450 Million Sold Consoles Land PlayStation a Guinness Record
Sony has announced that PlayStation has been included in Guinness World Records as the most popular home console brand in history. More than 450 million PlayStation family systems have been sold in the 25 years of its existence on the market.
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Michael Kulakowski
December 3, 2019
Sony's Playstation Celebrates is 25th Anniversary
The PlayStation brand celebrates its 25th birthday today. Sony's first console appeared on the market on December 3, 1994. The CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, wrote a special note to fans on this occasion, in which he reminniscenes on the past and thanks for the community's support.
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Bart Swiatek
December 3, 2019
Unofficial Photo of PS5 Devkit With Controllers
Another unofficial photo of the developer version of PlayStation 5 has appeared on the web. It confirms its unusual appearance and most likely also shows the new DualShock 5 controllers.
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Paul Wozniak
December 1, 2019
PS5 and Xbox Scarlett May Use Samsung's NVMe SSDs
Samsung will probably be responsible for the production of very fast NVMe SSDs, which will be used in the 9th generation consoles - PS5 and Xbox Scarlett. This is suggested by one of the slides from a presentation that was shown at the Samsung SSD Forum 2019 event in Tokyo.
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Bart Swiatek
November 26, 2019
Rumors About Removable PS5 SSDs Were Bogus - Patents Concerned Toys
Reports that PlayStation 5 will have removable SSDs have turned out to be false. That's what TweakTown says, which proved that Sony's patents were related with Toio toy parts.
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Konrad Serafinski
November 23, 2019
PS5 Owners Will Make Their Own Demos? Intriguing Sony Patents
News of another Sony patent, most likely associated with PlayStation 5, are making rounds on the internet. The company has registered a feature that enables gamers to send their friends game states saved in the cloud as de facto demo versions. Another patent application suggests that we will get access to these 'mini-games' even without the console, directly through the new controller.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 22, 2019
Rumor: PS5 is More Efficient in Games Than Xbox Scarlett
There are new rumors about the performance of ninth-generation console devkits. According to a reliable source, PlayStation 5 is currently performing better in games than the competitive Xbox Scarlett.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 22, 2019
Leak: PS5 to be Backwards Compatible With PS, PS2, PS3 and PS4 Discs
We have more and more leaks about backward compatibility of PS5. Recent reports suggest that the console will read almost all discs from previous generations. In other words: our PS5 will be able to run games from PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4.
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Konrad Serafinski
November 21, 2019
PS5 and Gran Turismo 7 Price and Release Dates; Leak From Reliable Source
There are rumors about the price and release date of PlayStation 5. One PSErebus states that the new Sony console will debut in America on November 20, 2020 and will cost the same as Xbox Scarlett. The user also referred to a handful of other rumors circulating on the web.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 19, 2019
We Know What PlayStation 5's DualShock 5 Will Look Like
Today, for the first time officially, we had the opportunity to see the new DualShock 5. The Japanese patent office has published the graphics, which were supplied by Sony along with the documentation. At first sight, the new model does not differ much from its predecessor.
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November 18, 2019
German Media Markt Presents its Own Concept of PS5
The German branch of the Media Markt store chain has presented its own idea for the look and feel of PlayStation 5. The designers' concept radically differs from the previously revealed photographs of the developer version of the device.
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Bart Swiatek
November 14, 2019
Removable SSD Like Cartridges? PS5 May Have Some Interesting Patents
Sony has registered a new patent in Brazil called „PlayStation Cartridge”. It is highly likely that the new PlayStation 5 will have replaceable SSD.
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November 12, 2019
PS4 Becomes Second Best-selling Console Ever; Sony is Disappointed
Sony revealed a financial report, according to which PS4 became the second best-selling home console in history. PS2 is still in the first place. The Japanese company expected better results.
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Krzysztof Kaluzinski
October 30, 2019
Sony Applies for PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10 Trademarks
Sony has applied for trademarks in Japan for PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9 and PS10. There are of course only placeholders, but it is worth noting that the company only once registered more than one trademark. It was in 2006 with PS4 and PS5.
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Konrad Serafinski
October 29, 2019
PS5 CPU May Run at 3.2 GHz
All indications are that the ninth generation console from Sony - PlayStation 5 - will have a 3.2GHz processor. The editors of Digital Foundry have reached information that would suggest this.
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Bart Swiatek
October 23, 2019
PS5 Devkit Photo and PSX, PS2, PS3 and PS4 Compatibility Rumors
One Twitter user who is behind the leak of The Last of Us 2's release date has informed fans not to sell their PSX, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games. This may suggest that the latest Sony console will be compatible with older versions. Additionally, a photo od PS5 devkit has been uploaded to the web.
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Paul Wozniak
October 19, 2019
Sony Won't Abandon PS Now After the Launch of PS5
In an interview for Famitsu magazine, Yasuhiro Osaki from Sony assured that PlayStation Now streaming service would not be abandoned after the release of PS5. Also, the patent registered by the company suggests that the Japanese have far-reaching plans for this subscription service.
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Bart Swiatek
October 17, 2019
PS5 With 8-core CPU; Wireless PSVR2 Inbound?
Journalists from the Japanese magazine Famitsu have confirmed an important detail about PlayStation 5 specs. The console will be equipped with an 8-core and 16 thread AMD processor based on the Zen 2 architecture. We also learned when the official announcement will take place, which will reveal details of the specification and more.
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Bart Swiatek
October 10, 2019
GTA 6 Very Likely to Become PS5 Launch Title
A 2018 leak, which revealed the specs of PlayStation 5, also revealed the list of launch titles (including exclusives) for the new Sony console and heralds the next version of the company's VR device. Among the games that will appear on PS5 is GTA VI.
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Paul Wozniak
October 9, 2019
PS5 Devkits - Rumors About Console's Appearance Were True
Reports from August about the unusual appearance of PlayStation 5 devkits have been confirmed, and we've also learned that the console will use 100GB discs and offer backward compatibility with PS4.
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Adrian Werner
October 9, 2019