Overview
Sony's fifth video game console, the PlayStation 5, launched on November 12, 2020 in the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand. The PS5 launched in other countries a week later on November 19th. At launch, it was available in two different models as one of the models is digital only as it has no disc drive.
Development
On April 16, 2019, Mark Cerny (Lead System Architect) officially announced that a fifth generation PlayStation console has been in development since 2015.
The PlayStation 5 is said to be focusing on things like faster load times, hardware-based ray tracing, and backwards compatibility. The system will come with a solid-state drive designed to speed up, if not eliminate load times entirely. The controller will focus on haptic feedback over simple rumbles, while also featuring adaptive triggers that allow for programmable resistance.
System Specs
| Component | Specification |
|---|---|
| CPU | x86-64-AMD Ryzen Zen 8 Cores / 16 Threads at 3.5GHz (variable) |
| GPU | Ray Tracing Acceleration, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS) |
| GPU Architecture | AMD Radeon RDNA 2-based graphics engine |
| 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 (optional) | Ultra HD Blu-Ray (66G/100G) ~ 10xCAV BD-ROM (25G/50G) ~ 8xCAV BD-R/RE (25G/50G) ~ 8xCAV DVD ~ 3.2xCLV |
| PS5 Game Disc | Ultra HD Blu-Ray, up to 100GB/disc |
| Audio | "Tempest" 3D AudioTech |
| Video Out | HDMI Out port Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver 2.1) |
| Dimensions | PS5 - 390mm x 104mm x 260mm PS5 Digital Edition - 390mm x 92mm x 260mm |
| Weight | PS5 - 4.5kg PS5 Digital Edition - 3.9kg |
| Power | PS5 - 350W PS5 Digital Edition - 340W |
| Input/Output | USB Type-A port (Hi-Speed USB USB Type-A port (Super Speed USB 10Gbps) x2 USB Type-C port (Super Speed USB 10Gbps) |
| Networking | Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax Bluetooth 5.1 |
Launch Titles
North America - November 12, 2020
PlayStation 5- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Astro's Playroom (pre-installed)
- Borderlands 3
- Bugsnax
- Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War
- Demon's Souls
- Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition
- Dirt 5
- Fortnite
- Godfall
- Maneater
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- NBA 2K21
- No Man's Sky
- Observer: System Redux
- The Pathless
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- Watch Dogs: Legion