PlayStation

The Road to PlayStation 6: PS5 Pro, Project Amethyst, Two Price Hikes and the Memory Crunch

Sony’s PS5 began at $499.99 in 2020, then moved through a Slim revision and the higher-priced PS5 Pro, whose PSSR upscaling introduced machine-learning hardware to the PlayStation line. Sony and AMD have since made Project Amethyst a joint technology program, publicly outlining AI, ray-tracing and compression designs for a future console while continuing to update PS5-era graphics technology.