PlayStation 5 – Specs, Confirmed Details, Possible PS5 Games And Everything We Know About The New PlayStation

All confirmed PS5 details, including backward compatibility

Let’s take a look at other features that we know the PS5 will include. Again, thanks to Wired magazine.

PS5 Features: Backward Compatibility and Physical vs. digital

• PS5 storage can be increased but you will need a Sony certified SSD.
• PS5 will include backward compatibility with most PS4 games, as it “is based in part on the PS4 architecture.” All PS4 games submitted for certification as of mid-July will need to be PS5 compatible.
• PS5 will have two versions – one with a disc player and the other exclusively digital.
• Some games are likely to be released on PS4 and PS5 – Wired speculated that Death Stranding could be an example, but ultimately it won’t be the case.
• PS5 will have some kind of cloud functionality – “We are pioneers of cloud gaming,” Cerny told Wired, “our vision should become clearer as we get closer to launch.”
• PS5 will be compatible with PSVR , at least with the current helmet.

• The Playstation 5 name is not temporary nor is it speculation – it is the official name of the next Playstation. “It’s great to finally be able to say it,” CEO Jim Ryan told Wired. “As if a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders.”
• Game installations will be more configurable thanks to the way SSDs work (we’ll explain this below), allowing players to delete a game’s campaign and keep multiplayer, for example, if the developer implements it.
• The size of the games should be less or at least be better optimized. It is one of the benefits of choosing an exclusive SSD solution on PS5. Developers will not have to duplicate data and it will be read faster. “The way that developers will take advantage of that space will probably be different; some will choose to create larger or more detailed worlds, others will prefer to reduce the size of games or patches,” as we read in Wired.
• The Playstation 5 main menu will be more dynamic, better displaying current items (such as an available mission), or allowing players to choose their activity in real-time. “As a player you just jump right into what you want,” says Cerny.

Here you can read Digital Foundry’s analysis of all the information we currently have:

PS5 controller technical specifications, including haptic feedback – what will the DualSense look like?

These are some of the most notable details of the Dual Sense, although you have a complete article dedicated to the new PlayStation 5 controller :

• The adaptive triggers offer various levels of residencia to playing a game. Two examples are: feeling the tension of a bowstring before releasing it or feeling a machine gun other than a shotgun.

• Enhanced haptic response – or enhanced vibration – which will deliver “mind-blowing effects” according to Wired, allowing you to feel the effect of different sensations, be it resistance or rebound sensation.
• It supports USB Type-C cables, commonly used in modern Android smartphones and Nintendo Switch, so some of your current controllers will serve to charge the DualSense.
• It will be heavier than the DualShock 4 due to the inclusion of the haptic enhancements and it also has a higher battery capacity (this doesn’t necessarily mean that the battery lasts longer, it could serve to balance the higher power usage of the new features). According to product manager Toshi Aoki, yes, it is lighter than an Xbox controller with batteries inside

Everything we don’t know about PS5, despite what rumors and leaks tell us

What you have below is what has not yet been confirmed. Of course, there have been years of speculation, leaks, and rumors about PS5, and you have to take everything with a grain of salt.

• The PS5 price can be estimated based on the given specs, but the final figure will depend on everything in the box, the competition, and the price of components at launch. In 2018 Digital Foundry published an article in which it theorized about the price and in which it assured that to achieve a true generation jump while keeping costs low, we would have to wait until 2020. The launch price of PS4 was 399 euros: ¿ could we be facing the same case?
• Backward compatibility of PS5 with PS1, PS2, or PS3 seems out of the question. Considering it doesn’t exist on PS4, we are unlikely to see it on PS5. But a 2018 patent suggested an “emilation remastering” that replaces old game textures with new ones instantly. At the moment we do not know if this method if used, will be done to remaster old games or as a way to re-scale them.

If you are still somewhat confused by the PS5 leaks and don’t know what to believe, in this video from Digital Foundry you have everything you need to know: