Sony sold far fewer PS5 consoles than at the same time last year. It was in the leadup to the much-anticipated PlayStation 5 Pro console, so maybe it was expected. While we won’t know about sales numbers for Sony’s first $700 ($780 with the often-necessary disk drive) in a few months,

Performance modes look better on the PS5 Pro than Fidelity modes on the PS5. Better ray-tracing means more realistic, immersive game worlds. More power lets game devs go wild with putting more stuff in the world.

Reviewers say the PlayStation Pro is an upgrade in performance over the older PS5, but truly enjoying it requires an expensive setup.