The hardware presentation kicked off with an announcement that confirmed a slim version of the PS4, which matched many of the leaks that we’ve seen during the last month. That announcement came and went in just a few quick moments as the attention turned to Sony’s high-powered 4K console, the PlayStation 4 Pro.
After a series of demos showing new games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4 Pro, Sony revealed that the console will be available on November 10, just in time for holiday shopping. The 4K hardware will cost players $399.
That doesn’t leave Sony fans very much time to save up for the new piece of hardware, but the high-powered system upgrade is only going to connect with a small subset of gamers anyway. The biggest selling points of the new console are all built around 4K technology, so the $399 upgrade is really only worth hunting down for gamers who already own a 4K television or are willing to buy one. The price of 4K TVs has already started to drop, but picking up a 4K unit and the console is still going to be hard to do for less than $1000.
It will be very interesting to see how quickly console gamers migrate to the Xbox Scorpio and PlayStation 4 Pro, as this is one of the first console generations with more iterative upgrades. The change seems like a good trend in the long run, but only time will tell how consumers feel about these kind of upgrades.
What do you think of the PlayStation 4 Pro? Will you be purchasing the console this holiday season? Let us know in the comments.
The PlayStation 4 Pro releases on November 10, 2016.
