Rosie Grace: REVIEW: Sony PLAYSTATION 4 PRO

One year after the release, there is still a question: is it finally to the professional version?

Rate 8/10
Price $ 400

The PlayStation 4 Pro is a more powerful PS4 since Sony changed the game's gameplay perspective and decided to release upgrades to its PlayStation 4 for more than a year. It can play every standard PS4 game but with added horsepower to provide high-end 4K HDR output with high resolution - in fact, this translates to more beautiful visuals and frame rates.

Maybe before we go, maybe I should answer the biggest question you may have. If you want to know if you should have PS4, the answer is yes. In this generation of game consoles, including the Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 is the game I play most. More and more people (more than 700,000) own a PS4 game console, which means more friends may have it and many exciting games to choose from, many of which must be unique.

A small step toward the future

Pro promises to be a no-nonsense upgrade. With a 1TB hard drive (twice the size of the PS4 Basic), it plays every standard PS4 game and should be enhanced with higher resolution, more beautiful colors and other visual effects. One year after the release, all this has finally come true. Games like Horizo n Zero Dawn look absolutely stunning on Pro. The world is full of more details of the texture, better lighting and more details. Cinematic animation and game play on 4K television are so sharp that they feel like the title of the next generation - and I can easily notice how clear it is. Even though the remake of "The Shadow of the Colossus", despite its origins as a PS2 champion, looks phenomenal on Pro.

Sony has a list of other enhanced games, although the type of enhancement varies by title. Some use 4K resolution like Zero Dawn (or use techniques that simulate 4K with a slightly lower resolution). Other games looked better in standard HD, with smoother textures and more realistic effects - drew my attention with details such as dripping, enhanced lighting and shadows. And the frame rate, Wi-Fi speed (thanks to the much improved 5GHz Wi-Fi), and game load times have all improved, but it's not always obvious.

However, the benefits of PS4 Pro are sometimes hard to notice after just a few games. For example, the PS4 Pro menus are nearly identical, and even though they render sharper on a 4K television, the PlayStation VR content looks alike, no matter which console you use. I hope a higher proportion of the game really take advantage of the system's additional features. In theory they will spend more time.

Streaming video applications are also hit or miss. Netflix supports 4K on the console (although the application has been giving me a false warning that it will not), Amazon Prime still plunges into HD despite 4K support on other platforms like Roku. PS4 Pro also does not support 4K Blu-ray movies, which is disappointing for the so-called 4K console.

Overall, the system still feels like half of a real 4K console. More than half the size of Microsoft's Xbox One X, at least 4K Blu-ray can be played.

Larger and more bulky

Most of the production quality of the PS4 Pro is what you expect - a thicker, thicker black plastic case than the previous PS4. This is not a real issue, but I prefer the touch buttons on my standard PS4 so that the Pro is a bit fragile and hard to find power and eject button. Thankfully, these complaints did not destroy the experience to any measurable extent.

DualShock 4 remains the same despite the graphics enhancements of PS4 Pro. Sony really needs to do something about the battery life of standard PlayStation controllers. The Professional version is slightly more than the one included with the original PS4 (with the LED strip visible on the top of the controller), but you still need to charge it after each game or two games. I suggest to pick up the second controller to be always charged and ready.

Rosie Grace

Tuesday 6 March 2018

REVIEW: Sony PLAYSTATION 4 PRO

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