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Six years in, the specs argument is settled and irrelevant. Here's what genuinely differs — exclusives, subscription value, controller, and where your friends already are.
The Pro solves a specific problem. If you do not have that problem, it solves nothing you will notice.
A new PS5 ships with several defaults that cost you performance, storage or picture quality. These are the ones to fix.
CE-108255-1 tells you almost nothing on its own. The pattern around it tells you everything.
PlayStation error codes are grouped by prefix and that grouping is the fastest way to a fix. CE is the console, NW is your network, WS is Sony's end.
Controllers that will not connect, disconnect mid-game, drift, or die in two hours. What is fixable and what is not.
Both platforms allow one purchase to cover two consoles. The mechanisms differ and one is much less obvious.
Compressed air and cotton buds buy you two weeks. Here's the difference between cleaning drift, calibrating around it, and actually fixing it — including the Hall effect replacement route.