Our quick take

Sony PS4 Pro - 4.5 / 5

Is it worth an upgrade?

  • 4K resolution and higher frame-rates for many games

Design

  • Dimensions: 305 x 275 x 53mm 1TB hard drive (user upgradable) Optical Blu-ray drive (not UHD Blu-ray)

Specifications

  • AMD Jaguar x86-64 octa-core CPU (2.1GHz) 4.2 teraflops of GPU power 8GB DDR5 RAM (218GB/s), plus 1GB DDR3 RAM for system apps

  • 4.2 teraflops of GPU power

4K HDR games

Checkerboard 4K explained

Does PSVR benefit?

  • Best Sony PS VR games you must play: Farpoint, Batman and more

What’s missing?

  • How to upgrade your PS4 hard drive

To recap

A fantastic 4K HDR games console that has a full year ahead of any similarly capable rival. It would have been nice to have 4K Blu-ray playback and a larger hard drive, but PS4 games look distinctly better when played on a Pro and, for gamers, that’s all that matters.