Sony officially announced the new Playstation 5 for 2020 in its blog today - the company also revealed further details about the new console generation.
The blog post finally confirmed the name and release date – according to which the console will be called the PlayStation 5 and will hit shelves in time for the 2020 Christmas season. A specific date was not given – this will likely not be announced before 2020. It is assumed that the PlayStation 5 will launch almost simultaneously with Microsoft's latest Xbox generation. In the latest blog post titled "PlayStation 5 Launches Holiday 2020” Sony writes as follows:
Since we announced our next-generation console in April, we know there's been a lot of excitement and interest in learning more about what the future of gaming will bring. Today, I'm proud to announce that our next-generation console will be called PlayStation 5, and we'll launch in time for Holiday 2020.
With "Holiday 2020"The term refers to the Christmas season—thus, the new PlayStation launches just in time for the holiday season in the new year. Sony focused on the new controllers in the announcement—no further details on the actual PlayStation 5 hardware were provided. The new controller doesn't have an official name yet, but it's safe to assume Sony will keep with tradition and call it the DualShock 5. Sony describes the new controllers as follows:
To this end, there are two key innovations with the new PlayStation 5 controller. First, we're adopting haptic feedback to replace the "rumble" technology found in controllers since the 5th generation of consoles. With haptics, you truly feel a wider range of feedback, so hitting a wall in a race car feels very different from tackling on a football pitch. You can even get a sense of a variety of textures when running through fields of grass or moving through mud..
The second innovation is something we call "Adaptive Triggers," which have been integrated into the trigger buttons (L2/R2). Developers can program the resistance of the triggers to give you the tactile sensation of drawing a bow and arrow or accelerating an off-road vehicle through rocky terrain. Combined with the haptics, this can lead to a powerful experience that better simulates various actions. Game designers have started receiving early versions of the new controller, and we can't wait to see where their imaginations go with these new features..
Further details in the coming months
A particularly prominent feature of the Playstation 5 is the customization of game data. PS5 users can decide for themselves what they want to install from a game. The player is free to install the story and online modes together or to only include the online area in the installation. Another feature is the display of game information. All details about the game are shown in advance - this means that it is no longer necessary to start the title to see this information. According to Sony, further details about hardware and functions will follow in the coming months. (Photo by Samsonovs / Bigstockphoto)
