10 Confessions Of A PS4 Owner After Upgrading To The Pro

HDR is the future, but the future doesn't come cheap.

by Josh Brown
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More than any other generation before it, players have never enjoyed so much choice when it comes to the variety of consoles they can pick up and play. Not only do we have the big three from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, but for the first time ever fans have been offered improvements on these base models that boast more than just a smaller design and an improved hard drive size.

Unlike other generations Sony and Microsoft have iterated on their initial machines massively, implementing 4K support, updating their processors and increasing storage in the recently released PS4 Pro, Xbox One S and the just-announced Xbox One X.

But the marketing surrounding these new machines has been muddied, with many customers - including myself - unsure as to whether these new consoles are genuine upgrades or just glorified slim models that can be passed up without missing much.

Saying goodbye to a launch day PS4 and picking up a new PS4 Pro I decided to see exactly what these iterations have to offer, and unfortunately found out that it's been a rough few months to be an early adopter of Sony's new machine.

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Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.