It's not every day there's a new
Playstation, it's not every day there's a
new console. Well, this, it's not exactly a new
console, it's kind of like a mid-way sort of
new console. It's the pro, and if you know
me I gotta buy anything that has pro in
the name 'cause I'm a professional.
This is the PS4 Pro and you're probably
wondering "Why does it have that pro
moniker? What's so special about this
thing?" It just came out. First thing, and
probably most importantly, this is now a
4k gaming console. Now, that's not going
to matter to everybody right away
because not everybody has a 4k TV or
display that they're gonna hook this up to, but
I love pixels! If I could get more
resolution, of course that's what I want
and this is the way to do it. Now, the PC
people, the PC gamers are out there are like
"Well, excuse me?"
"Yeah, whatever resolution you want with
some fat graphics cards" It's true, but a
guy like me likes to sit back on the
couch sometimes, controller in hand,
super relaxed. I'll put the game on mute
little NBA 2K17 on mute, with the
podcast running on the side.
Let's get inside. I'm noticing that the
contents of the box are listed over here.
Looks like all the cables you're going
to need are included. Spectacular
graphics. If you don't have a 4k display,
you still might see some minor
improvements on a 1080p display, you
might get a few more lines of vertical
resolution, may be slightly better
graphics, a more natural appearance the
thing has more horsepower, so
theoretically even on a 1080p screen, there's
going to be some improvements. Support
for faster frame rates as well. This will
stream 4k video from Netflix as well as
YouTube. Unbox Therapy, one of the first
shows in the world to be fully 4k.
Alright, you can tell I'm excited.
Here we go. It's the old box inside the
box trick. Slides right out...
There's also some other things that have
been improved here for one, it's got one
terabyte drive in it now, one terabyte of
storage, and it's also got extra USB
charging capacity.
Ooh, look how they did that, that's a nice little
touch, Jack! The symbols from the
controller, those are the feet that the
system stands on. Some attitude there,
that's cool. It adds a USB port to the back, so
now there's a third one, two on the front,
one in the back. Your LAN port for wired
connectivity if you choose to get those
sweet speeds. There's also digital
optical audio out. There's this auxiliary
port here for accessories and then the
HDMI out, and I like how the power
connector is recessed in here. Two more
USBs, these are the main ones that people
use, the buttons,
I like this, I like that they did this.
So, I've had a number of different
PlayStation 4s but what they've done
here now, is the power switch is over on
this side, and the eject switch is over
here. It's tougher to mistake one for the
other which happens all the time
especially with new people that are
using your PlayStation, maybe they're XBOX
users, they come over they're just slamming
those buttons getting the wrong results.
You can tell, you see them stacked up, I mean the design
aesthetic is pretty similar. The pro is a
little bit wider this way, it's a tiny
bit taller and the depth is roughly the
same. It's got a little bit more
horsepower, it's a little bit larger in
size. An HDMI cable, this is clutch. You've
also got the very basic chat headset. It's
to get you started, I recommend something
better than this.
It's also the new controller which I
haven't seen this one yet.
You can now see the light bar from the
front so- essentially the same. There's
also a micro USB cable and that's about
it. So, the unboxing experience is very
similar to the stock PlayStation, but
you're the one that knows you've got a pro.
This also is going to enable some
improvements for PlayStation VR. Some of
those similar enhancements that you
might have gotten on a 1080p display
will also apply to the PS VR headset.
You're going to get slightly smoother
graphics enabled by the greater
horsepower of the pro unit. Theoretically
you'll have a better PS VR experience.
Smoother graphics and more potential,
higher frame rates potentially, it's
almost like a PC-style upgrade where;
same platform plays all the same games
but can just do so at a slightly more
optimal scenario. There's a long list of games
that will see improvements on the
PlayStation 4 pro. So, a quick note about
4k resolutions in the PS4 pro, just make
sure that your display or TV supports 4k
at 60 Hertz to get the most out of this.
Now, most newer
televisions do, but it's something to
check up on before you invest in this
system and hope to get a beautiful 4k
signal. So there you have it, PS4 pro.
Should you buy it? Does it suck? No.
I think- I think this is a cool step in the
right direction.
I think if you're on an old model and an
old TV, it's probably a little too much
of a step because then you got to get a
4k display to really take advantage of
it and the system itself, but if you
don't have a PlayStation, yeah you're
looking for something to do this holiday
season maybe you're a parent, I say step up
to the pro, future-proof yourself a
little bit so you're ready when you do
get that 4k display and if you already
have a 4k display, then come on man!
Get yourself some extra pixels! Candy for
your eyeballs!