Thanks for the laugh, Sony marketing

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  1. Evil__Mushroom

    Sony: Hey, look at me, I’m the scalper now

  2. laserlaggard

    Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures.

  3. Mike-Bot-1984

    They were trying to demonstrate frame rate. Meaning a still frame just makes you look dumb trying to pull this off. Like really low class dumb lol.

  4. StarChief1

    Even in this tiny jpeg of yours you can clearly see the foliage on the right is much sharper.

    Does it matter? Nah most people won’t care, but the difference is clearly there.

  5. Ebolatastic

    Lol at all the PC gamers pretending that they don’t dump thousands into this exact kind of thing.

  6. _Tacoyaki_

    So yeah it would be frame performance, dynamic lighting, storage, etc that people are paying for. Obviously a screenshot won’t show any of this. This says “I don’t understand tech showcases”

  7. Fierydog

    posting a low resolution pixelated picture to make the difference look worse and pass it off as real seems a bit disingenuous

  8. survivenolife

    Their marketing team did a great job by showing how pointless all of this is.

  9. Rio_Walker

    Is this Watch Dogs graphics controversy, but without “True” graphics altogether?

  10. ShadowTown0407

    r/gaming and kneejerk reactions name a better duo

  11. Vestalmin

    Why would you post a low res photo that is meant to demonstrate high resolution?

    I think $700 is way too high for what it’s offering but it is offering something

  12. robofalltrades

    To be fair I saw more differences than in most of Nvidias demos.

  13. nfs3freak

    This is a case of user error from OP. Embarrassing.

  14. Zylpherenuis

    Remember back when they announced the PS5 with all the bells and whistles with Spiderman?
    Now look back to what is delivered. Do you think Sony has delivered on their promised or have they falsely claimed their product could deliver quality results with that *Marketing* Model that they had to push sales?
    If anything, Sony is shooting their Good Will from their consumers out the window with this. Ironically, I think people want the next best thing and those with $ will buy it and support the practice of outpricing poorer consumers from getting into the next gaming market and becoming more for elites.

    I repeat. Do NOT give Sony any more $. DO NOT SUPPORT THESE PRACTICES. THEY ARE ANTI-CONSUMER.

    People that down-vote are PSN-Paypigs.

  15. megasean3000

    Why does the base version look better to me?

  16. PalebloodSky

    This post is misleading and should be deleted. I just set the actual Youtube video to 4K and see quite a clear difference between the two images. Not sure Pro is worth the money but regardless this post OP made is a lie.

  17. This shit has been JPEGed to Saturn. Even the PS5 and PS5 Pro labels on the top are distorted to all hell.

  18. To be fair, it’s a compressed picture from a compressed video who knows how many times. Not saying anything justifies the price or whatever but this argument aint it.

  19. Deliriousious

    *Here’s two images that are vaguely similar, but not the same so a good comparison cannot be drawn.*

    “As you can clearly see, the pro is clearly better.”

    Seriously, there is no difference. I mean, the image is so baked I can count the pixels, so that doesn’t help either.

  20. what’s the PS5 Pro GPU equivalent now ? 7600xt ?

  21. linkinzpark88

    PS5 Pro isn’t a terrible option for players just getting a PS5, but for players upgrading, it’s a terrible price point. They are essentially buying a new GPU and larger HDD for $700

    If this were to come out alongside PS5, the price point would make more sense.

  22. Dustin0791

    I thought I was a Sony fan boy. They are really making me want to buy a 4080 and be done with consoles… If they are just going to keep making “pro” models, I think PC will win in the long run. I bought the PS5 because I love Sony. If they are going to make it more expensive and less convenient than building a PC, I’m DONE! The whole point for me was a convenient console to play the games I can’t on PC. I couldn’t give a shit about any Sony exclusives after Concord, and then they so this?! They fucked up bad…

  23. lmtdpowor

    Can’t wait for Digital Foundry to get a hold of the Pro.

  24. BloodSaberJediHunter

    You are watching a compressed video on YouTube.

    This is why they gave CNET an in person look at ps5 vs ps5 pro playing the same games on side by side TVs.

    Every game I’ve ever played looks worse on YouTube vs on my OLED tv at home.

    Face facts, ps5 pro isn’t made for people like you.

  25. wombicle

    why are people acting like they’re being forced to buy a PS5 pro?

  26. Stealthinater1234

    Presenting 2 small photos in a low auto quality compressed YouTube stream where a large chunk of people are probably watching on their small phone screen was a horrible way to show the improvements.

  27. notthatguypal6900

    Because YT and their terrible compression was the best place and way to show any of this off. Terribly thought-out plan from start to finish.

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