Game Console
PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, was launched on November 12, 2020, in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea, and was released worldwide a week later. The PS5 is part of the ninth generation of video game consoles, along with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S consoles, which were released in the same month.
The base model includes an optical disc drive compatible with Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. The Digital Edition lacks this drive, as a lower-cost model for buying games only through download. The two variants were launched simultaneously. Slimmer hardware revisions of both models replaced the original models on sale in November 2023.
The PlayStation 5’s main hardware features include a solid-state drive customized for high-speed data streaming to enable significant improvements in storage performance, an AMD GPU capable of 4K resolution display at up to 120 frames per second, hardware-accelerated ray tracing for realistic lighting and reflections, and the Tempest Engine for hardware-accelerated 3D audio effects. Other features include the DualSense controller with haptic feedback, backward compatibility with the majority of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR games, and the PlayStation VR2 headset.
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Short Info
Also known as: PS5
Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony, Foxconn
Product family: PlayStation
Type: Home video game console
Generation: Ninth
Release date:
- AU/JP/KR/NA/NZ: November 12, 2020
- WW: November 19, 2020
- INA: January 22, 2021
- IND: February 2, 2021
- VIE: March 19, 2021
- CHN: May 15, 2021
Introductory price: Base / Digital Edition
- US$499 / US$399
- €499 / €399
- CA$629 / CA$499
- A$749 / A$599
- ¥49,980 / ¥39,980
- £449 / £359
Units sold :50 million (as of December 20, 2023)
Units shipped: 61.8 million (as of June 30, 2024)
Media:
- Ultra HD Blu-ray
- Blu-ray
- DVD
- Download
CPU: Custom 8-core AMD Zen 2, Variable frequency up to 3.5 GHz
Memory: 16 GB/256-bit GDDR6 SDRAM
512 MB DDR4 RAM (used as SSD controller cache)
Storage: Custom 825 GB (2020-22) or 1 TB (2023) PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
Removable storage:
- Internal PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD upgradeable up to 8TB
- External USB-based HDD or SSD up to 8TB
Display:
Video output formats
HDMI: 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1440p, 4K, 8K
Graphics:
Custom AMD RDNA 2
36 CUs
Variable frequency up to 2.23 GHz
10.3 TFLOPS peak
Sound:
Custom Tempest Engine 3D Audio
Dolby Atmos
7.1 surround sound
DTS:X (Blu-ray video & UHD Blu-ray video)
Controller input: DualSense, DualShock 4, PlayStation Move, PS5 Media Remote, PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers
Connectivity:
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth 5.1
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 2× USB 3.2 Gen 2×1
- 1× USB 2.0 (2020-22)
- 1× USB-C with USB 3.2 Gen 2×1
- 1× USB-C with USB 2.0 (2023)
- 1× HDMI 2.1
Online services:
- PlayStation Network
- PlayStation Plus
Dimensions:
- Base (2020-22): 390 mm × 260 mm × 104 mm (15.4 in × 10.2 in × 4.1 in)
- Digital (2020-22): 390 mm × 260 mm × 92 mm (15.4 in × 10.2 in × 3.6 in)
- Base (2023): 358 mm × 216 mm × 96 mm (14.1 in × 8.5 in × 3.8 in)
- Digital (2023): 358 mm × 216 mm × 80 mm (14.1 in × 8.5 in × 3.1 in)
Mass:
Base:
2020: 4.5 kilograms (9.9 lb)
2021: 4.2 kilograms (9.3 lb)
2022: 3.9 kilograms (8.6 lb)
2023: 3.2 kilograms (7.1 lb)
Digital:
2020: 3.9 kilograms (8.6 lb)
2021: 3.6 kilograms (7.9 lb)
2022: 3.4 kilograms (7.5 lb)
2023: 2.6 kilograms (5.7 lb)
Backward compatibility: Almost all PlayStation 4 games and PlayStation VR games
Predecessor: PlayStation 4
Website: playstation.com/ps5