TV producer hints at doable PS5 Pro and Series X/S consoles

Last era launched the idea of mid-gen console refreshes within the type of the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Because of this, customers have been speculating about one other mid-gen refresh for the PS5 and Series X/S. According to a current presentation from TV producer TCL, the PS5 Pro and upgraded Series X/S might have simply been unofficially unveiled.

TCL made a presentation right now to a gaggle of journalists, divulging technical particulars and show requirements involving upcoming tv units. During this presentation, Maciej Zablocki, a author for Polish tech site PPE, snapped an image from certainly one of its slides.

This conspicuous slide separates show requirements by the completely different console generations that outlined them. We see notations for generations 8, 8.5, 9, and 9.5. Underneath the “gen 9.5” part of the slide, TCL lists the PS5 Pro and new Xbox Series X/S consoles with show targets of 8K decision at as much as 120Hz.

Both 2023 and 2024 are flagged as the discharge window, which is a fairly sizeable indication of latest consoles from Sony and Microsoft. TV producers would probably have some kind of data about in-development {hardware} with the intention to craft set show requirements to match the {hardware} and vice versa. Most just lately, Microsoft partnered with LG within the lead-up to the Xbox Series X/S launch, which led to the LG CX being the premiere HDMI 2.1 compliant TV for current-gen consoles. It’s doable that TCL has inside data or heard some kind of rumblings in regards to the new consoles.

On the opposite hand, this might additionally find yourself not coming to fruition. Perhaps TCL is making its finest educated guess regarding what show requirements mid-gen consoles would goal in the event that they have been to launch. In this context, the 2023-2024 window could possibly be referencing its personal TVs fairly the consoles.

While hypothesis has raged about mid-gen consoles since 2020, there has at all times been one main elephant within the room — provide constraints. Back in October, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger anticipated GPU and CPU shortages to final till 2023. This would make analysis and improvement of latest consoles whereas sustaining provide of the present methods subsequent to unattainable. Of course, the PS5 Pro and new Series X/S consoles may start manufacturing as soon as the semiconductor scarcity has been settled, which might probably push them previous TCL’s 2023-2024 estimate.