1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,620 Am I buying a PS5 Pro? Yes, here are the reasons why. 2 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:09,740 I've enjoyed so many games on my PS5. Some of my favorite games of all time 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:14,220 have come out on the PS5. Final Fantasy XVI, yeah, it's coming on PC, 4 00:00:14,220 --> 00:00:17,940 but I've already beaten it twice on PS5, and I'm probably gonna play it again on PC. 5 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:21,420 That's why I like this machine. It's a great place to experience these games 6 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:25,140 without really worrying about making sure they're working right, making sure I'm getting 7 00:00:25,140 --> 00:00:28,180 the best optimization and just go and I play. 8 00:00:28,180 --> 00:00:33,140 And it's so easy, it's so quick, that's a big one. I just sit down, hit one button, within 10 seconds, 9 00:00:33,140 --> 00:00:37,260 everything's turned on, everything's synced. It's just easy, you don't have to think about it. 10 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:42,300 So I'm a big fan for turning off my brain when I go home, playing console games for that reason. 11 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:47,420 Another big reason that I'm getting the PS5 Pro, I'm going to keep my regular PS5 12 00:00:47,420 --> 00:00:51,420 because my partner has basically co-opted it. She's playing a ton of games now, 13 00:00:51,420 --> 00:00:54,500 and console games are so much easier to share 14 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:59,260 with people that don't want to fussy-dussy with PCs. 15 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:04,060 When you play PCs, you have to, you know, turning it on and off is more of an ordeal than a console. 16 00:01:04,060 --> 00:01:07,100 It's super automatic, super easy on a console. 17 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:10,940 Even just like loading into Steam, I had to explain that to her 18 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:14,980 and kind of give her a tutorial on how to use Steam and stuff. 19 00:01:14,980 --> 00:01:18,940 Whereas a console, it's all right there, it's super easy. And so I like the console experience 20 00:01:18,940 --> 00:01:24,580 for being able to share it. And so now specifically when I'm getting the PS5 Pro, 21 00:01:24,580 --> 00:01:27,620 I have been wanting to get two PS5s. 22 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:33,340 And I know this is a very much a first-world problem. And what I was doing was I have our living room upstairs, 23 00:01:33,340 --> 00:01:36,420 and then I have my game cave in the basement. 24 00:01:36,420 --> 00:01:40,180 And I've wall-mounted my PS5 upstairs so that my partner can basically use that one full-time. 25 00:01:40,180 --> 00:01:44,540 That's her PS5, and she's doing that. And so I've been waiting to get my own PS5, 26 00:01:44,540 --> 00:01:48,700 and I was going to buy just like a Slim or whatever and do that, but PS5 Pro on the horizon 27 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:52,900 makes sense, just wait, see what it was. And so I've been waiting for months. 28 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:55,900 I've been saving my like 50 bucks every two weeks, 29 00:01:55,900 --> 00:02:01,820 putting it into a little account for my PS5 Pro. Was I expecting it to be $600, not $700? 30 00:02:01,820 --> 00:02:05,180 1 billion percent. Am I disappointed that I have to pay an extra hundred bucks? 31 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:11,140 Hell yeah. But not including the stand to me is an overblown issue. 32 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:15,140 What consoles have come with stands? 33 00:02:15,140 --> 00:02:18,460 Name a PlayStation console that came with a stand before the PS5. 34 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:24,500 Uh-huh, they didn't. It's always been a separate thing. And so this idea that the stand is extra 35 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:30,980 is absolutely insane, especially when the PS5 does stand up pretty good on its own without the stand. 36 00:02:30,980 --> 00:02:35,620 And so I feel like people are jumping on this hate bandwagon because the price is so exorbitant 37 00:02:35,620 --> 00:02:39,180 and trying to focus on these semi-cogent points 38 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:42,220 and kind of bandwagoning on things that I don't think really matter. 39 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:47,900 Same with the disk drive. A lot of you watching this are PC gamers. 40 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:51,260 When was the last time you had a disk drive in your PC? When was the last time that was an issue? 41 00:02:51,260 --> 00:02:55,220 We live in a different era, and I am a fan of physical media, 42 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:58,260 but it's different than it used to be. 43 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:01,340 And it's different than movies. We made that movie recently about, 44 00:03:01,340 --> 00:03:05,700 don't make that video recently about why you should have physical Blu-rays. 45 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:09,580 And that's because that disk is the final version of that movie. 46 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:13,500 You're getting everything you need on that disk. And if you rip it, you're getting exactly the same 47 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:19,700 experience with or without it. Whereas physical games, it's basically just a license key. 48 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,740 And you put it in your console and you have to install it to your hard drive 49 00:03:22,740 --> 00:03:27,500 because it can't be read fast enough. Or, or even worse, there's almost nothing on the disk 50 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:34,220 and it just downloads it anyway. And so this idea that physical media needs to be preserved 51 00:03:34,220 --> 00:03:37,220 is beautiful, but we lost. It's already over. 52 00:03:37,220 --> 00:03:40,420 And I don't think pretending like 53 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:45,900 consoles need a disk drive now is the right place to fight. 54 00:03:47,180 --> 00:03:52,860 And you guys know me, I'm a big retro gamer. I have physical games going back all the way to, 55 00:03:52,860 --> 00:03:58,220 I guess, less long now, but I used to have stuff going all the way back to the Atari 2600. 56 00:03:58,220 --> 00:04:03,220 And I think that saying that the PS5 Pro needs a disk drive 57 00:04:04,860 --> 00:04:08,060 or to be comparable to a PS3, which was a big argument I saw, 58 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:13,300 that it's not comparable to a PS3 because it doesn't come with a disk drive or a stand that the PS3 did not come with, 59 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:20,260 is a little unfair because they're different. The PS3 didn't come with a two terabyte SSD, 60 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:23,980 came with the price more compared to a 20 Gigabyte hard drive. 61 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:27,180 So like, it's not ever gonna be apples to apples. 62 00:04:27,180 --> 00:04:30,420 And I think that my overall sentiment, 63 00:04:30,420 --> 00:04:35,340 it's $100 too expensive. I wish that they were undercutting the cost 64 00:04:35,340 --> 00:04:38,660 by, you know, taking a little bit of a loss, 65 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:42,340 but they don't need to. It's a niche product. 66 00:04:42,340 --> 00:04:48,820 And what I found out after the video was written, the PS4 Pro sold apparently Wii U numbers. 67 00:04:48,820 --> 00:04:52,260 And that's lower than I expected. Obviously the Wii U wasn't a huge success. 68 00:04:52,260 --> 00:04:57,420 When you put it in the context of the PS4 family as an addition, it's like, that's pretty good. 69 00:04:57,420 --> 00:05:00,620 You know, 13 to 15 million or whatever isn't bad 70 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:04,380 when you're adding it to 90 other million consoles sold. 71 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:07,380 But I think Sony identified that it is a niche product 72 00:05:07,380 --> 00:05:12,220 and by pushing the price up a little bit higher, they might lose out on a little adoption, 73 00:05:12,220 --> 00:05:17,220 but they're not really going to drastically move the needle. 74 00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:21,220 It's gonna be like, probably Wii U numbers again is my guess. 75 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:25,060 I think that they're gearing it up for a price drop. 76 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:34,080 This is more speculatory. So I didn't want to put it in the video. My feeling is there is a PS5 and PS4 Pro price drop 77 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,620 that's built into these prices and that we are due for a price drop, 78 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:41,980 but they don't need to play that card yet. They're waiting till, you know, 79 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:45,860 they're on the back for a little bit. Microsoft releases something really cool and they have to sell some PS5s 80 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:49,460 or the Switch 2 comes out and they're like, all right, it's time we need a little PS5 steam, 81 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:53,220 $50 price drop. That's my guess, guess, speculation. 82 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:58,180 And that comes back to, yeah, I am probably gonna buy a PS5 Pro. 83 00:05:58,180 --> 00:06:04,620 It's a little bit disappointing in Canada. If I wanted the disk drive in the stand, you know, it's like $1,200, $1,300 of my money, 84 00:06:04,620 --> 00:06:07,760 literally rent for a lot of people. 85 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,040 And I still want it. 86 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,940 I have loved the PS5 games. Both Final Fantasies that came out 87 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:19,320 over the last, you know, 16 months or whatever are some of my favorite console experiences 88 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,520 of the last decade totally blew me away. 89 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,240 I haven't cried as hard with a piece of media ever 90 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,120 like I did with Final Fantasy XVI. 10 out of 10 for me, 91 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,200 it is exactly the kind of game I want to play. Same with Final Fantasy VII. 92 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,360 And I want to play those games in the highest possible fidelity. 93 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:43,280 Yes, they will come to PC. Everything's coming to PC. And that's another point that I'm kind of curious about. 94 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:47,160 People say that, including myself included, the PS5 doesn't have any exclusive. 95 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:52,280 And that's because most of the games are on PS4, which kind of is a bummer if it's, you know, 96 00:06:52,280 --> 00:06:58,200 sandbagging the games that are coming on the PS5. But also they aren't exclusive because they're on PC. 97 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,480 And that's a good thing. And so having the games on PC, 98 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,840 is that a negative for the PS5? I'm genuinely curious what you think. 99 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:08,720 Because to me, it's a good thing that they're available on PC. 100 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:13,960 And so to then hold the PS, that against the PS5 is a little disingenuous. 101 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,080 I get it because in the sense of, 102 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,160 you don't need to own a PS5 to play those games, that's 100% true. 103 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,880 And you don't need a PS5 Pro. Honestly, I don't need a PS5 Pro. 104 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,440 If I had to choose one $1,000 PC or $1,000 console, 105 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,840 you bet your ass. Sorry, Sam, that's extra work. 106 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,280 I would choose a PC. Like there's no ifs ands or buts. 107 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,840 When I play multi-platform games, I'm always playing on PC. There's no reason to play them on the PlayStation. 108 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,880 But there is games that I do like playing on my PS5. 109 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,880 A lot of them are Sony First Party or, you know, 110 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:53,160 these exclusives that are coming to a console that has such a bigger adoption rate. 111 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:58,080 And that's essentially my rant. PS5 Pro's too expensive. 112 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,760 You don't need it. Nobody needs it. If you want to, if you have the disposable income, 113 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:07,480 you're so lucky. I'm really lucky. I just sold all my stuff. So I have a little bit of fun money to play with 114 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,920 on stuff that I don't really need. And some of the money from that sale 115 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,960 from the previous video is gonna be going towards that. 116 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,560 So it softens the blow. I don't know if I would have spent $1,200 117 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,880 or whatever, $1,100 without the disk drive, without that, because that's a lot of money. 118 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:28,320 And like I said, I was expecting 600 US, so probably like $800, $900 Canadian. 119 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:33,320 But I do think that the big problem with the showcase 120 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:39,760 is the games they showed weren't great. They were already fantastic looking games. 121 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:45,360 And Sony's done a really good job getting a lot out of the PS4 Pro and PS5. 122 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,520 And so to then be like, look at the foliage in the back. 123 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,160 It's a little bit sharper, doesn't really work. Where I think the PS5 Pro will shine 124 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,920 is actually in those multi-platform games where the optimization isn't optimal 125 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:02,400 or they weren't designed around this specific hardware, so they struggle a little bit. 126 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:07,440 And I think that the PS5 Pro will be a great way to play those games if you don't have a PC. 127 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:12,120 I still think a PC is a better way to play it, but if you're a hardcore PS5 gamer, 128 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,520 I think in that sense, it would be worth the upgrade if you play all your games on a PS5. 129 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:21,200 The multi-platform games, my guess will be the biggest uplift in that sense. 130 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,280 I'm very excited. Are you getting a PS5 Pro? I know a lot of you aren't. 131 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:30,400 Do you have a PS5? What do you think? Do you think that our take was too light on Sony? 132 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,960 Do you think we were pretty balanced? What do you think? 133 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,920 Am I stupid? Yeah, yeah, I know, I am. Okay, thanks for watching. 134 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,920 Why don't you check out another Flo Plain Exclusive?