Just picked up a PS5 Pro over the weekend. Got it setup as an "ultimate PS5" basically, Pro console with the disc drive and a 4TB high-performance M2 SSD. 6TB of storage combined!
Before I got this I have both a launch spec PS5 with a 2TB expansion and a 1TB Series X with a 2TB expansion. It's amazing how doubling that space gives me the same feeling I had when I had a PS3 or 360 with a 500GB hard drive, like having enough storage for me to download and install basically my entire digital library for a platform and still having some spare room after. I no joke downloaded every PS5 game I own on my PS5 Pro, and still had enough left over for me to download most of the games I got off PS+ as well. With 3TB it's like I had enough to have my favorite games installed but I had to still make some compromises deleting some stuff for newer games, having to look over my library, look over much space some games are taking up, needing to decide what to delete. Now it's like space is simply no longer a concern, it's just cool to know I can get any new game and easily have space for it.
Haven't spent a whole lot of time with it to really appreciate the improvements in graphics and performance, but did play a lot of GT7 and was very impressed by how good it looks. Like the differences aren't night and day but things just look more realistic. I've got a bunch of games to test out, and I think some definitely benefit from the Pro more than others. Like seeing NBA 2K25 on my standard PS5 then playing it on the Pro definitely makes a big difference. Then there's games like FC25, I didn't buy it, still got FC24 from PS+ that seems good enough to me, but I checked out a video of it on youtube as it's advertised as Pro enhanced, and the only difference it makes is during closeup camera events, the actual gameplay remains virtually unchanged. This doesn't surprise me though, and I have lots of games to check out that will hopefully make good use of what this console has to offer.
Three main reasons I did this really. First is the price hike on Xbox consoles, that made me think Sony might do a price hike on their consoles soon. Second is how I think this console generation will probably be the last one I will want to be a part of and buy into really, planning on going with a gaming PC for next gen, whenever that happens. Third is timing, I just really doubt we will see next gen anytime soon and I would like to enjoy the best of what this gen has to offer especially because I have already bought a bunch of games for these consoles.