PS5 Pro Games List & Everything Revealed So Far

Sony has unveiled the PS5 Pro, which did not spark much joy among PlayStation fans, including myself. For a cool $700, it really is not a small sum of money, and without a disc drive included, that makes people raise an eyebrow or two. Yes, it comes with a more upgraded 2TB SSD, but that also will not be enough to warrant the cost for many gamers, not to mention those outside the US. That leaps to almost $900 in some territories, with the UK's £700 working out to about $918. Ouch.

That might be due to a simple matter of lack of competition. Xbox is such a minor player outside of the US that Sony can charge what it likes. The US is also getting its base PS5 model price jacked up by $50, which isn't happening elsewhere.

But let's get down to brass tacks: Will people actually buy the PS5 Pro at this price? It's a tough sell. Even die-hard fans might think twice about upgrading this time around, and that's something that was unthinkable when the PS4 Pro launched. Sure, lots of gamers have always picked up the latest console, but at $800, sticking with the PS5 you've already got doesn't sound like such a bad idea.

In fact, it's possible that the PS5 Pro just managed to increase the value of the launch version of the PS5 that came fitted with a disc drive. Sony really didn't do much to convince people otherwise. The games shown during the reveal weren't exactly new-most of them were titles gamers had already finished. Spider-Man 2? Ratchet & Clank? We've all been there and done that. And let's be frank here, those comparison shots? They barely showed any improvement.

Now, to be fair, there have been games—like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth—where the performance mode looks rough on the original PS5. Switching to Fidelity mode lets you soak in the visuals, but you're sacrificing the frame rate. The promise of the PS5 Pro is that it will combine these modes, giving you top-tier visuals at 60 FPS. Sounds great on paper, but it doesn't mean every game will run at 60 FPS.

According to Digital Foundry, games that already hit 60 FPS on the regular PS5 will get a visual boost on the Pro, thanks to the PSSR AI upscaling tech and improved ray tracing. But if a game is locked at 30 FPS, the PS5 Pro likely won't introduce a new performance mode.

Other games, like Dragon's Dogma 2, have uncapped framerates by default, so it may play even smoother on the PS5 Pro, whereas major titles like GTA 6 are anyone's guess; with Rockstar's history of locking console games at 30 FPS, that might be the case here even with the Pro. In other areas, there is, of course, a boost to backward-compatible PS4 games, but you'll need to shell out for the disc drive model to use your old discs on the digital-only PS5 Pro.

Set that against the PS4 Pro announcement in 2016, and it's a wholly different affair. That time, Sony took center stage to boast about future titles such as Horizon Zero Dawn and Spider-Man. For now, we're getting a lot of familiar faces in old titles, many of which can already be played on PS4. So, where's the roar for Death Stranding 2? Anyway, here's the full list of games that are confirmed to get a PS5 Pro upgrade.

- Alan Wake 2
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Demon's Souls
- Dragon's Dogma 2
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Gran Tourismo 7
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- The Crew Motorfest
- The First Descendant
- The Last of Us Part II Remastered

Of the supported titles, most have either already released or will release shortly-save for Assassin's Creed Shadows. It becomes pretty evident that Sony's first-party titles will, but moving forward for multi-platform games, it seems one needs a reason for a developer to justify those resources on an upgrade. That said, Alan Wake 2 and Dragon's Dogma 2 seem to get DLCs accompanying PS5 Pro patches, which could give fans something new to look ahead.

Pre-orders for the PS5 Pro start on September 26th at PlayStation Direct, and it's launching on November 7th. Also, there's some rumbling that a State of Play event will occur on September 24th, before the Tokyo Game Show. Is this when we'll actually see some future PS5 Pro games? Only time will tell.