Playstation 5 presentation: all the information uncovered

In Professional Review we have been informing you of all the leaks and comparisons of Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Sony has decided to stop playing cat and mouse: the next generation console has been introduced by Mark Cerny, the system architect. Many people expect a brutal change or leap from the PlayStation 4. However, you may be disappointed. Let's get started!

PlayStation 5: the next-gen is here

Many of you are here to see all the technical details that were not known about this console, but rest assured that we will provide them below. We already knew that the Sony team would use an AMD Zen 2 processor, which would have 8 cores and 16 threads. In principle, do not take this data to the letter because Cerny has said that the performance of the GPU and CPU is "limited ", in reference to their frequencies.

On the other hand, the chosen GPU is an AMD with RDNA2 architecture, being able to provide 10.28 TFLOPs, something that can be disappointing for many fans because its rival offers almost 13 TFLOPs. In order not to bore you, we show you its specifications in this table.

CPU	8 cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)
GPU	10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)
GPU architecture	RDNA 2 custom
Memory / Interface	16GB GDDR6 / 256-bit
Bandwidth	448GB / s
SSD	825GB SSD
IO	5.5GB / s, Typical 8-9GB / s (compressed)
Expandable storage	NVMe SSD
External storage	USB HDD
Reader	4K UHD Blu-ray

Therefore, it will have a custom AMD GPU that comes " caped " at 2.23 GHz and an 8-core CPU, also from AMD, with 3.5 GHz. Sony would be working on overclocking its console to offer higher performance. Regarding the GPU, it will support ray-tracing technology . In addition, it will have a low power option mode to save energy.

And it is that Cerny was optimistic in the presentation, since he has played a PlayStation 5 video game that used this technology. Finally, there is no external block to manage this technology, but it will be the Intersection Engine that does it.

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Sony says its new hardware will be able to add support for 8K, such as 4K at 120 Hz. This statement seems a bit exorbitant when we see real beasts fighting to offer real 4K at 60 fps. We assume that those 4K Sony mentions are rescaled, not to mention 8K.

Hard drives and backward compatibility

They will only require Sony certification and must have NVMe technology because they offer much higher performance compared to HDDs or SSDs. On the other hand, you can connect external hard drives via USB without any problem.

As for backward compatibility, it will only reach the PlayStation 4, specifically it will be 100 initial games, which, in theory, would be added later. We can say that it is quite disappointing because we will have to give up video games on the PS2 and PS3. In the case of XBOX Series X, it will be backward compatible with the first generation.

Sound

At the time we talked about the importance of sound that the PS5 and XBOX engineers had assumed. Cerny assured that the Tempest Engine will not disappoint and will offer excellent sound quality to enjoy a more realistic experience on PlayStation 5. For this, we will only need good headphones or speakers prepared to express their full potential.

Launch and price

Regarding the release date, it is believed that by the end of 2020 the PlayStation 5 will hit the market. Maybe a little earlier. Who knows? At the moment, there are various rumors that make nothing clear, some say that between October and December; others for Christmas. We will keep you informed about what is coming out.

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As for the price, Sony has not said anything official because they still do not know how much it will cost them to mass produce the console, something that is strange to us. Sony chief financial officer Hiroki Totok i had this to say about the price.

It is very difficult to discuss something about the price at this time. Depending on the price level, we may have to determine the promotion that we are going to implement and what costs we are willing to assume.

First, we must firmly control the cost of labor. We will see how much we can prepare initially, we will work in production, sales and we will prepare the ideal volume to launch the PS5.

It is very difficult to talk about anything concrete at the moment because it is a balancing act.

Therefore, we do not know the price, although there are many rumors about what it will cost to acquire it. Some suggest that in North America it will cost $ 499. As we say, we do not know anything official.

If you have missed the presentation of this PlayStation 5, you can see it in this video.

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