{"id":161899,"date":"2020-12-21T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=161899"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:15:42","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next-gen <strong>PlayStation<\/strong>\u00a0has already hit the market with its long-awaited\u00a0<strong>PS5<\/strong>. The new Sony console comes loaded with spectacular new features and functions users awaited with bated breath, like the use of an SSD and <strong>backward<\/strong> <strong>compatibility with PS4 games<\/strong>. With a new \u2013and somewhat large\u2013 design and the most powerful hardware created to date by Sony, we have the definitive console for PlayStation lovers on our hands.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207707\" src=\"\" alt=\"PlayStation 5\" width=\"925\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new\u00a0<strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong>\u00a0has enjoyed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayStation\/status\/1331583421668319234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unprecedentedly successful launch<\/a>. It is\u00a0<strong>sold out around the world,<\/strong> and with Christmas just around the corner, it is the most ask-for item by the entire\u00a0gamer community.\u00a0But what does the PS5 offer to be breaking records after being on the market for just one month?<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s article we\u2019ll review\u00a0<strong>everything you need to know about the latest console from Sony<\/strong>. The PlayStation 5 is not only a large console, but it is ready to turn everything we know about video games upside down.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>There are two versions of PS5 available on the market<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207708\" src=\"\" alt=\"Versiones de PlayStation 5\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like Microsoft, Sony offers two versions of PS5 at its launch: the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition. Both consoles are exactly the same with one tiny difference. The PlayStation 5 has an Ultra Blu-ray 4K UHD drive while the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition does not. That way Sony can offer all digital game users a console that is considerably cheaper but just as powerful as the version with an Ultra Blu-ray reader.<\/p>\n<p>The launch prices for the consoles are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PlayStation 5-<\/strong> 499.99\u20ac<\/li>\n<li><strong>PlayStation 5 Digital Edition-<\/strong> 399.99\u20ac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>PS5 Specs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong>\u00a0uses a 7nm\u00a0<strong>Zen 2<\/strong>\u00a0architecture processor manufactured by AMD. Its chip is\u00a0<strong>8-core<\/strong>\u00a0with a frequency of\u00a0<strong>3.5 GHz<\/strong>.\u00a0That\u2019s quite a considerable increase compared to its predecessor, because even though PS4 also had an 8-core CPU, its top frequency was 1.6 GHz.<\/p>\n<p>As for its<strong>\u00a0graphics card<\/strong>, the console has an\u00a0<strong>AMD Navi<\/strong>\u00a0with a performance of\u00a0<strong>10.28 TFLOPS<\/strong>\u00a0(Teraflops),\u00a0<strong>36 CUs<\/strong>\u00a0(Compute Units), and\u00a0<strong>2.23 GHz <\/strong>(Gigahertz) of variable frequency. PlayStation 4 only has a 1.84 TFLOPS GPU and 18 CUs at 800 MHz. That\u2019s a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>PS5 has\u00a0<strong>16 GB of RAM \/ 256 bit<\/strong>\u00a0with a bandwidth of\u00a0<strong>448 GB\/s<\/strong>. Its predecessor had 8GB of GDDR5 RAM with a bandwidth of 176 GB\/s.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about its\u00a0<strong>SSD storage unit<\/strong>. According to Sony, this &#8220;will change the way we play video games&#8221; since it will speed up loading times, cutting them back to nearly 0. PS5 has an\u00a0<strong>825 GB<\/strong>\u00a0SSD that offers a speed of up to<strong>\u00a05.5 GB\/s<\/strong>\u00a0in uncompressed data and\u00a0<strong>9 GB\/s<\/strong>\u00a0in compressed data. The console also has an NVMe slot to expand internal storage with other SSDs that have been validated by Sony.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a summary of all the\u00a0<strong>technical data<\/strong> for PlayStation 5:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CPU: <\/strong>Zen 2 8 cores at 3.5GHz<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU: <\/strong>28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU architecture: <\/strong>RDNA 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory\/Interface: <\/strong>16GB GDDR6\/256-bit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory Bandwidth:<\/strong> 448GB\/s<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage: <\/strong>825GB SSD<\/li>\n<li><strong>I\/O: <\/strong>5GB\/s, 8-9GB\/s on average<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage expansion<\/strong>: NVMe SSD slot<\/li>\n<li><strong>External storage:<\/strong> USB HDD compatible<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reader: <\/strong>4K UHD Blu-ray (the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition doesn&#8217;t have one)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions: <\/strong>390mm x 104mm x 260mm (390mm x 92mm x 260mm for the PS5 Digital Edition model)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight: <\/strong>5 kg\/3.9 kg (PS5 Digital Edition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>DualSense: The revolutionary PS5 controller<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207709\" src=\"\" alt=\"Mando DualSense\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt, one of the most cutting-edge features of PlayStation 5 is its new\u00a0<strong>DualSense<\/strong> controller. This speeds past the already classic Sony DualShock to offer us an\u00a0<strong>amazing experience<\/strong>\u00a0that goes far beyond mere vibrations.<\/p>\n<p>DualSense\u2019s goal is to immerse the player in the game thanks to its\u00a0<strong>haptic feedback <\/strong>technology. It does so with motors capable of transmitting\u00a0<strong>tactile experiences<\/strong> to the players. They allow you to feel the terrain your character is walking on, really immersing you in the story. You\u2019ll be able to tell through touch if you&#8217;re walking on metal, ice, breaking glass, water, sand, mud, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Another really interesting feature of the DualSense is that the\u00a0<strong>L2 and R2 triggers<\/strong>\u00a0have an\u00a0<strong>adaptive resistance<\/strong> system. That way you can simulate your actions in the game. If you&#8217;re shooting an arrow, the trigger will stiffen as you pull back the bow. If the trigger of your gun has gotten stuck, the DualSense&#8217;s trigger will act the same way, so you can&#8217;t pull it.<\/p>\n<p>The DualSense controllers have a\u00a0<strong>headphone jack<\/strong>, so you can play with the volume turned up until the wee hours of the morning without needing wireless headphones.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Here&#8217;s what backward compatibility with PS4 looks like<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207710\" src=\"\" alt=\"Days Gone\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For many players,\u00a0<strong>backward compatibility with PS4<\/strong> is a major factor when choosing PS5. Since the first model of PS3, Sony has not invested in the backward compatibility with their old consoles. Fortunately, with the arrival of the new PlayStation things have changed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlayStation 5 is compatible with 99% of PS4 titles<\/strong>, which you can access in two ways:\u00a0<strong>by inserting your original disc<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0by <strong>downloading it from the Play Store<\/strong>. Once installed, these will work just like they did with the old Sony console.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sony support page, there are 10 PS4 games that\u00a0<strong>are not compatible<\/strong>\u00a0with PS5. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DWVR<\/li>\n<li>Afro Samurai 2 Revenge of Kuma Volume One<\/li>\n<li>TT Isle of Man &#8211; Ride on the Edge 2<\/li>\n<li>Just Deal With It!<\/li>\n<li>Shadow Complex Remastered<\/li>\n<li>Robinson: The Journey<\/li>\n<li>We Sing<\/li>\n<li>Hitman Go: Definitive Edition<\/li>\n<li>Shadwen<\/li>\n<li>Joe&#8217;s Diner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some PS4 games will work better on PS5. These are the ones that will enjoy the so-called\u00a0<strong>Game Boost<\/strong>. They will have shorter loading times, lower FPS, greater stability, and 4K. At the moment, the titles that have these improvements are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ghost of Tsushima-<\/strong> Reduced loading time and can be played at 60 FPS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Days Gone-<\/strong> Runs in dynamic 4k and at 60 FPS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>God of War-<\/strong> Runs at 60 FPS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2-<\/strong> Improves its frame rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other games, such as\u00a0<strong>The Witcher 3,<\/strong>\u00a0have already announced that they are working on a free patch that will bring the long-awaited Game Boost to the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS4<\/strong>\u00a0titles\u2019<strong> saved<\/strong>\u00a0games will be compatible in most of the\u00a0<strong>PS5 <\/strong>games, although Sony has warned that not in all. To transfer your saved games, you can download them directly from your PS Plus cloud storage, use a USB drive, or simply use the PS4 to PS5 data transfer utility that the console has.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/playstation-5.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Everything You Need to Know About Xbox Series X\/S<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox.en.softonic.com\/articles\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-xbox-series-x-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">READ MORE<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox.en.softonic.com\/articles\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-xbox-series-x-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>What is the PlayStation Plus Collection?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207712\" src=\"\" alt=\"PlayStation Plus Collection\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PlayStation Plus Collection<\/strong>\u00a0is Sony&#8217;s incentive to\u00a0<strong>PS5<\/strong>\u00a0owners to subscribe to its\u00a0<strong>PS Plus <\/strong>service.<\/p>\n<p>This is a\u00a0<strong>collection of the most popular PlayStation 4 games<\/strong>\u00a0so that they can be played on any PS5 starting the day the console is launched.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0<strong>list of games<\/strong>\u00a0offered by the collection at the moment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/li>\n<li>Battlefield 1<\/li>\n<li>Bloodborne<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops III &#8211; Zombies Chronicles Edition<\/li>\n<li>Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy<\/li>\n<li>Days Gone<\/li>\n<li>Detroit: Become Human<\/li>\n<li>Fallout 4<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition<\/li>\n<li>God of War<\/li>\n<li>Infamous Second Son<\/li>\n<li>Monster Hunter: World<\/li>\n<li>Mortal Kombat X<\/li>\n<li>Persona 5<\/li>\n<li>Ratchet and Clank<\/li>\n<li>Resident Evil 7<\/li>\n<li>The Last Guardian<\/li>\n<li>The Last of Us Remastered<\/li>\n<li>Until Dawn<\/li>\n<li>Uncharted 4: A Thief&#8217;s End<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For now, we don&#8217;t know if Sony will add more titles to its PlayStation Plus Collection.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Games available with the console&#8217;s launch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207713\" src=\"\" alt=\"Demon's Souls Remastered\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The launch of the Sony console comes with a complete\u00a0<strong>selection of titles for PS5<\/strong>\u00a0along with Astro&#8217;s Playroom, the free game designed to demonstrate the full potential of the new console and its DualSense controller.<\/p>\n<p>The main titles that are available for PlayStation 5 from the day of its\u00a0<strong>release<\/strong>\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla<\/li>\n<li>Bugsnax<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/li>\n<li>Demon\u2019s Souls<\/li>\n<li>Destruction AllStars<\/li>\n<li>Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition<\/li>\n<li>Fortnite<\/li>\n<li>Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man: Miles Morales<\/li>\n<li>Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition<\/li>\n<li>Observer: System Redux<\/li>\n<li>Sackboy: A Big Adventure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, at the <em>The Future of Gaming<\/em> conference held June 11, many more of them were shown. Here is the<strong> complete list of those to come:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deathloop<\/li>\n<li>Destruction Allstars<\/li>\n<li>Final Fantasy XVI<\/li>\n<li>Ghostwire: Tokyo<\/li>\n<li>Godfall<\/li>\n<li>Goodbye Volcano High<\/li>\n<li>Grand Theft Auto V (Expanded and Enhanced)<\/li>\n<li>Gran Turismo 7<\/li>\n<li>Hitman 3<\/li>\n<li>Horizon: Forbidden West<\/li>\n<li>Jett: The Far Shore<\/li>\n<li>Kena: Bridge of Spirits<\/li>\n<li>Little Devil Inside<\/li>\n<li>NBA 2K21<\/li>\n<li>Oddworld: Soulstorm<\/li>\n<li>Pragmata<\/li>\n<li>Project Athia<\/li>\n<li>Ratchet &amp; Clank: Rift Apart<\/li>\n<li>Resident Evil VIII: Village<\/li>\n<li>Returnal<\/li>\n<li>Stray<\/li>\n<li>Solar Ash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope that our<strong>\u00a0PS5 special<\/strong>\u00a0has helped you. Do you already have a PlayStation 5 console or are you thinking of buying one? 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The new Sony console comes loaded with spectacular new features and functions users awaited with bated breath, like the use of an SSD and backward compatibility with PS4 games. With a new \u2013and somewhat large\u2013 design and the most powerful hardware created to date by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Everything You Need to Know About PS5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":162040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2367,2368],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-161899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-playstation-5","tag-ps5"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325141,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161899\/revisions\/325141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161899"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=161899"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=161899"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=161899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}