Everything We Know About The PS5 Makes It Clear We'll Be Selling Off Our PS4s Ps5 Console
Now things are starting to get interesting. In December, Microsoft announced a ton of details for its Smart Car-sized console, . Here's everything we know about the new PlayStation console.
It’s a powerhouse under the hood.
A lightning-fast solid state drive. 8K graphics. 3D audio. Like the Xbox Series X, the biggest draw of this new console is the stupefying tech specs. The PS5 will be replacing the hard drive of the PS4 with a solid state drive, which means faster—or even nonexistent—load times. And Sony will finally be going 8K, with the PS5 capable of outputting 8K-size video. That's double the size of the 4K screens we're used to. In terms of its 4K output, it'll support a 120Hz refresh rate, which is also twice the scale of what the top current-gen consoles are offering. So whether you have an 8K-compatible TV or not (you probably don't), you can be sure the PS5 is going to look good as hell. Like, better than anything you've ever seen in gaming before.
Another detail worth getting excited for is the graphics chip. A new model from Radeon's Navi family, this chip support ray tracing, which means richer and more complex lighting in 3D. Also, it means fully 3D audio, which is another element developers really haven't had a chance to experiment with before.
Here's the full list of tech specs listed on the , if you really feel like diving in.
CPU
x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ “Zen 2”
8 Cores / 16 Threads
Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz
GPU
AMD Radeon™ RDNA 2-based graphics engine
Ray Tracing Acceleration
Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS)
System Memory
GDDR6 16GB
448GB/s Bandwidth
SSD
825GB
5.5GB/s Read Bandwidth (Raw)
PS5 Game Disc
Ultra HD Blu-ray™, up to 100GB/disc
Video Out
Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1)
Audio
“Tempest” 3D AudioTech
Backwards compatibility is key here.
We don't really know what games will be coming to the PS5, but we do know that there are a lot—a lot—of interview that you’ll be able to join games right off the home screen of the PS5. No more loading up Fortnite, jumping through a bunch of hoops to get into the Squad Battle Royale mode, waiting for the matchmaking to situate you into a game—according to Cerny, that’ll all happen in the background (somehow). He said there will be a “joinable activities in real time.”
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New console, new controller.
The new PS5 DualShock controller will have a “voice-driven AI assistant.” That’s not the only new function of the updated controller, though. It will also have a Mountain Dew™ soda dispenser and a physical sniper scope for elevated gaming experiences!! (Just kidding.) Wired reported that the controller will feature more complex haptic feedback, in addition to triggers with programmable tension, to make a “machine gun feel far different from a shotgun.” Sony recently debuted a back peripheral for its PS4 controller, which adds two new buttons to the DualShock. It seems safe to predict that the PS5 controller will incorporate these buttons right out of the box as well.
We don’t know exactly when we’re going to be getting more information, but it better be soon—the console is coming out this holiday season, and my gamer family is starving. Hopefully, more PS5 info will be announced alongside a Spider-Man sequel. I’d buy the new console just to play that.
Dom Nero is a staff video editor at Esquire, where he also writes about film, comedy, and video games.
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