PS5: Everything you need to know about the Sony console

PS5 exterior design

PS5 is Sony's bet for the present generation, the one that began in November 2020 and that should last more or less seven years until 2027. Although with how eventful its premiere has been and the lack of units available to buy in stores, we cannot rule out that we will finally end up leaving until 2029 or 2030. In any case, while the stock in stores normalizes, we are going to tell you everything you need to know it in depth.

This is PS5

PS5-design

Sony took their time since it was not until June 11, 2020 when the Japanese revealed to us, in great detail, what the final appearance of the machine would be like. Some futuristic lines, too daring for some, that did not leave anyone indifferent. As you can see, the design, which seeks a vertical placement as the preferred option, has a side that ends in the form of two fins at the top. As if it were a book with the covers half open, the interior of the body is illuminated with a blue light, while the base of the console increases the thickness due to the Blu-Ray reader, something that does not happen with the digital model.

Two versions: present and future

As we told you before, for those looking for an even more symmetrical design, Sony has also launched a digital version without an optical drive that shows a better finished, symmetrical and coherent appearance. The console's design may not be to everyone's taste, but it is certainly an aggressive bet that undoubtedly has as many lovers as detractors.

The price of PlayStation 5

Well, you might think that PS5 remains at 499 euros and 399 euros. These are, if you remember, the quantities with which PS5 hit stores in November 2020 for each of the two models we have for sale. But since the end of August 2022, the Japanese announced that certain territories (including Spain) in which their console is distributed were going to raise their price by 50 euros, excusing this decision on the increase in costs due to the global economic scenario. of inflation.

The fact is that since September 2022, the price of the PS5 model with a Blu-ray reader has been located at 549,99 euross and for the digital-only version at 449,99. It remains to be seen whether the root of this decision is prompt availability of units in stores to avoid getting one from waiting impatiently for several months. But this point is not confirmed either.

Needless to say, hea machine with reader will allow you to trade games with friends, sell them when you finish them and those typical customs of the physical format, while the digital PS5 will only allow you to enjoy titles that you have purchased through the PlayStation Store. It is a choice conditioned by the use that you are going to give to each one.

How much do the games cost?

As threatened in the months leading up to the PS5 launch in November 2020, the new console games have suffered a noticeable increase in cost which has placed them at the standard price of 79,99 euros. Remember that in the previous generation, that of PS4, these amounts stood at 69,99, so now (except for specific offers) enjoying our free time is going to mean a little extra expense.

Also, if you buy a PS5, the normal and logical thing is that you also get a game to release it. And in the difficult task of choosing one, We are going to remind you of those who arrived on day one What do the Americans say? That is, the launch games as well as their price at the time they landed in stores in November 2020:

  • Astro's Playroom (Japan Studio) – Arrives pre-installed on PS5.
  • Demon's Souls (Bluepoint Games / Japan Studio) – 79,99 euros.
  • All Stars Destruction (Lucid Games / XDEV) –79,99 euros.
  • Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games) –59,99 euros.
  • Marvel's Spider-Man: Mile Morales Ultimate Edition (Insomniac Games) – 79,99 euros.
  • Sackboy The Big Adventure (Sumo Digital / XDEV) – 69,99 euros.

When did it hit the stores?

The console arrived promptly in stores on November 19th out of 2020 in Spain, although it could be booked from September 17. Unfortunately, they sold out after a few hours and from that moment on, getting one has become an odyssey for many users.

A very powerful brain

PS5

The brain of the PS5 has a chipset made by AMD based on a Zen 2 CPU 8 cores at 3,5 GHz (variable frequency) and a RDNA GPU 2 with 36 computing units at 2,23 GHz (variable frequency) with which it offers a total of 10,28 teraflops. It is a platform similar to the one we can find on Xbox Series X, although with certain differences.

In the words of Sony, this platform has sought to meet the needs requested by developers, since, in previous generations, such a customized SoC (as happened in PS3) created a lot of controversy among those who had to create the games, so they have sought Gather as many amenities as possible so that when developing everything is as easy as possible.

As you can see, the CPU and GPU clock speeds offer variable frequencies, and this is because it will be able to adjust its speed based on the demand generated by the game. This is controlled via an integrated power manager that will analyze workloads on the CPU and GPU and adjust the frequencies of both brains to match. It's a pretty interesting method with which Sony claims to get the most out of the processor without wasting energy or workload, but the challenge will be in dissipation, a detail that is especially important in this generation.

An extremely fast SSD

PS5 features

But according to Sony, if there was one thing developers were especially asking for, it was a SSD. The new generation of consoles is characterized by extremely fast loading of games and textures, but on PS5 everything seems to reach a level never seen before. To do this, they have designed a completely custom unit that offers 825 GB of capacity and is capable of reaching a speed of no less than 5,5 GB/s.

This allows games to have incredibly large worlds that until now have been limited by the technical capabilities of hard drives. If the 825 GB capacity falls short, there will be the possibility of expanding it with third-party disks, the problem is that for now there is no technology that meets Sony's requirements. For this, we will have to wait for the launch of PCI Express 4.0 units, and when it does, Sony must certify said units to ensure that they will work perfectly on their consoles.

To give you an idea, Xbox Series X offers rates of 2,4 GB / s, so you can already get an idea of ​​the declaration of intent of PS5 in this regard. According to some developers, the loading time that is achieved with the Sony console is simply spectacular.

Next generation graphics

PS5 has a new engine called Geometry Engine that is in charge of unifying the processing tasks to allow, for example, synthesizing the geometry in real time while it is being generated thanks to the Primitive Shaders. To all this, we must add the presence of Ray Tracing, which will improve reflections, ambient occlusion, shadows and global illumination, as has been verified in some of the first releases that have been reaching the machine. like own Horizon forbidden west.

What is Tempest 3D audio?

PS5 Audio

Convinced that the gaming experience can be further improved, Sony has developed an audio engine called Storm Engine. This sound brain will be in charge of offering a completely different sound experience to what we are used to finding today in the market. According to them, PSVR includes one of the most complete audio systems on the market by supporting 50 different sound sources, well, the PS5 engine is so advanced that it will be able to handle hundreds of them, to such an extent that we can feel individual raindrops in the middle of a downpour.

To enjoy this new immersive experience we will only have to use headphones, but the company wants to go much further, since it is aware that a large number of gamers enjoy their leisure time in front of the television using the device's own speakers. or a surround sound system. To get the best projection of the sound towards the player, the machine would have to know the shape of the head or the ears of the person in front of the screen, and it is something that Sony itself assures that they could solve with a photo. This, although it sounds strange, is something that is already used in similar brand technologies such as 360 Reality Audio.

At the moment they have not confirmed anything, so we will see how they solve these loose ends in order to ensure that the sound experience will be the same in all cases. Sounds like a pretty cool challenge, so let's hope it doesn't get stuck in one of those limited-to-context functions.

PS5 backwards compatibility

Taking into account how the video game market has evolved and the large number of titles that are sold (and given away) in digital format, user libraries are getting bigger. Knowing this, it is normal that the concern for users to be able to continue playing their old games will be present with the arrival of PS5, so Sony wanted to clarify what exactly will happen with this. When PS5 hits stores, the 100 most played and most demanded games by players will be automatically backwards compatible with PS5, while the rest of the games must be optimized so that they work perfectly on the new console. Sony wanted to reassure us by ensuring that the more than 4.000 PS4 games will work on its new console, something that it is already doing and it is a reality that will allow us to enjoy our purchases for the previous generation.

In the case of PS3, PS Vita, PSPl PS2 and PSX, the list of compatible games is getting bigger and bigger and PlayStation Now is to blame for this, which became part of a Plus subscription in June 2022. Thanks to the game in the cloud, or local download, The doors have been opened to the backward compatibility of the entire PlayStation ecosystem.

The new PlayStation Plus

Since the end of June 2022, Sony has completely changed its subscription model to PS Plus, transforming it into a service with three alternatives and involving a different amount per month. You have a basic one with the right services and at the other end the most complete one that comes with hundreds of games that have reached all PlayStation consoles over the last 25 years.

They are:

PlayStation Plus Essential

Includes:

  • Two free games per month that we can add to our library.
  • Exclusive discounts when buying from the PS Store.
  • Free cloud storage for saved games.
  • Access to online multiplayer of any title.

Price: €8,99 per month / €24,99 per quarter / €59,99 per year.

PlayStation Plus Extras

Includes:

  • All the benefits of PlayStation Plus Essential.
  • A catalog of up to more than 400 games compatible with PS4 and PS5, with all the releases from PlayStation Studios and other third-party partner developers (downloadable format).

Price: €13,99 per month / €39,99 per quarter / €99,99 per year.

Playstation Plus Premium

Includes:

  • All the benefits of the PlayStation Plus Essential and Extra levels.
  • Add a total of 340 PlayStation, PS2, PSP and PS3 games (the latter, only through the cloud).
  • Cloud gaming option from our PS5 and PS4 consoles as well as PC for the entire collection of PlayStation games up to PS4.
  • Download demos of games for a limited time.

Price: €16,99 per month / €49,99 per quarter / €119,99 per year.

What titles will Sony add to its Game Collection?

Although Sony has not yet taken the step of creating its own Game Pass in the style of Microsoft on Xbox and PC, it has begun to show something of what it intends to do for the future, bringing certain novelties on its launch day to PlayStation. Plus from the start. It is the case of Stray, one of the most anticipated developments of recent times that It landed on the PlayStation Store on July 19, 2022 at a price of 29,99 euros. If you have an active Playstation Plus Extra or Premium subscription, it automatically goes to your library linked to your Sony ID.

By the way, it is important not to confuse this Game collection of PS4 and PS5 of PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium with the Collection of classics of PSx, PS2, PS3 and PSP that is only available in the most expensive plan and that we resort to on many occasions, to offer us streaming games.

It's not a DualShock 5: it's called DualSense

Dual Sense PS5

The PS5 controller also incorporates new features compared to the previous generation. It has analog triggers with which to offer greater precision when pressing the button. For example, when accelerating in a driving game we can do it more or less depending on how we are pulling the trigger. And it is that these new triggers will be especially precise thanks to the fact that they are adaptive and they will offer different resistance depending on the context of the game. In addition, a new vibration motor offers greater detail in terms of haptic sensations is concerned, so we can see how a vehicle moves through asphalt or a stone road with total fidelity.

Dual Sense PS5

Sony announced on April 7, 2020 the details of the new controller, and one of the surprises was that it was renamed Dual Sense. Goodbye to a hypothetical DualShock 5.

It offers a more rounded design and maintains the symmetrical sticks that have characterized the DualShock so much in recent years. Even so, it includes quite a few new features:

  • It has included a microphone to be able to chat in the games with our friends.
  • The share button is now called Create.
  • The PlayStation logo is a button to turn on the controller.
  • Does not include headphone port.

Official PS5 Features

  • CPU: AMD Zen 2 8-core 3.5 GHz (variable frequency)
  • GPU: AMD RDNA 2 with 10,28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2,23 GHz (variable frequency)
  • RAM: 16GB GDDR6/256-bit 448GB/s
  • Optical drive: 4K UHD Blu-ray
  • Internal storage: 825 GB proprietary SSD hard drive
  • External storage: NVMe SSD slot

PS5 games

The list of games that were confirmed for the first months of PS5's life was very extensive but without specifying exactly when they would hit stores. Even so, as the months passed, there were painful delays. There weren't many AAAs, but it made up for it with the promise that we would continue to enjoy some of the best exclusives on the market. Arrivals as surprising as those of return, or that Horizon forbidden west which already shows what the power of this new generation of Sony is.

The Japanese, in addition, have announced a real bombshell by the end of 2022 since it will launch the new installment of the reboot from one of Sony's most acclaimed franchises since the days of PlayStation 2: God of war ragnarok you can play it from November 9, or the remake of thelastofus, Available in stores from September 2.

Here you have the first names that were handled around the console, of which many had already reached stores in 2022:

  • Gran Turismo 7
  • Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
  • Project athia
  • return
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Sackboy to Big Adventure
  • Destruction All Starts
  • Death Stranding Director's Cut
  • Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut
  • Hit the Bridge of Spirits
  • Goodbye volcano high
  • Oddworld soulstorm
  • Ghostwire Tokyo
  • Jett: The Far Shore
  • Godfall
  • Solar ash
  • Hitman 3
  • Astro's Playroom
  • Little devil inside
  • NBA 2K21
  • bug max 2020
  • Demon's Souls
  • Deathloop
  • Resident evil village
  • Pragmata 2022
  • Horizon forbidden west
  • God of war ragnarok
  • Elden Ring
  • Uncharted Thieves' Legacy Collection
  • GTA V and GTA Online
  • The Last of Us Remake

Can the PlayStation 5 be hacked?

The big question of many already has an answer. He first PS5 jailbreak It's official now, as Wololo.net user SpecterVed has posted the first video demonstration of how he has implemented the discovered vulnerability in console software. This is a Webkit vulnerability that works on all PS5 consoles (physical and with Blu-ray reader) and with firmware 4.03 or lower.

At the moment the version is quite unstable and does not work 100% of the time, but for now it is capable of reading and writing, although at the moment it is impossible to execute code, so the final step has not been reached.

Running the exploit requires a PC running a web server locally, for the PS5 to access remotely via the built-in browser. The trick to take the console to the web in question is to edit the DNS to point the web manuals.playstation.net to the IP address of the PC. From there the party begins.

At the moment everything is in the development phase, although the beginnings are quite hopeful. Of course, we are talking about old and obsolete firmware vulnerabilities, and taking into account that the console is constantly updated, at the moment these advances are only used experimentally and as research.

Questions that remain unanswered

Is there going to be a PS5 Pro?

Death Stranding PS4 Pro

Releasing a more powerful and higher capacity PS5 could be an expected move, however, we don't expect to see a PS5 Pro for the first four or five years of its life from the console. Especially given the supply problems that persist two years after its launch. If Sony does something like that, many users could feel insulted by the Japanese.

How to buy a PS5 in 2022?

Although the shortage of Sony units thought it would be solved by the end of 2021, the year 2022 has not brought better news and it is still impossible to go to a store to get one of these PS5s, so you have to be very attentive to the main chains of establishments and digital stores where small consignments that arrive in Spain are put up for sale every few weeks. We advise you to sign up for any waiting list and newsletter that can put you in the queue of users waiting to buy the new PlayStation.

As well, some help a lot channels in social networks, where the specific moments in which there will be consoles ready to buy are advanced with some time, always through reservation systems and NEVER as a possibility of going to an establishment in person to take it from the shelf. So have the necessary balance of what your PS5 will cost you ready in your account in case you suddenly receive an alert today and have to close the purchase process in a few seconds.

Unfortunately, 2022 will remain a year in which Sony will not be able to meet all the demand for machines. And we'll see if things don't last until 2023...


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     nicolas gonzalez fernandez said

    Very well I loved it I'm going to ask my parents for a birthday present they told me yes but I have a question how many controls are there and how much does the pro cost hey I went first