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PS5 (or PlayStation 5) is the next-generation PlayStation, releasing in late 2020. The hysteria started in early 2019, when Mark Cerny, the chief architect on Sony’s next console, confirmed that the company was working on the successor to the PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro. According to Sony, the PS5 still has big surprises to come – but it won’t be revealing them at E3 2020, as the company has confirmed it won’t be attending this year, again. That’s not to say we won’t see the PS5 anytime soon – the official PS5 website is now live, further fuelling rumours that Sony is planning a PS5 reveal event in the near future, although this hasn’t been confirmed. In addition, we’ve had some surprising leaks, in the form of a Sony-registered patent that seems to show off the PS5’s general shape, button inputs, and cooling vents – this was confirmed to be the PS5 dev kit in a leaked photo. However, we expect the end product design will be different for the PlayStation 5’s official launch later in the year.
RELEASE DATE
Sony has officially confirmed that the PS5 will release “in time for Holiday 2020” in the US, so likely sometime between October and December 2020. A leak has suggested that the release date will be November 20, 2020 but that’s yet to be confirmed. This would put the PlayStation 5 in direct competition with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X which is releasing during the same period. So it looks like there will be a nice competition to see which console tops the sales charts. I personally think that it will be the PS5 that wins to find out why continue reading
PRICE
Sony hasn’t officially confirmed a PS5 price yet and, according to the company, that’s because it hasn’t actually decided how much the next-gen console will cost. While Sony may not have a price nailed down, there have been rumours about how much the PS5 could cost. One such rumour has suggested that the console will cost $499 in North America when it launches. I also think that the price will depend on the price of the Xbox Series X. I hope they don’t make it crazy high priced cause that would be real bad.
SPECS
There is not much that I could find but what I could is here.
- Bespoke 8-core AMD chipset (based on third-generation Ryzen architecture and with Navi GPU)
- SSD storage system
- Backwards compatibility with PS4 games and PSVR hardware
- 3D audio
- 8K TV support
The PS5 will benefit from simplified data management due to its SSD, and this will allow players to have more control over installing and removing games, for example by allowing players to install (or remove) only certain parts of a game – so instead of installing the full game, you could choose to just install the single-player mode and then do multiplayer later, or vice versa. This is going to be good because a lot of people (including myself) own a PS4 and since I own a lot of games for it I do not want it to go to waste. PlayStation finally made up for the mistake that brought the PS4 down. I cannot wait for the confirmed specs. I mean picture the graphics you see today and imagine them improved I never thiught that it was possible.
DESIGN
There have been a lot of leaked images of the PS5 dev kit, with each showing the same console design. There are a number of buttons: on/standby, reset, eject (for the double-layer 100GB-reading Blu-ray drive), system initialization and network initialization, all on the front-left. There are also a number of status lights, numbered ‘0’ to ‘7’, which likely relate to CPU cores engaged, but which could also be status lights for controllers connected. To the right are six USB ports (one USB 2.0 and five likely USB 3.0 ports – the final port being obscured by a cable). A small circle above could well be a camera built into the console, according to earlier patent filings.
CONTROLLER
The PS5 controller (we don’t know the official name yet) will include haptic feedback to replace the DualShock 4’s rumble technology, designed to improve the controller’s feedback and therefore player immersion. The PS5 controller will also feature adaptive triggers, which Sony says have “been incorporated into the trigger buttons (L2/R2)”. These adaptive triggers will allow developers to program the resistance of the triggers to simulate actions more accurately. It also looks like the stereo headset jack and extension port at the bottom of the headset have been replaced by two larger circular ports. We think these will still be for plugging in headsets, but the two jacks could be headphone and microphone slots respectively, to expand compatibility with headsets. There’s also a rectangular design that seems to wrap around the headset, which is potentially for compatibility with a charging dock. Overall it’s gonna be good and once you play with it there’s no going back.
GAMES
The entire PS4 library, including PSVR games, will be supported by the PS5. At this point, any first-party PS4 game in the pipeline – from Ghost of Tsushima to The Last of Us 2, would be prime candidates for PS5 cross-gen upgrades. We’ve also heard enough chatter around a Horizon Zero Dawn sequel and new God of War game to assume we’ll be seeing both land on the PS5 console. I think I’m going to get the console to play the new God of War or TLOUS2 if they don’t release them on the PS4 other than that I’m going to wait to see till there are good games on the console then get the PS5.
REVEAL RUMORS
With Microsoft having officially revealed the Xbox Series X, we’re waiting with bated breath for Sony to unveil the PlayStation 5. While the company isn’t giving much away about when that’ll be, there are several rumours which suggest a PS5 reveal event will take place in February. While Sony never confirmed these rumours, there have been other leaks which also suggest February for a PS5 reveal, even if the exact dates aren’t the same. All signs are pointing to a February reveal. Sony needs to reveal the PS5 fast and the fact that the Xbox Series X is already unveiled only speeds up the process. I can’t wait to see what the official console looks like.
So guys that is all I could find on the Ps5 let me know down in the comments which features you liked best. My favourite is the backword compatibility and the new controller.
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