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Leaker says Sony expects PS5 Pro specs to surface this month, as dev kits make their way to game studios (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

Traditionally, console makers like Sony and Microsoft often create a mid-cycle console refresh,

Am I tripping or did this only happen once each? Was there some PS3 Pro or Xbox 360X that I missed?

I'm not saying they aren't going to do it again, but I wouldn't call it a tradition just yet.

Edit: People I know there were slim versions and other variants of consoles. I'm talking about mid-generstion upgrades to performance. Like Nintendo handhelds: the New 3DS and Gameboy Color would be reasonable examples. There's some things you can stretch: the N64 memory pack, the Sega tower of power.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

They had slim variants going back to the Playstation/PS1. More recently was the "pro" models coming out trying to jump on the Apple marketing bandwagon.

[–] FalseDiamond@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's slightly different though. The PSOne was a post-PS2, cut-price version for the low end market. Same for the NES' second version and more (360 E, PS2/3 Slims, Wii Mini, etc.). The PS4 Pro was the first real mid cycle performance upgrade we got IIRC (aside from the PSP getting double the ram mid cycle, I guess).

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

The article just states a "mid-cycle refresh" which doesn't necessarily mean it has to outpace the original in performance.

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