PS4 Pro's Boost Mode Analyzed In Assassin's Creed, Bloodborne, Batman: Arkham Knight, More

Is this update coming to the regular PS4? I'm not wasting $400 on a brand new PS4 when I have one that works just fine. Such a scam.

I am a hybrid gamer. I enjoy games on both consoles (ps4 mainly) and pc. What I do not understand is why you would get the pro version? I mean it plays the same games, functions almost the same with minor graphical enhancements. I mean for me it's a scam honestly. rather spent those 400 bucks on a beast pc to run games at 40-60 fpt on ultra (with or without the AA options enabled)

So this is supposed to a positive selling point? Sorry, but this is just another reason to wait for MSs next console or go the route of PC gaming.

The base frame rates are fine as on as devs adhere to them, but they don't. They sneak in dropped frames and slower frame rates in order to wow us with eye candy that pushes the hardware way too hard.

Beast Mode provides just enough extra clout to cancel out those drops and bring performance back up to where is should be. But it's a very welcome one use gain for all past games that don't get a Pro patch. All new games are patched and optimised for the Pro, so no Beast Mode gain is possible.

Going forward, the devs will just max out the Pro as well and continue to grind the frame rate again in order to wow us with eye candy, with no Beast Mode to save us.

This story is obviously bogus. No sane person would ever play AC: Unity (not even to test framerates) while there are other Assassin's Creed games available. Heck, even AC3 is better than Unity.

But seriously, why would I buy a PS4 Pro when they haven't even got to the point at which we can play 4-player couch co-op. I mean, we had this decades ago with the early consoles, but it seems the recent obsession with graphics has set back family gaming by a generation. I mean, come on Sony - 4-player couch co-op - it shouldn't be this difficult.

I haven't really read into this whole ps4 pro boost thing, but does it just mean it's the Base game, same resolution and graphics settings only at higher frame rates? Because if that's the case, and games are still not hitting 60fps, that sounds like a joke.

And I want a PS4 Pro, why??

It's a pretty minor upgrade. It's good that it makes some games more stable, a solid 30fps is a whole lot better than stuttering in & out but I'd really like to see 60fps for any action oriented game.

I'm definitely glad I switched back to PC gaming a few years back. There are a handful of games exclusive to PS4 I'd like to play but high framerates & G-Sync make for a categorically better experience for most games.

Uhhhh... Just Cause 3?!

@lorddaggeroff: There a demo for that?

I couldn't be happier with Boost Mode. I haven't run into any FPS dips since I installed the 4.50 beta.

The boost mode helped to make arsetto corsa and project cars run on a smooth framerate even without an official pro patch. Assasins creed unity also now got a gain good fps on boost mode, the fps was terrible on the base ps4.

Admittedly, I had no prior interest in the PS4 Pro; but the Boost feature makes it much more enticing to me than the 4k support ever has.

They'd be crazy to NOT include this in the next update. I wasn't planning on getting a Pro for a while, but this has me intrigued! Next sale, I'm sold!