PS5's SSD Won't be the Fastest - PCs Got Something Better
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.
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Bart Swiatek
June 1, 2020
PS5 Show Still on Schedule, Despite Concerns About Situation in USA
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.
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Bart Swiatek
June 1, 2020
Sony Suggests PS5 Exclusives Will Not Have PS4 Versions
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.
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Paul Wozniak
May 29, 2020
Compatibility With PS5 Will Soon be a Must for Every New PS4 Game
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.
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Paul Wozniak
May 29, 2020
Sony Announces PS5 Game Show Next Week
Sony has just announced a planned event, during which the company will showcase game line up its next generation console - PlayStation 5.
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Paul Wozniak
May 29, 2020
PS5 Fans Fear for Backward Compatibility
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.
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Bart Swiatek
May 29, 2020
Jason Schreier: Sony May Reveal PS5 Next Week
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.
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Bart Woldanski
May 27, 2020
PS5's SSD Will be 100 Times Faster Than HDD on PS4
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.
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Bart Swiatek
May 22, 2020
PS Now Becoming Increasingly Popular
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.
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Christian Pieniazek
May 19, 2020
PS5 - DualSense's Vibrations Will let Us Feel Raindrops
According to developer Mike Bithell - creator of Thomas Was Alone - the DualSense pad for the PS5 will enable the player to „feel the raindrops”.
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Bart Swiatek
May 19, 2020
Tim Sweeney on PS5's Storage: „The World of Loading Screens is Over.”
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.
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Bart Swiatek
May 14, 2020
Sony - PS5 Launch on Schedule; PS4 Sales Report
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.
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Paul Wozniak
May 13, 2020
Basic PS5 May be More Expensive Than Xbox Series X
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.
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May 12, 2020
PS5 Presentation Expected in the First Half of June
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.
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Conrad Hazi
May 9, 2020
AMD: PS5 and Xbox Series X Will Launch at the End of Year
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.
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Bart Swiatek
May 4, 2020
Fan Propositions for PS5's Interface
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.
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Bart Swiatek
April 28, 2020
PS5 and Xbox Series X May Support Ultrawide 21:9 Screens
It looks like future consoles will support the 21:9 aspect ratio. Philips has designed a new ultrawide monitor just for them.
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Arkadiusz Strzala
April 27, 2020
Killzone Dev: PS5 Too Weak For Big Open World Games
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.
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Paul Wozniak
April 23, 2020
Co-creator of Halo is Delighted With PS5's SSD
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”.
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Mateusz Popielak
April 20, 2020
Problems With PS4 Firmware Version 7.50; Better Wait With Installation
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.
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Jacob Blazewicz
April 17, 2020