now a well-known Insider has reported that an official announcement for the PS5 mid generation upgrade is expected in early September according to deal Labs user Bill billk Kun who has a strong history of accurately leaking gaming related news the new console will be named the PS5 Pro wow nobody was expecting that they claim the announcement is imminent with the reveal expected during the first half of September Bill billk also shared that they've been seeing the packaging design for the PS5 Pro while they couldn't share the actual image due to copyright they provided a sketch that reveals a design similar to the PS5 slim maintaining the white color scheme the most notable difference is the addition of three black stripes across the middle of the console distinguishing it from previous models think about almost like that PS2 slim when they had that glossy strip right down the middle it's also suggested that the PS5 Pro will be slightly thicker than the PS5 Slim