We Looked Inside The Box Of The PS5 Pro, Sony's Most Expensive Console In Years

Sony’s PS5 Pro, a $700 mid-gen upgrade of the PlayStation 5, launches later this week. And ahead of its official launch, Sony has sent over a PS5 Pro for us to play with and poke at. And while I can’t say anything (yet) about how games play or look on the new console, I can at least walk you through opening the box.

The souped-up, more powerful PS5 Pro was announced in September, and quickly set off a firestorm of discourse and debate online. The biggest argument against the pricier machine—which arrives on November 7—was that games didn’t look improved enough for such a high price tag. However, Sony’s argument for the PS5 Pro is that most players prefer higher framerates, and with this new console, we should be able to play games at 60 or 120 FPS without compromising resolution or losing fancy features like raytraced lighting.

Does the PS5 Pro pull that off? I can’t tell you my thoughts on that until later this week. But I can walk you through the process of opening the box and comparing the console to the old PS5. Let’s do that!