Will Sony charge for PS5 pro upgrade patches?

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Poll Will Sony charge for PS5 pro upgrade patches? (10 votes)

No 50%
Yes 50%

Yes they will. For instance, Spider Man 2 players on the base PS5 will need to pay around $10 or so for the privilege of playing at 4K120 on the Pro. They already do this now with PS4 to PS5 upgrades.

PS4 to PS4 Pro game patches were free. That will no longer be the case for the PS5 Pro. Sony lost $10B in stock valuation last quarter, they need the revenue because their shareholders are pissed off.

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#1 DaVillain  Moderator
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No one truly knows if there's ever gonna be a PS5 Pro and even if there is, do we really need it? PS5 to me is as powerful as they come from what I've seen and played so far.

Also, no insane person is gonna start charging patches. Patches are there to fix the problem of game developers discovered by the players. You cannot simply charge patches because it's never the gamer's fault, it's the developers for not discovering bugs/glitches/framerate drops during test gaming if they still do those.

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#2 sakaiXx  Online
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If we go by last gen PS4pro upgrades, no. but it will be interesting if sony does charge its games.

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#3 satvichit2
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Yup, would also make sense as to why Sony is now claiming that the PS5 is reaching the latter stage of its life cycle. I’d presume the PS5 Pro will simply replace the existing PS5 in the coming years as the PS5 reaches EOL.

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#4  Edited By GalvatronType_R
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@davillain: please read more carefully. I never claimed Sony would charge for corrective patches, no one in their right mind would charge for those.

Sony is charging gen 8 game owners for gen 9 ports, I can absolutely see them charging for the privilege of playing base PS5 games at PS5 Pro specs. Starting with Spider Man 2 and God of War Ragnarok.

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More than likely? Can't say I blame them.. personally I won't be upgrading any of my games unless they're free or multiplayer, because I'll have already played through them before if I had the interest, and I don't usually play through single player games more than once unless they are shorter games.

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More than likely? Can't say I blame them.. personally I won't be upgrading any of my games unless they're free or multiplayer, because I'll have already played through them before if I had the interest, and I don't usually play through single player games more than once unless they are shorter games.

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More than likely? That is to say if there is any significant upgrades that need actual tweaking behind the scenes and aren't just automatic... if they are automatically converted then probably not. Can't say I blame them.. personally I won't be upgrading any of my games unless they're free or multiplayer, because I'll have already played through them before if I had the interest, and I don't usually play through single player games more than once unless they are shorter games.

That said PS5 Pro day 1 either way and if the Enhanced versions for the Pro cost more from the start.. well, I'll be getting those versions.

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@davillain said:

No one truly knows if there's ever gonna be a PS5 Pro and even if there is, do we really need it? PS5 to me is as powerful as they come from what I've seen and played so far.

Also, no insane person is gonna start charging patches. Patches are there to fix the problem of game developers discovered by the players. You cannot simply charge patches because it's never the gamer's fault, it's the developers for not discovering bugs/glitches/framerate drops during test gaming if they still do those.

so.... that was a thing in ps3,360 era, start of ps4 era/one....