PS4 Pro: Release date, news and features of the new PlayStation 4

PS4 Pro: Release date, news and features of the new PlayStation 4

By Jon Porter

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The PS4 Pro has to be one of the most complicated console’s ever released.

We first heard about the new hardware at the beginning of 2016 thanks to a substantial leak of its developer documentation, but we had to wait until September 2016 before it saw an official announcements.

That’s not what makes the console complicated though.

No, what makes the console complicated is what exactly it’s trying to be. At it’s core it’s a supercharged PS4 which Sony is touting as its first entry into 4K gaming.

But the power of the console means that it won’t actually be able to play games at a native 4K resolution, instead it will use a series of clever upscaling techniques to achieve what has been described as being an image that’s very close to 4K.

This option gives developers a great deal of choice as to how they go about making use of that extra console horsepower.

So read on for all the details of how the PS4 Pro will sit alongside the new slimmer PS4.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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