WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.620 Am I buying a PS5 Pro? Yes, here are the reasons why. 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 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:14.220 have come out on the PS5. Final Fantasy XVI, yeah, it's coming on PC, 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. 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:21.420 That's why I like this machine. It's a great place to experience these games 00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:25.140 without really worrying about making sure they're working right, making sure I'm getting 00:00:25.140 --> 00:00:28.180 the best optimization and just go and I play. 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, 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. 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. 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 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:51.420 because my partner has basically co-opted it. She's playing a ton of games now, 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:54.500 and console games are so much easier to share 00:00:54.540 --> 00:00:59.260 with people that don't want to fussy-dussy with PCs. 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. 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:07.100 It's super automatic, super easy on a console. 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:10.940 Even just like loading into Steam, I had to explain that to her 00:01:10.940 --> 00:01:14.980 and kind of give her a tutorial on how to use Steam and stuff. 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 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, 00:01:24.580 --> 00:01:27.620 I have been wanting to get two PS5s. 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, 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:36.420 and then I have my game cave in the basement. 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. 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, 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 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:52.900 makes sense, just wait, see what it was. And so I've been waiting for months. 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:55.900 I've been saving my like 50 bucks every two weeks, 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? 00:02:01.820 --> 00:02:05.180 1 billion percent. Am I disappointed that I have to pay an extra hundred bucks? 00:02:05.180 --> 00:02:11.140 Hell yeah. But not including the stand to me is an overblown issue. 00:02:11.540 --> 00:02:15.140 What consoles have come with stands? 00:02:15.140 --> 00:02:18.460 Name a PlayStation console that came with a stand before the PS5. 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 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. 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 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:39.180 and trying to focus on these semi-cogent points 00:02:39.180 --> 00:02:42.220 and kind of bandwagoning on things that I don't think really matter. 00:02:44.100 --> 00:02:47.900 Same with the disk drive. A lot of you watching this are PC gamers. 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? 00:02:51.260 --> 00:02:55.220 We live in a different era, and I am a fan of physical media, 00:02:55.220 --> 00:02:58.260 but it's different than it used to be. 00:02:58.260 --> 00:03:01.340 And it's different than movies. We made that movie recently about, 00:03:01.340 --> 00:03:05.700 don't make that video recently about why you should have physical Blu-rays. 00:03:05.700 --> 00:03:09.580 And that's because that disk is the final version of that movie. 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 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:19.700 experience with or without it. Whereas physical games, it's basically just a license key. 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 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 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 00:03:34.220 --> 00:03:37.220 is beautiful, but we lost. It's already over. 00:03:37.220 --> 00:03:40.420 And I don't think pretending like 00:03:40.420 --> 00:03:45.900 consoles need a disk drive now is the right place to fight. 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, 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. 00:03:58.220 --> 00:04:03.220 And I think that saying that the PS5 Pro needs a disk drive 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:08.060 or to be comparable to a PS3, which was a big argument I saw, 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, 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, 00:04:20.260 --> 00:04:23.980 came with the price more compared to a 20 Gigabyte hard drive. 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:27.180 So like, it's not ever gonna be apples to apples. 00:04:27.180 --> 00:04:30.420 And I think that my overall sentiment, 00:04:30.420 --> 00:04:35.340 it's $100 too expensive. I wish that they were undercutting the cost 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:38.660 by, you know, taking a little bit of a loss, 00:04:38.660 --> 00:04:42.340 but they don't need to. It's a niche product. 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. 00:04:48.820 --> 00:04:52.260 And that's lower than I expected. Obviously the Wii U wasn't a huge success. 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. 00:04:57.420 --> 00:05:00.620 You know, 13 to 15 million or whatever isn't bad 00:05:00.620 --> 00:05:04.380 when you're adding it to 90 other million consoles sold. 00:05:04.380 --> 00:05:07.380 But I think Sony identified that it is a niche product 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, 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:17.220 but they're not really going to drastically move the needle. 00:05:17.220 --> 00:05:21.220 It's gonna be like, probably Wii U numbers again is my guess. 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:25.060 I think that they're gearing it up for a price drop. 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 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:38.620 that's built into these prices and that we are due for a price drop, 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:41.980 but they don't need to play that card yet. They're waiting till, you know, 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 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, 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:53.220 $50 price drop. That's my guess, guess, speculation. 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:58.180 And that comes back to, yeah, I am probably gonna buy a PS5 Pro. 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, 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:07.760 literally rent for a lot of people. 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:11.040 And I still want it. 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:14.940 I have loved the PS5 games. Both Final Fantasies that came out 00:06:14.940 --> 00:06:19.320 over the last, you know, 16 months or whatever are some of my favorite console experiences 00:06:19.320 --> 00:06:22.520 of the last decade totally blew me away. 00:06:22.520 --> 00:06:26.240 I haven't cried as hard with a piece of media ever 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:30.120 like I did with Final Fantasy XVI. 10 out of 10 for me, 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:34.200 it is exactly the kind of game I want to play. Same with Final Fantasy VII. 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:38.360 And I want to play those games in the highest possible fidelity. 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. 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:47.160 People say that, including myself included, the PS5 doesn't have any exclusive. 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, 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. 00:06:58.200 --> 00:07:01.480 And that's a good thing. And so having the games on PC, 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.840 is that a negative for the PS5? I'm genuinely curious what you think. 00:07:04.840 --> 00:07:08.720 Because to me, it's a good thing that they're available on PC. 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:13.960 And so to then hold the PS, that against the PS5 is a little disingenuous. 00:07:13.960 --> 00:07:17.080 I get it because in the sense of, 00:07:17.080 --> 00:07:21.160 you don't need to own a PS5 to play those games, that's 100% true. 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:24.880 And you don't need a PS5 Pro. Honestly, I don't need a PS5 Pro. 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:29.440 If I had to choose one $1,000 PC or $1,000 console, 00:07:29.440 --> 00:07:33.840 you bet your ass. Sorry, Sam, that's extra work. 00:07:33.840 --> 00:07:37.280 I would choose a PC. Like there's no ifs ands or buts. 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. 00:07:42.840 --> 00:07:45.880 But there is games that I do like playing on my PS5. 00:07:45.880 --> 00:07:48.880 A lot of them are Sony First Party or, you know, 00:07:48.880 --> 00:07:53.160 these exclusives that are coming to a console that has such a bigger adoption rate. 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:58.080 And that's essentially my rant. PS5 Pro's too expensive. 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, 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 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.920 on stuff that I don't really need. And some of the money from that sale 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:13.960 from the previous video is gonna be going towards that. 00:08:13.960 --> 00:08:17.560 So it softens the blow. I don't know if I would have spent $1,200 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. 00:08:22.880 --> 00:08:28.320 And like I said, I was expecting 600 US, so probably like $800, $900 Canadian. 00:08:28.320 --> 00:08:33.320 But I do think that the big problem with the showcase 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:39.760 is the games they showed weren't great. They were already fantastic looking games. 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. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.520 And so to then be like, look at the foliage in the back. 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 00:08:53.160 --> 00:08:57.920 is actually in those multi-platform games where the optimization isn't optimal 00:08:57.920 --> 00:09:02.400 or they weren't designed around this specific hardware, so they struggle a little bit. 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. 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, 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. 00:09:16.520 --> 00:09:21.200 The multi-platform games, my guess will be the biggest uplift in that sense. 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. 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? 00:09:30.400 --> 00:09:33.960 Do you think we were pretty balanced? What do you think? 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.920 Am I stupid? Yeah, yeah, I know, I am. Okay, thanks for watching. 00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:39.920 Why don't you check out another Flo Plain Exclusive?