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generation 8.5 is here with the ps4 Pro offering a more powerful piece of hardware for console gaming to finally go 4k at least for some games the unboxing process here is pretty standard you've got your branded colorful box on the outside and on the inside a sturdier cardboard box actually holding everything opening that up and putting some paperwork aside first were greeted with all the accessories that come with this system including an HDMI cable headphones USB two micro USB cable for charging a controller the power cable which is a different kind than the original ps4 and ps4 slim and then of course the revised DualShock 4 controller all that aside all we have left is of course the PlayStation 4 Pro how do you feel about the ps4 Pro being a club sandwich so when I first saw the ps4 slim I hated it but once they actually got one in person it really grown me and I actually really liked it so I thought maybe that would apply to the pro as well and not so much I will say I don't hate it as much as I did when it was first revealed but I still don't think it's a very good looking system the triple-layer just doesn't work for me and now that I'm able to take a closer look there are some other changes that I'm really not feeling well the slim moved the originals front-facing buttons to the inside lip the pro has put them on the front again in a new style there's this thin strip of material almost like a little tiny flap with the left and right side pushing in for power and eject now personally I'm not a big fan of front-facing buttons that you can push real easy as rare as it is if you play games often chances are there's going to be some really bizarre circumstance that happens where your system gets shut off mid game which is always annoying one thing I do like that's a nice little touch to help signify this as a more powerful system is that the PlayStation logo on the pro is a fully reflective surface as opposed to the Slim's glossy black which just looks awesome as far as other bits about the build we still have two front-facing USB ports but the pro also offers an additional USB port in the back which is nice to have for something like an external hard drive or for hooking up the psvr without clutter the front of your system everything else is pretty much the same as the slim other than the rien clusion of an optical port and a different input for power so after a quick and easy set up we've got the pro running and it's interesting to me what things are noticeably different and what are not people say it's more quiet but is it really the original ps4 was really really loud and thankfully it got a lot more quiet with the revised ps4 and the ps4 slim and the pro is pretty much on par with those it's maybe a little more quiet than the slim but the fact that matter is as soon as that fan kicks on you're gonna know now ask for something that's still the same from the original ps4 is that the pro really does nothing interface wise right now to push an advertise which your games benefit from the tech you can find out by looking it up online or reading in depth info on a game by game basis but just browsing the interface there's really nothing here to help denote or excite users over which of their games can now run in 4k or have visual updates this doesn't detract from the good the system does obviously the fact that games can run better is amazing it just seems odd that you don't have a clear identifier while browsing your games what will and will not benefit from the pro is it worth buying if I only play one or two games now this one depends a lot on which exact one or two games you're playing because while the ps4 Pro does support 4k gaming what that means from game to game actually varies quite a bit some like The Last of Us can actually run a native 4k well there are others that are just 1440p up scaled like Uncharted 4 and then there's games that just flat-out don't have Pro compatibility which means that your games are going to run just like they would on a regular ps4 but with 1080p upscale to 4k with no extra polish if none of the games you care about offer Pro compatibility then there's not a lot that system is going to offer you over a slim other than an extra USB port and a larger hard drive but if those few games you play do have a pro then honestly it's a pretty easy yes it's also an excellent option if you want a special edition sandwich console