PlayStation 4 Pro var en helt ny slags konsol for Sony at lave. Ligesom Xbox One X var, så er PS4 Pro et slags halvt skridt ind i den næste generation, og en måde at holde mere trit med forbrugernes behov for bedre grafik. Selvom Sony endnu ikke har oplyst konkrete salgstal for konsollen, så ved vi dog nu, at det var en test for deres fremtidige strategi.
I et interview med Game Informer fortæller Executive Vice President of Hardware Engineering and Operation hos Sony Interactive Entertainment (!), Masayasu Ito, at PlayStation 4 Pro har vist vejen frem for PlayStation 5-konsollen.
"Indeed, in the past, the cycle for a new platform was 7 to 10 years, but in view of the very rapid development and evolution of technology, it's really a six to seven year platform cycle. Then we cannot fully catch up with the rapid development of the technology, therefore our thinking is that as far as a platform is concerned for the PS5, it's a cycle of maybe six to seven years. But doing that, a platform lifecycle, we should be able to change the hardware itself and try to incorporate advancements in technology. That was the thinking behind it, and the test case of that thinking was the PS4 Pro that launched in the midway of the PS4 launch cycle."
Noget kunne altså tyde på at PlayStation 5 vil blive opdateret mindst én gang igennem sin cyklus. Er du glad for at Sony vil holde hardwaren frisk og udgive flere versioner løbende?