Sony has revealed the first official details on PS5 in an exclusive interview with Wired. The interview was given by PS5’s chief architect Mark Cerny who revealed some very cool specs about the upcoming PS5 console and it looks like the next-gen console is going to be a powerful console.
The feature highlighting all other features at this point is that PS5 will be backwards compatible with all PS4 games. This includes PS VR games as well. Not only the games but the next-gen console will also support PS VR headset so players who own the original PS VR headset do not have to invest in the new variant to play on the next generation of PlayStation.
This is huge news for everyone because every time a new generation console is released, nearly every player has some games in the backlog that they have to complete and they sometimes end up missing them because they sell their old consoles to get the new one. With the release of PS5, they will still be able to enjoy all their PS4 and PS VR titles because the console will have backwards compatibility.
Further details revealed about the system include that PS5 will still have a physical disc drive. The console will not go completely digital and fans who love purchasing physical discs will still be able to purchase and play their favorite games physically. Mike Cerny also detailed that the CPU and GPU will be from AMD this time around.
PS5 will feature a third generation AMD Ryzen with eight cores and a custom AMD Radeon Navi GPU. It will support ray-tracing and 3D audio and the system will be 8K ready at launch. We don’t know how much 8K support will be useful in the next-generation because even the 4K is not as mainstream as 1080p at this point in the market.
The console will also feature an SSD for super-fast copying and reading speeds. Switching to SSD is going to drastically reduce boot times as well as game copying and load times. This is something that consoles have been lacking seriously when directly compared to PCs. Also, the PS5 is simply being referred to as ‘next-gen console’ at Sony at this point. There is not confirmed name for it as well.
You can head over to Wired and check out Mike Cerny’s complete interview. Of course, Sony has not shared a release date of the console at this point however a 2019 release is not a chance. The earliest we might get PS5 is 2020.
