After a slew of leaks, the PS5 Pro is finally official. Not surprisingly, the Pro version of the console features faster performance over the standard PS5 with a slightly different, but still familiar-looking design. Of course, the PS5 Pro is priced…well, quite a bit higher too.

In the US, the PS5 Pro retails at $699; that comes up to about RM3,035. It’s worth noting that this is essentially the digital edition of the console, as the Blu-ray disc drive is no longer bundled with the PS5 Pro. It will be sold separately, much like how it is with the newer, slimmer PS5. Oh, the Pro model also gets a 2TB SSD now over the slim PS5’s 1TB SSD.

The faster performance of the PS5 are attributed to three main improvements: an upgraded GPU, advanced ray tracing, as well as AI-driven upscaling dubbed PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). The GPU, for one, now features 67% more compute units than the current PS5 with 28% faster memory. Collectively, this results in up to 45% faster rendering.

What about advanced ray tracing? Well, according to PlayStation, the PS5 Pro can do more powerful ray tracing that provides more dynamic reflection and refraction of light, allowing rays to be cast at “double, and at times triple, the speeds of the current PS5 console.”

Finally, there’s PSSR, which is similar in implementation to Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR; all of which are upscaling techniques. PSSR uses machine learning to provide sharper image quality, resulting in improved visual quality.

Pre-orders of the PS5 Pro will start 26 September, and it will be available from 7 November onwards in selected markets. We don’t have details on the Malaysian availability of the new console just yet, but rest assured, we will keep a close eye on the matter.