The PlayStation 5 Pro is looking to be an extremely developer-friendly system, as it would require developers little effort to offer better and more stable performance if the leaked specifications going around are real.
In a new video shared on YouTube earlier today, Moore's Law is Dead commented on the rumored specs that are making the rounds online, highlighting what others have said in their analyses regarding a Zen 2 CPU, which would be the best choice for the system due to a variety of factors, including the fact that it would have no trouble running modern AAA games. If the mid-gen refresh console's leaked specs are real, not only would its cost be kept quite reasonable, but it would also be an incredibly developer-friendly system, as it wouldn't require much effort from developers to take advantage of the hardware to make their games run better than on the base system.
While the leaked PlayStation 5 Pro specs sound believable, the leaked GPU specs are unlikely to be real. As highlighted by well-known AMD leaker Kepler, clock regression on the GPU would create backward compatibility issues, so it's pretty much certain Sony will not go with a GPU with a frequency target of 2.0 GHz, which is lower than that of the base PS5 GPU.
The PlayStation 5 Pro has yet to be officially announced, but it is rumored to be launching in late 2024. We will keep you updated on the system as soon as more come in on it, so stay tuned for all the latest news.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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