PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The console was released on November 12th 2020 in Australia, Japan, Korea, North America and New Zealand with it officially being released worldwide several days later on November 19. India, China, Indonesia and Vietnam would be excluded from this release however, with each of these countries getting a release throughout early 2021.
The PlayStation 5 was released in two different models, one including a disc drive and the other being an entirely digital console with no option for physical media. The standard PlayStation 5 launch at $499/€499/£449/¥49,980, while the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition would be available for $399/€399/£359/¥39,980.
Every PlayStation console included the brand new DualSense controller and Astro's Playroom pre-installed onto the console.
History[]
On April 16, 2019, In an interview with Wired, system architect Mark Cerny revealed that he has been working on a successor to PlayStation 4 for almost four years. The device is expected to be called PlayStation 5, following the past naming convention. The console has a few significant improvements over PlayStation 4: ray tracing support (based on custom variant of AMD Radeon's Navi family), an improved CPU (7nm octa-core third generation AMD Ryzen chip based on Zen 2 microarchitecture), custom 3D audio chip, and an SSD instead of HDD. The console will be compatible with PlayStation VR headsets and be backward-compatible with games and controllers for the PlayStation 4,[1]
Backwards Compatibility[]
- PS5 lacks All games Available for PS4 Games Available from the store with a subscription and you have to buy them digitally from the store or a PS4 disc to a PS5.
- Unable to Use Disc's of PS3, PS2, & PS1 Games. Some PS2 and PS3 games can be played on played with PlayStation Now (PS Now) ex Dark Cloud 2 for the PS2 and Toy Home for the PS3.
- Some games' save file transfer between PS4 and PS5 must be in a same region on both played games and used accounts. If playing different games' regions in different accounts' regions respectively, save transfer will not work, as evident from Insomniac Games' Marvel's Spider-Men series.
Specs[]
- CPU - 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz with SMT (variable frequency)
- GPU - 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)
- GPU Architecture - Custom RDNA 2
- Memory/Interface - 16GB GDDR6/256-bit
- Memory Bandwidth - 448GB/s
- Internal Storage - Custom 825GB SSD
- IO Throughput - 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed)
- Expandable Storage - NVMe SSD Slot
- External Storage - USB HDD Support
- Optical Drive - 4K UHD
DualSense Controller[]
The DualSense controller was unveiled on April 7 2020. It has a very similar design language to the DualShock 4 controller. The major improvements include voice coil actuators which deliver a haptic feedback and results in better gaming experience. Apart from this the analog triggers have a force feedback mechanism which provides different level of resistance to the player depending on in-game actions.[2]
On Sony announced the DualSense controller in two space inspired colors, Midnight Black and Cosmic Red. The new controllers are available for pre-order on Amazon and will ship in mid-June.[3]
Set Up[]
Upon powering on the PlayStation 5 console for the first time the user will be prompted to connect the DualSense to the console using the included USB-C cable, and then press the PS button to connect the controller to the console. Once this is complete, the console will check and install any software updates before the user can sign in or create a profile.
Slim, and Pro versions[]
They're right here!: PlayStation 5 Slim, PlayStation 5 Pro
Trivia[]
- The PS5 was the first PlayStation offered in white by default since PSX.
- The PS5 has an issue on "Fat" Models where if it is standed vertical long enough, it's liquid metal cooling could leak onto the motherboard, "Bricking" your console.
- The PS5 brought back backwards compatibility.
- The PS5 was originally advertised on the box having 8K support, not being true, they removed it from the box.
- The PS5, like the PS4, cannot play audio CD.
- The PS5 does not support themes, except for the welcome page.
Models[]
Disc Edition[]
Digital Edition[]
Gallery[]
Videos[]
PlayStation 5 Reveal[]
Games[]
Scarlet Nexus[]
Screenshots[]
References[]
- ↑ Rubin, Peter (16 April 2019). Exclusive: What to Expect From Sony's Next-Gen PlayStation. Wired.
- ↑ DualSense Controller - Sony
- ↑ Sony announces two new colors for PS5 DualSense controller