Many technical details and specifications of Project Trinity, which is how the PS5 Pro production is known internally, have been leaked, which has not been very amusing to Sony.
Leaks are the order of the day, as are the negative effects they cause on companies and studios in the video game industry. In this case, they affect Sony and its future plans at the hardware level.
Although it was already suspected that PS5 Pro was a reality, several documents confirming this project have been leaked over the last week.
Under the code name of Project TrinitySony PlayStation engineers are preparing a new model of the next-gen console, which will serve as a ''mid-generation update'', as happened with PS4 Pro.
Although Sony has not confirmed the information shared by Law is Dead (and later confirmed by Tom Henderson), it is a fact that these leaked specifications adjust to the reality that exists at Sony.
PS5 Pro will apply 10% improvements in performance, thanks to an improved Zen 2 CPU, and also introduces major improvements in ray tracing and AI scaling (with PSSR).
Drastic measures are already being taken in the Sony PlayStation offices, to discover the origin of the Project Trinity leaks and protect yourself from future situations.
Sony will reduce its external collaborations
To prevent something similar from happening again, Sony PlayStation has taken drastic measures after learning tons of details about Project Trinity. Or, what is the same, PS5 Pro.
Sony's idea is to reduce your collaborations with external agents (studios and individuals), since, in principle, the leaks come from a source outside the Japanese company.
According to the insider Tom Henderson (Insider Gaming), Sony has launched an investigation to stop leaks about PS5 Pro. They don't want a situation like this to happen again.
''As expected, Sony launched an internal investigation into the leaked documents regarding Trinity, as they were leaked during a third-party release. “I'm not sure of the implications yet, as I don't think they can catch a single individual, but as a result, Sony could reduce its pool of third-party developers for new technology.”
Ahead of the launch of PS5 Pro, Sony sent the next-gen system development kits to different external development studios. And it seems, one is responsible for these data and specifications being leaked.
In fact, if you remember, Sony was hesitant about sending the PS5 development kits to Activision Blizzard, after completing its merger with Microsoft.
The ball is now in Sony PlayStation's court. You have two options: turn a deaf ear to these leaks and wait for the scheduled date for the announcement (there is talk of this summer), or advance everything so that the official presentation eclipses the rumors and leaks.
Be that as it may, PlayStation 5 Pro is real, and its launch could occur in the last months of 2024, presumably at Christmas. We will have to be attentive to possible developments and movements in the Japanese company.