PS5 release date, design, specs, and news for Sony
Gamers are waiting for Sony’s next-generation console
During his keynote speech at CES 2020 in January Sony CEO Jim Ryan unveiled the logo for the next-gen PlayStation’s official The Instagram account posted a picture of the new logo and as of 11 February it had more than 5.3m likes.



According to analytics gathered by VGC, this makes the logo the most-liked video gaming Instagram post of all time. Not bad going for a non-news story.

“We look forward to revealing more details, including the content that will showcase the platform and the future of gaming,” he said.
On that note, we look at the latest news and rumors about the PS5...

 When is the PS5 official release date?
On PlayStation.com’s official PS5 page Sony says the console “is coming”. The company gives a “holiday 2020” launch date, which should mean between November and December this year. 
That puts the console in the same release window as its rival, Microsoft’s so-called Xbox Scarlett, meaning the two systems “will be going head-to-head for sales in the run-up to Christmas”, says the Daily Express.

How much will it cost?
An official price is yet to be confirmed, but according to TechRadar, leaks have suggested it will be around the $499 (£385) mark. The PlayStation 5 is now available to purchase in India. The standard edition is priced at Rs 49,990, and a digital edition with no disc drive priced at Rs 39,990.

New DualSense wireless controller
In early April, Sony released the first images of the new DualSense wireless game controller for PS5.
Hideaki Nishino, SVP of platform planning and management, wrote in a blog: “We wanted everyone in the PlayStation community to get a first look at the DualSense wireless controller, and hear our vision for how the new controller will captivate more of your senses as you interact with the virtual worlds in PS5 games. 
“The features of DualSense, along with PS5’s Tempest 3D AudioTech will deliver a new feeling of immersion to players.
“We decided to keep much of what gamers love about DualShock 4 intact, while also adding new functionality and refining the design. Based on our discussions with developers, we concluded that the sense of touch within the gameplay, much like audio, hasn’t been a big focus for many games. 
“We had a great opportunity with PS5 to innovate by offering game creators the ability to explore how they can heighten that feeling of immersion through our new controller. 
“This is why we adopted haptic feedback, which adds a variety of powerful sensations you’ll feel when you play, such as the slow grittiness of driving a car through the mud. 
“We also incorporated adaptive triggers into the L2 and R2 buttons of DualSense so you can truly feel the tension of your actions, like when drawing a bow to shoot an arrow.”

More environmentally-friendly than PS4
Gaming systems may not be one of the leading causes of climate, but that hasn’t stopped Sony from improving the power efficiency of It's the latest console. 
Head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, revealed in a blog post that the “next-generation PlayStation console” will come with a “suspend gameplay” feature that consumes less power than the equivalent mode on the PS4.
“If just one million users enable this feature, it would save equivalent to the average electricity use of 1,000 US homes”, he said. 
The feature will not just impact the PS5, but also the games it plans to release on the next-gen system, TechRadar reports. It means that developers wanting to include themes about climate change in their games will get support from Sony. 

8K resolution and ray tracing support
In an interview with Wired, Mark Cerny, the PS5’s lead system architect, said that the new console will be powered by AMD’s third-generation Ryzen processor containing eight cores, which is coupled to a custom graphics chip from Radeon’s Navi line. 
This will allow the console to support ray tracing technology, a highly complex graphical element that realistically models the way rays of light interact with 3D surfaces. While ray tracing is a “staple of Hollywood visual effects”, the current crop of games consoles are not powerful enough to support the technology says Wired. 
To make use of this feature, gamers will need to have an 8K TV. Given that the technology is in its infancy, prices for TV sets that support the resolution start at around £4,000. 

SSD replaces HDD
Sony is scrapping the hard-disc drive (HDD) storage system, which currently appears in the PS4, in favor of a faster – and more reliable – solid-state drive (SSD).
Cerny told Wired that Sony has developed a special type of SSD for the PS5 that is capable of loading textures and virtual environments in less than a second. 
Plus, there are no moving parts inside SSDs, which makes them more reliable than disc-based HDDs.