Verdict: Based on the specs, there are some serious benefits to buying a PS5 Pro, especially thanks to PSSR, which could be a game changer for demanding titles. On the other hand, it’s harder to make a buying decision based on some controlled game demos from titles that came out over the last five years and run just fine on a base PS5.

Only 12,300 units of the special edition PS5 Pro will be available at launch. As with the regular PS5 Pro, pre-orders for this version will commence on Thursday, September 26 via PlayStation Direct. Sony is keeping the price under wraps until it goes on sale.

Follow our live blog for all the latest updates on PS5 Pro pre-orders, and 30th Anniversary Collection pre-orders as stock goes live today all across the globe.

Other retailers have their landing pages set up, but the unreleased PlayStation 5 Pro console is still labeled as coming soon. Retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Target are reportedly set to open pre-orders on the later date of October 10.

Michiel van der Leeuw, technical director on all the Horizon games, shows me how much smoother Horizon Forbidden West can be on the PS5 Pro, how much sharper now that it’s sampling textures that render more crisply,

PlayStation Senior Principal Product Manager Toshi Aoki has revealed that the PS5 Pro was planned before PS5‘s launch in 2020. The console designer credits technology’s quick evolution as reasoning behind the early discussions.

Queues have opened for PS5 Pro pre-orders on the PlayStation Direct website. While the consoles will officially go on sale at 10am BST, fans can enter the queue to pre-order the PS5 Pro now. By clicking the PlayStation Direct link,