PlayStation Latest news (7)

Paul Wozniak, 21 June 2020, 16:43

A photo of Sony's factory workers has appeared on the web, where one of them is most likely holding a PlayStation 5, so we can see the theoretical size of the device.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 19 June 2020, 16:46

According to former Microsoft's Xbox Executive Director Albert Penello, PlayStation 5 shouldn't cost more than $499.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 June 2020, 22:14

Thomas Mahler, Executive Director of the Ori series, commented on SSDs mounted in PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X console. The creator at Moon Studios did not fail to mention the advantages of Sony's and Microsoft's SDDs, but expressed his disappointment with only 1TB of storage.

Bart Swiatek, 16 June 2020, 12:18

A number of visualisations have been released online to showcase the possible looks of the themed PlayStation 5 models. They refer to many of the existing and announced games, including Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and The Last of Us: Part II.

Bart Swiatek, 16 June 2020, 11:38

There have been further leaks regarding the price of PS5. This time the source is the French website of Amazon - according to the information provided on it, Sony's new console will cost a bit more than than the PS4.

Adrian Werner, 15 June 2020, 14:52

All indications are that the user interface offered by PlayStation 5 will be very different from what the PS4 offers.

Bart Swiatek, 15 June 2020, 12:59

Ampere Analysis prepared a report, according to which the PS5 will sell much better than Xbox Series X. In their opinion, Sony will sell 66 million units of its new console, while Microsoft's device will only reach 37 million players. The reason for PlayStation 5's victory in the battle for the ninth generation is... the current dominance of the PS4.

Agnes Adamus, 13 June 2020, 15:00

The Future of Gaming presentation took place on Thursday. During the presentation the appearance of the PS5 console was revealed. As it turns out, the event met with great interest from the community, and the broadcast from the show itself was the most watched gaming stream in YouTub's history.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 12 June 2020, 11:40

During yesterday's presentation, Sony revealed the appearance of PlayStation 5. The very original design of the console has resulted in a flood of memes on the internet. Here are the most interesting of them in our opinion.

Bart Swiatek, 12 June 2020, 11:29

An image has appeared online, comparing the size of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Fans have also produced a video that shows what Sony's new console will look like compared to various PS4 models.

Adrian Werner, 12 June 2020, 11:20

During The Future of Gaming, Sony revealed official PlayStation 5 accessories such as a pad charging station, camera, headphones and remote control.

Frozen, 12 June 2020, 00:41

Here's a complete Summary of today's PS5 The Future of Gaming presentation, during which the Japanese company presented the console and its games.

Bart Swiatek, 11 June 2020, 23:28

During the PS5 presentation, Sony revealed the appearance of its next-generation console. It was also announced that the device will be launched in two variants - normal and without Blu-Ray drive.

Michael Kulakowski, 10 June 2020, 22:05

The British Amazon was about to launch a product page for PlayStation 5 with a 2TB SSD. The device was priced at L599.99. The information may be an error on the store's part just before tomorrow's presentation.

Bart Swiatek, 09 June 2020, 09:44

Thursday's PlayStation 5 game lineup presentation will be streamed in 1080p and 30 fps. Sid Shuman from Sony Interactive Entertainment ensures that the games presented during the event will look even better on a 4K TV, but the resolution limitation made it easier to prepare the event during the pandemic.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 June 2020, 21:25

There have been reports on the web of the imminent launch of PlayStation 5. The information was provided by two independent sources and seems to be in line with the May statement of a Bloomberg journalist.

Bart Swiatek, 08 June 2020, 13:27

A developer who has worked at Sony claims that the incredible speed of the PS5's SSD enables the console to do things that cannot be done on other platforms. However, in his opinion, the biggest leap forward in the next generation will be that both the PS5 and Xbox Series X will be equipped with an SSD by default.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 05 June 2020, 13:55

A patent published yesterday revealed the cooling system of PlayStation 5's devkit. It consists of six fans and a steam chamber. Will a similar system dissipate heat in the final version?

Arkadiusz Strzala, 04 June 2020, 11:37

The speeds provided by the SSD on the PS5 required changes to Unreal Engine 5's code. Epic Games has modified the I/O areas to allow for faster data transfer.

Milosz Szubert, 03 June 2020, 13:05

The information about the postponement of Sony's online event, originally scheduled for this Thursday, published on Twitter collected nearly 537 thousand likes in less than two days. This makes it the most „liked” post related to digital entertainment on the website.

Bart Swiatek, 02 June 2020, 15:41

In response to a question asked by a Internet user, Tim Sweeney - the head of Epic Games - once again reiterated that the SSD of the PS5 console will be faster than technology used in PCs.

Bart Swiatek, 02 June 2020, 15:20

Many players are worried whether Sony will set the price of the PS5 at a level that would match their expectations. For some people, having to buy a console that costs more than $450 or $500 is a no-go, indicating that a PC upgrade is a better option.

Jacob Blazewicz, 01 June 2020, 21:21

Sony has announced the postpone of Thursday's PlayStation 5 games show. The reason seems to be the situation in the USA.

Bart Swiatek, 01 June 2020, 11:42

Although Sony pitches PlayStation 5's SSD as a real breakthrough, it turns out that there is already technology available on the PCs that offers more than twice of its data reading speed. But there's a catch.

Bart Swiatek, 01 June 2020, 11:26

Some PlayStation fans are concerned that the presentation of PS5 games will not take place on schedule due to the riots that are taking place in the USA. A tweet published by Sony's Shuhei Yoshida suggests the event will go ahead as planned, but the company hasn't confirmed anything ultimately.

Paul Wozniak, 29 May 2020, 21:26

Sony's president, Jim Ryan gave an interview to gamesindustry.biz, from which we learn that the company believes that the next-generation console should offer the players a unique experience that they won't get anywhere else. In addition to the features of the device itself, this may include exclusive titles.

Paul Wozniak, 29 May 2020, 21:12

Sony informed developers that new games developed for PS4 will have to be compatible with PS5. In addition, future patches and remasters will also have to be fully compatible with the next-generation device.

Paul Wozniak, 29 May 2020, 20:59

Sony has just announced a planned event, during which the company will showcase game line up its next generation console - PlayStation 5.

Bart Swiatek, 29 May 2020, 13:01

A recent discovery suggests that Sony plans to make a change to the PS5 website. A sentence that may be added would suggest that backward compatibility will be limited to a „back catalog”, which will grow with software updates.

Bart Woldanski, 27 May 2020, 19:29

Jason Schreier informed, via Bloomberg, that next week Sony may plan a special conference on the next-gen console PS5. The date of the event is subject to change.

Bart Swiatek, 22 May 2020, 11:23

PlayStation 5's SSD is expected to be a hundred times faster than the disk used in PlayStation 4, and Sony considers this technology essential to achieving higher levels of immersion in games.

Christian Pieniazek, 19 May 2020, 19:27

PlayStation Now, Sony's video game streaming service, is becoming increasingly popular. The Japanese reported that the number of its users has doubled since October 2019.

Bart Swiatek, 19 May 2020, 11:33

According to developer Mike Bithell - creator of Thomas Was Alone - the DualSense pad for the PS5 will enable the player to „feel the raindrops”.

Bart Swiatek, 14 May 2020, 12:05

Tim Sweeney, head of Epic Games, commented on the Unreal Engine 5 demo presented yesterday, which ran on PS5's devkit. In his opinion, the technology used in Sony's new console can significantly affect the way video games look like and how they are created.

Paul Wozniak, 13 May 2020, 13:14

Sony has published a financial report for the last fiscal year, in which, among other things, the company assured that the launch of PlayStation 5 console is not threatened. We also found out that the game created for the new platform avoided major problems due to the coronavirus pandemic and learned the new sales results of PS4.

Kuszu, 12 May 2020, 11:10

PlayStation 5 in its basic version may cost more than Xbox Series X in a similar configuration. However, this information has not yet been confirmed in any way by Sony.

Conrad Hazi, 09 May 2020, 16:44

Jason Schreier of Bloomberg News suggests that the official PlayStation 5 show will take place early or around mid-June, confirming the previous speculation on the issue. Unfortunately, no date has yet been officially confirmed by Sony representatives.

Bart Swiatek, 04 May 2020, 14:38

During the conversation with investors, AMD's CEO Dr. Lisa Su said that the launch of next-gen consoles, i.e. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, should take place during the holiday season this year.

Bart Swiatek, 28 April 2020, 13:43

PlayStation fans are presenting a variety of ideas and concepts for what PS5's interface may look like. Some of the proposals give the impression of almost ready-made solutions that could easily be implemented by Sony.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 27 April 2020, 11:44

It looks like future consoles will support the 21:9 aspect ratio. Philips has designed a new ultrawide monitor just for them.

Paul Wozniak, 23 April 2020, 22:15

Chris Grannell, a former Guerrilla Games exployee (he worked on Killzone among others), said that the power difference between PS5 and Xbox Series X can be felt in games with big open worlds. When designing games, Microsoft's console offers much more possibilities, so developers will have to make compromises when developing titles for both devices.

Mateusz Popielak, 20 April 2020, 12:27

The PS5's technical solutions delight subsequent game developers associated with hardware platforms from other manufacturers. Co creator of Halo considers the SSD in the new console a „huge difference”.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 April 2020, 21:16

Internet users report problems with their PlayStation 4 due to the latest software update. Some gamers have been unable to boot up the 7.50 firmware, while others have noticed malfunctions in the Blu-ray drive.

Christian Pieniazek, 16 April 2020, 15:19

PlayStation 4 users can now download the latest version of software for this console. Firmware 7.50 improves system performance.

Bart Swiatek, 16 April 2020, 11:34

Sony plans to reduce the production of the PS5 in the first year after the console's launch. The Japanese expect that the price of the device may affect the interest of customers.

Jacob Blazewicz, 10 April 2020, 16:03

LetsGoDigital has posted new PlayStation 5 renders. Designer Giuseppe „Snoreyn” Spinelli presented what Sony's console could look like to harmonize itself with the DualSense controller.

Milosz Szubert, 10 April 2020, 15:55

The official presentation of DualSense to PlayStation 5 has gained enormous popularity. In just a few hours, it became one of the most popular Twitter posts ever made in the video game industry. The ad is also doing great on Instagram.

Adrian Werner, 09 April 2020, 12:17

Sony has reassured fans by confirming that the DualSense controller for PlayStation 5 will have an audio jack connector for the headset.

Mateusz Popielak, 08 April 2020, 14:43

After the info on DualSense appeared on the web, users were quick to react, and the Internet was flooded with hundreds of concepts to add variety to the upcoming device.

Adrian Werner, 08 April 2020, 12:19

Sony has revealed DualSense, a wireless controller that will be used to play on PlayStation 5. The changes compared to DualShock 4 are significant.