Sony confirm the Playstation 5 for Holidays 2020
Playstation 5 officially announced for 2020
Yesterday, in an exclusive interview in Wired, followed by an announcement on the Playstation Blog, Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has confirmed that the Playstation 5 is a thing, will indeed be named the Playstation 5, and is set to reach retailers in time for Holidays 2020.
Hardware accelerated ray-tracing, SSD instead of old school hard-drive are among the features that had already been confirmed by Sony for the upcoming console.
For those who were wondering, the PS5 will not be a “digital only” console. Sony tells Wired that physical games will come on 100GB discs, that you insert in a drive that “doubles as a 4K Blu-Ray player”.
New haptic-feedback controller for the PS5
One of the innovations of the PS5 that got the most detailed in this latest update, though, is its revamped controller. The DualShock 5 (not its official name yet) will replace the “old school” rumble mechanism with haptic feedback. This, according to Sony, will allow for much more immersive feedback.
Another feature of the new controller will be “adaptive triggers”, which will give game creators options to control the resistance of the triggers through their games. To give an example, Ryan says:
You feel the tactile sensation of drawing a bow and arrow or accelerating an off-road vehicle through rocky terrain.
On the haptic-feedback controller, here’s what the Wired journalist has to say about the experience:
I ran a character through a platform level featuring a number of different surfaces, all of which gave distinct—and surprisingly immersive—tactile experiences. Sand felt slow and sloggy; mud felt slow and soggy. On ice, a high-frequency response made the thumbsticks really feel like my character was gliding. Jumping into a pool, I got a sense of the resistance of the water; on a wooden bridge, a bouncy sensation.
As to how easy the PS5 will be to hack or Jailbreak… well it’s too early to know 🙂
Are you planning to get a PS5 when it launches? Why, or why not? Let us know in the comments!
Source: Playstation blog and Wired
One simple question: can it play PS1, PS2 and PS3 disks?
retrocompatibility !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok so for me it will be the same like with PS3/4 – no PS5 until there is proper jailbreak for new console from local shop 🙂
That’s the ugliest PS5 mock up I’ve ever seen. Looks like a toilet.
Given the big “lets go digital” sticker on it, I think that’s intentional.
You guys are still stuck on this whole jailbreak thing ? Smh
It’s only a desing concept.
It’s the DevKit for developers, its not a design concept
What’s gonna’ suck is if the PS5 doesn’t allow devs to fully “unlock” their PS4 games for backwards compatability to allow PS4 games to run at unclocked framerates at higher resolutions.
well ps4pro had boost mode for the earlier games that didn’t have special patch
No, because PS Vita and PS4 were my biggest disappointment in life
Same me, never again
never ever Again
“adaptive triggers” = HD Rumble
I personally believe one should buy the console late in its life. Bigger game library with greater use of the software that has also been greatly improved by the passage of time. The ps4 models also get revisions for fixing hardware problems and come in more inexpensive price tags too. The answer is obviously wait until 2022 or later (getting the slim version when it comes out would be preferable)
reject the PS5
embrace the PSP 3000
8===o sOny