much case-by-case - ESO looks absolutely horrific in 1080 Enhanced because it introduced some weird motion-blur nonsense that really doesn't play nicely with HDR and makes it look like you've just over-medicated. The same thing in 2160/30 looks much better, although if I'm honest I don't play it in that mode because it looks significantly better, but more just because I can.

For me, Horizon: Zero Dawn is probably going to be the clincher, as it's version (the 'checkerboard' take) looks to be the standard going forward for the Pro, and it's the first game to have it as a consideration as early in it's development as it did (ME:A is probably the next one). I know RoTR does 'checkerboard' but that was very much a bolt-on after the fact and it looks gorgeous no matter what you play it on.

So far though, as I've said, it's really not done an awful lot to impress me. I don't know whether this is just because the games I've got that take advantage of it really don't click with me, but at no point have I felt the need to call someone and say 'Come over here and check this out' which I've pretty much done with things like the initial transition to 1080p, HDR, 4K Blu-Ray etc.

So maybe time will tell?

@titang1:

I think the change was worth it even though I have a regular PS4 which is now used by another family member. BF1, Tomb Raider, Uncharted to mention a few looks gorgeous in 4k checkerboard!

@titang1: True that but I'd be curious to see the market shares of who are "1st time buyers" and who are "upgrading" their current hardware (PS4).

As much as it's a "no-brainer" to buy Pro if you don't have a PS4, making us think this is where most sales come from, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that actually a very large share of it comes from people diving into the "upgrade" plan more than actual "newcomers".

A big part of the "Gamers" must already have their consoles in their living room by now, 3 years down the road.
I don't know a lot of people who were still "stuck" on PS3/Xbox360 this far into what they used to call "Next gen".

All my friends who got a PS4 pro did it for the "Upgrade".
I don't know anyone near or far that got a PS4 pro as a first PS4 experience...

@joshrmeyer: "The Pro offers pretty much what the Scorpio will offer" - LOL, not even close. The power gap is even greater than the gap between Xbox One Vs PS4, much much greater, you can't compare them. Just the Scorpio's GPU with 6TFLOPS vs the Pro 4TFLOPS is a 43% difference, not to mention the memory bandwidth, and if you add up backwards compatibility + UHD Blu-Ray + The Elite controller then your statement becomes false. The PS4 Pro is a joke compared to Scorpio, power-wise. If you like ps games then you should just stay with your normal ps4.

@titang1: its the same article you read about the missing VR logo and that article got updated after a MS reply