As for why it can't do it with locked frame rates... if a developer knows that their game is locked to run at a set frame rate, then certain calculations in the game that rely on precise timing will be made with that frame rate in mind, knowing that every frame will be redrawn every 32 milliseconds. If you just tell PS5 Pro to ignore that frame rate lock, it could then break those timing mechanisms which then breaks the game, so it isn't as easy as just flipping a switch and then the games all magically run at the faster frame rate.

This is what I said.

"The base PS5 can already boost those same PS4 titles that have an unlocked framerate and resolution."

Idk what you read, but I was very specific about PS4 games, not every game. The whole point of my comment was that Sony is advertising this as a feature when it is simply the console leveraging its extra power to improve performance on games with unlocked framerates rather than it being a feature the console was specifically designed to do like PSSR.

Except the extra power the console possesses is something it was designed to have, and therefore is a feature of the console that its predecessor does not have. You have a strange way of defining features.

I am not sure you understand what game boost is. The best implementation of the feature was on the Xbox series consoles where some games that ran at 30 fps could be played at 60 fps and some games that were 60 fps could be played at 120 fps.

An example of where this was implemented for comparison sake was both Battlefield 5 and Mirror's Edge Catalyst ran at 120 fps on Xbox series while those games remained at 60 fps on PS5. Microsoft has worked with those developers to get those enhancements while I don't see where Sony has pledged to make the same commitment. This leads me to believe they are simply leveraging the extra power of the PS5 pro to improve titles with unlocked framerates and resolutions.

I'm not sure you understand the point even though you're saying it yourself. These benefits or what Sony is calling gameboost comes without the developer doing anything at all yes it is simply from the extra power. And it only works if frame rate or resolutions are unlocked. this is not about making a patch to get extra benefits which means extra work by the developer though this could also be done if desired. This is simply automatic and that's the point.

Divine clearly doesn’t understand game boost lol

Your comment shows your lack of foresight and complete disregard for the obvious. It also shows why the industry is more than OK with the decisions they make that ultimately affect us, the gamers. And yes, this includes you.

The Disc Drive have not, is not, and should not be considered an Add-On. Because you know what happens to Add-Ons? They get left behind and forgotten. They become obsolete, not just physically but in the mind of the buyers. Plus, you know, your line of thinking contradicts the history of Consoles having a Disc Drive included as part of the console.

And I'll tell you were your type of mentality will lead us. When you buy a new phone, you take for granted the screen? How about the plugs outlets? Batteries? If you allow these companies to do this, then when will it end? When will everything stop becoming just an Add-On and en extra for them to charge us for? They'll push as hard and as far as they can in order to make a profit. And if they can't now, they'll certainly try the next time or find an alternate route to their ultimate goal.

This is Sony testing the waters. They already started with the PS5 Slim needing the Disc Drive, the one that comes with it no less, to be Activated by an One Time Online check. Now their Pro console is doing away with the Drive altogether. Next Gen, Disc Drive will be optional for all SKUs, just an extra for more $$$ of course. And the generation after that? Well, once they train gamers into not expecting the Disc Drive, just as they trained Gamers into expecting Micro Transactions, the chances are high that the PS7 forward, the Disc Drive won't even be an Add-On. I mean, maybe as a Third Party Add-On for those Odd Indie games that gets a very Limited Physical run games. But we'll see and I doubt it. But the training has already begun. Reading your comment should be prove of it. Something that's been the norm now is being compared to headphones, chargers, case, and glass protection. Need I say more?

So in 15 to 20 years the Disc Drive will probably be completely done away with, and the Console market space will be just like the PC market, mostly all Digital. And unless something drastic happens on a legal sense, you will literally own nothing. Certainly none of the games you buy.

Bookmark this comment and get back to it in 15 to 20 years. Bet.

Even if it uses frame rate caps, it doesn't hold to 60. So, on Pro, regardless of caps or not it will run at higher more stable frame rates.

@Einhander1972

Thats the issue though. According to DF the Balanced mode runs at 45FPS locked. This makes no sense. Simply removing the cap will fix it. But the dev has to patch it. Same with quality mode. Its like set to 35 FPS locked or something weird like that. Simply setting the cap to 30 would fix it. They just did some weird stuff. For Performance mode they use FG but they probably don't need this anymore or could set the performance cap to 120 to make this better. I think they should just patch out FG in Pro mode because it will fix the latency.

Why are you talking about balanced mode? The game has a 60 fps target performance mode.

"Performance mode targets 60fps, as you’d expect, and often hovers just below that target in general gameplay."

In performance mode PS5 Pro should hold 60 nearly always.

Its like the final episode of the Sapranos. You gonna go to make a comment and when you click add th-

Timezone thing maybe.... RIP