When we stepped into the Push Square office at the start of the week, we didn't think for a second that we'd be covering the PS5. And by that, we mean the actual PS5. Not rumours, not speculation, but concrete, official details on the next-gen console itself. It's been a wild ride to say the least.
Of course, as with any significant slice of PlayStation news, we want to harvest your opinions. What do you think of the PS5 so far? Are you hyped? What detail are you most excited about? What would you pay for it? How do you want Sony to handle the console's full reveal? Vote in our polls, and then feed us some honest thoughts in the comments section below.
Are you hyped for the PS5? (2,750 votes)
Choo choo, the PS5 hype train has arrived and I'm driving34%
Yeah, I'm pretty hyped23%
Kind of, I need to see more19%
The hype hasn't kicked in yet, but I'm sure it will8%
Nah, not much hype here7%
No, not hyped at all9%
What PS5 feature are you most happy to have confirmed? (2,349 votes)
Backwards compatibility with PS4 games51%
Backwards compatibility with PSVR4%
Advanced audio processing2%
It has a disc drive/it's not a digital-only console13%
Specialised solid-state drive17%
8K support4%
Ray tracing visual technology9%
Based on what we know right now, what would you be willing to pay for a PS5? (2,402 votes)
Over $6005%
Between $500 and $60020%
Between $400 and $50044%
Between $300 and $40021%
Under $3009%
How should Sony fully reveal the PS5? (2,226 votes)
Put on a big reveal event, like it did with the PS473%
Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, he's played 'em all — a little too much, some might say.
Not a lot, it’s coming and it’ll be more powerful than the PS4, but we knew all that didn’t we? I still predict a curve ball or two that might make people unhappy, and I also still think they will drop the numbering this time (I’ve been saying it long enough so I can’t back out now!)
I suppose the best thing to take away from it is a 2020 confirmed release date. At least, I think they confirmed that?
I mean. They have to call it Playstation 5 right? One of the factors cited for the Vita's failure was that people didnt know what it was - i personally love the name and think its better than PSP 2 but there you go. If Sony try to be too clever they will only confuse people.
Wouldn't say I'm "hyped" but at this point it's a foregone conclusion I will be getting at least one at launch. Already setting aside for it. BC is the best news for me so far happy they had some foresight there
I went forward compatability with PS VR headsets as the feature im happiest about. If Sony want VR to suceed they would have killed their chances if they expected consumers to buy a new headset at 300 pounds within 2 years of the PS5 launch. Maybe launch a new controller for it though.
What i want to see for once is for the Dualshock 4 to be compatible with the PS5. Controllers are so expensive that its difficult to have enough for multiplayer sessions like overcooked etc. If i can bring forward my 3 DS4's to use with PS5, i will be very happy
I like everything I've seen up to now. If there's going to be a sticking point for people, it'll be the price, but I can see it being reasonable. I'm very happy with the info so far.
I can't see them messing with the naming system. Maybe change to Roman numerals? It would shift a few extra units in the Netherlands if nothing else.
I can only be so excited when all we have are specs, but those specs also paint a pretty good picture. Backwards Compatibility is there for those who want it, the technical aspect makes it seem like it'll be a monster of a console, and we still have discs for another generation.
I'm excited for the potential of it, but I'd need to see how games run on it before I go full on hype.
@kyleforrester87 My theory is that, if I post it in every comment section I can find, Sony will immediately dismiss the idea when its inevitably pitched by the work experience kid from marketing.
My main barrier to overcome was losing my PS4 library and investment via PS Plus etc. However, it won't be happening and that means I'll be looking next to things like price and other gotchas.
After yesterday I didn't know quite what to think but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was a clever move by Sony. What they essentially did was give out what Mark Cerny spent 20 minutes talking aboutat the PS4 reveal event. Yes he gave out the specs and a couple of features but he didn't reveal actual raw numbers on clock speeds, performance and RAM size. So Sony haven't shown their hand at the competition.
What it's also done that if Sony hold a PSX this year to talk about PS5 they can do so without dragging any conference down in tech talk, they can get straight to the most relevant stuff like games and services.
It's also nice to see Sony be very proactive again, where I was getting a bit concerned that they were getting more reactive. Throughout the PS4 era Sony had a clear plan in what they were doing and stuck with it, whereas the competition tended to react to what Sony were doing, which is all well and good but been reactive means your playing catch up all the time.
@Gremio108 I reckon there’d be a problem there as PSV would be the acronym for the PlayStation V which is how PS Vita was acronymised(?) so I reckon they’ll stick with PS5.
The PS5 looks pretty good so fer, but what will really get me hyped are the games. Announce a HDZ sequel on launch day and I will pre-order the PS5 before the end of the show.
Also it is not impossible for them to release 2 different versions is they can't get the price down. One with SSD and 8K support, and a low cost version with a normal HDD and only 4K support.
@roe the 5 will look like an S anyway. Just call it PSSD.
people voted for backward comp.i will know that ps5 will play ps4.so no.ray tracing is cool.plus that means ps5 is 14 teraflops or 12 the least.word up son
I always get hyped for new hardware regardless of the brand because I enjoy the speculation and lead up to the launch. That doesn't mean I'm just going to be on board with everything Sony does. Price will matter in determining day one or not. Right now I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that PS5 will be priced intelligently enough that I'm there day one, but if they pull a PS3 and I have to hold off for a bit, I'll hold off. No matter what, the next year+ is going to be interesting.
@kyleforrester87 "I suppose the best thing to take away from it is a 2020 confirmed release date. At least, I think they confirmed that?"
My understanding was that he said "not 2019" or "not this year", one of those two, and then everybody just assumed 2020. So no, 2020 is not confirmed, just this year, 2019, is confirmed as a no.
I think PS3 got delayed a year b/c of blu-ray drive issues, I could easily see this getting delayed until 2021 b/c of SSD issues. They probably WANT it in 2020, but it isn't production ready yet.
Same way PS has 20 articles calling it PS5 but they never called it that. The 97-3 vote on what I'm assuming was a joke poll question at the end, kind of shows we all assume it's PS5, but they never said that. Which kind of makes me wonder, why didn't he just call it that? hmm
That's pretty good, but then what will they call the mid-gen refresh? New PS5SSD+PS4BC Pro
I suggested PSSSD last article, I'm sick of numbers, close enough.
On a serious note the fact they he didn't simply call PS5 I think opens the door a little to a name change. Dont' think they can ditch Playstation, that name may be too well known at this point, but maybe they can move on from numbers?
PSV could have worked if not for Vita.
I mean probably nobody but nobody expected Nintneod's next console to be named Switch but that's worked out pretty well so far. I'd like to be impressed by a new name.
didant get to read all the news till last night so was pretty shocked and excited.
It all sounds too good to be true to be honest.Especially backward compatible with PS4 games and PSVR.
I can't see much improvement in graphics though personally unless they become more real looking than a human..
I just hope it has more than a 500 gig harddrive.But whatever,day one.
The hardware stuff is pretty hard to get excited about since it's mainly the same as PS4 but faster. But that is a good thing since it makes it easier for developers and great for backwards compatibility. When they try to wow us with exotic hardware like what was on the PS3 or Sega Saturn, then you end up stalling the momentum of developers and weaken the quality of the games.
I think an easy way for PS5 to wow us is to throw more ram into it so games can have higher-res textures. I remember playing resident evil 7 and sometimes I would get close to a wall and I'm disappointed when some of the textures are very low-res.
I think Sony needs to make sure it launches with games that really puts in above what is capable on the PS4/Pro. Otherwise, people will just think of it as a PS4 Pro Pro or a Sony's late answer to the Xbox One X.
Sony is one of the few console makers that have backwards compatibility out of the box (ps2, ps3). That stopped with the PS4 so its return in the PS5 is welcomed. I wonder if there will be games that are released for PS4, is supported on PS5 via backwards compatibility, and then later patched to support the enhanced features of the PS5. I'm specifically thinking of late 2019/early 2020 games like The Last of Us 2 or Cyberpunk 2077. Will publishers create PS5 enhancements for PS4 games or double-dip us with separate PS5 versions?
I'm happy with what has been revealed so far, but I probably won't get one well into its life-cycle. I'm thinking I'll get the mid-gen refresh when it hits $300 and is bundled with an exclusive I want. Which naturally means I'll be waiting years, but I'm already swamped in games and platforms as is. It'll probably take me that long just to play all the PS4 games I'm interested in, let alone other platforms.
While I think PS4 backwards compatibility is obviously the most important feature, the one I'm most excited about is the improved audio support. 3D audio is fantastic when well-implemented, and it could do a great job of making games that much more immersive.
3D audio is a nice bullet point, but I don't think it'll really catch on. For visuals, one just needs to replace the TV, like upgrade to 4K. But for better audio, much more work is involved. You will need surround speakers (and the more the better), an amplifier to connect them all, and have enough space in your gaming environment to sit in that sweet spot between all the speakers.
Most games will end up wearing stereo headphones and while you can kind of get fake 3d on headphones, it's not really the same.
If I can access all the games I bought digitally on my PS4, then I'll pick one up within the first year. If they allow me to do that, access all of my PS3 digital games, and allow me to play my PS3 discs as well, then this is a day-one purchase.
I only hopped onto the PS4 train back in January when a game I wanted to play finally came out. I now have a small backlog that’ll see me for some time so honestly, I wouldn’t mind a PS5 being released in 2021/22. The 7th Gen of consoles was the longest we’ve seen and honestly I loved it (6th Gen remains the best though) as developers had to push the hardware to the limits or think of unique ways to enhance their games; rather than just have enough power to render individual sweat drops following forehead brows with accurate light reflections.
The only way I would jump onto the PS5 Hype Train is if they unveiled a truly unique product with a unique way to play certain games and at least one great game that i positively have to play on release. Otherwise, maybe in 5+ years when they release an enhanced version.
Didn't answer 2 and 4. Not one feature stood out for me and don't really care how it is revealed as I usually read or watch a reaction to it. Still kinda hyped for it though and glad it has been announced now.
BC is huge, thatll make the transition over a lot easier for people. ID love to be able to use PS4 controllers as well, since I have 5... but hey I know i'm dreaming. I'll wait until the following holiday season or maybe even a year after though, since I have too many games to play. As always, I feel like i am just getting started with this gen and would just be dropping $500 way too early. Time will tell though.
It sounds great so far, but I'll need to hear more about it before I'm sold. Price is my biggest concern right now, as those solid state drives aren't cheap.
I don't usually get a console straight away, and instead wait for the price to come down and for the library of games to grow. From what we've heard so far, I don't think the PS5 will be any different for me.
I hope PS5 launches with some solid release titles. Back in the day some of the best games for a system were released along with the system itself to drive sales. Nowdays developers are so cautious they sort of come limping into the market months or even years later when all the kinks are worked out and they know what their competitors are doing. While I understand why they do this on an individual company basis, they collectively hamstring their profits by marginalizing the console release and keeping people wedded to past generation systems. Let's start PS5 right with some top tier release titles.
I wanted to vote for three options in the first category. It must have a uhd drive, I just can't not have one. That gives me a great excuse to buy one! I also wanted backwards compatibility and am stoked with the ray tracing graphics capability too. Metro exodus will be amazing and I'm waiting for the PS5 to play it. Yup, I'm pretty chuffed so far.
And as this is mainly a UK site can't we have prices in pounds?
It was inevitable that a new PlayStation was coming but when I first read the PS5 news here on Push Square it took me by surprise and I'm pretty excited by it all now. I'm looking forward to Sony's big reveal of it.
It should be called the PlayStation 5 (there’s too much brand recognition and value to not call it that and then there’s the “PS4 Pro” so a name is needed to clearly indicate it’s a new-gen console—see the confusion introduced by the “Wii” and “Wii U” naming nonsense), support significantly improved VR and VR controls, and have a UHD drive. I would like to play 4K movie discs. I’m excited about what was recently announced and hope I can get a PS5 launch day as I did with the PS4.
I’m aboard the ps5 hype train, I’m most interested on ps5 ssd since it means next game loading time will be way improved compared to this gen (after installing ssd on my pc main storage, I will never go back to hdd speed), and BC is super nice, I just hope sony will upgrade their big ps4 games (horizon, uncharted, spider-man, etc) to 4k and 60 fps. About price, I’m okay with $500, I don’t think I’ll buy the machine on day one if the price is more than that.
I am really happy about the specs. Imagine the graphics in VR on the PS5 even on the first gen PSVR. Imagine the fast loading times. I really hope they also support external harddrives (for smaller games), shareplay, etc. But as it is compatible with PS4 games this should be a no brainer.
Hard to make an opinion just yet, mainly just hardware features which is standard and keeping a disc drive isn't really news. However fast load times and backwards compatibility are nice. Just gotta wait for more details and game announcements
it's a bunch of vague hardware details, i'm a bit non-plussed at the minute to be honest.. i'll need to see the software it's launching with, and i may get more interested closer to release. i got hyped for PS4 because it was revealed with killzone shadowfall looking glorious, as did infamous, and even drive club had the visual dazzle (and i don't like racers). 2 of those didn't even launch til well after release, and infamous wasn't that good, and neither was killzone shadowfall (the PS3 kz games outshine it imo). unless sony can pull a rabbit out of its hat, i can't see which of its studios can have that must have game ready for next year, unless some games like last of us 2 or ghost of tsushima get delayed and released cross-gen. third party releases are likely to be the same smattering of perpetual AAA franchises that i'd like to see put to the sword already and sports games.. that wouldn't convince me to buy a PS5. i don't have a 4k tv, and not likely to get one anytime soon, so PS4 pro versions of games would be good enough for me for a while anyway.
the disc-drive is the feature i'm most happy about. no disc-drive would be a no-buy for me. i don't care about PS4 b/c personally.. i won't be selling my PS4 pro, i've no backlog to carry forward and there aren't any PS4 games i really want to play again. there have been some great games (not a huge amount) but i've got more than enough enjoyment from them that i don't feel i've missed anything that needs that one more playthrough. plus i already lost 50 games when my hard-drive died, so to my mind, they're gone already. yeah, i could re-install them all from disc, i just can't be ar*ed with all the updates that would need downloaded again.
i have been excited for the last year knowing the next PlayStation is getting closer. it has nothing to do with the announcement of very basic info. Its not about BC,8K, or SSD's. I am happy my PSVR will continue to work on the Next PlayStation and the Audio upgrade.
Still nothing there to get really excited about. I just got my first 4k TV last year a Christmas. Even though its a budget TV, the brightness and colors make me love it. I expect higher frame rates and the VR experience to be enhanced by the power of next gen console. Along with the game and story possibility's coming our way.
I think it's going to be more expensive than people think. Think of flagship smart phones that are $1000 these days and they sell well.
Yes, I know, installment plans cover the big impact of cost and spread it out but in many places outside of NA, phones are commonly bought outright anywhere in town unlocked. So spending 1k on cc or cash is common.
Maybe they will try something different and offer 2yr payment plans with psn+.
PS4 backwards compatibility is a good start (assuming it's non-cloud based physical support), but with the cost of these things being what they are, I'm going to need more to justify buying the system at all, much less at launch. Throw in PS3 support though, and it's a done deal.
Based on what we know right now, it wont be a day 1 purchase for me. Maybe not even launch year. Nothing about the PS5 so far - that is confirmed - has excited me. It is just more of the same, graphically better PS4 Pro. I need more than better graphics to get excited.
That rumor that was flying around of PS5 supporting PS1-PS4 titles straight from the disc, that would get me excited. It would be something unique on the market. Something no other company on the market has. You can play VR or get 8K graphics on a PC too. I need something that only the PS5 can do that is more than a small handful of exclusive titles.
I'm really happy about the SSD and backwards compatibility with PS4 and PSVR. I was guessing that it'd launch in late 2019, I'll probably hold off until the second production run before getting one though. I just upgraded to a PS4 Pro this christmas and there are a ton of games still to play. Looking forward to seeing more.
I know 8k sounds more impressive, but I'd prefer 60fps become normal not the exception. This will be the third HD console generation and I think it's about time 1080p @ 60fps became the bare minimum.
I’ll have to buy a PSVR this year now since the headset is being supported on PS5 right off the rip. Hell yeah, that’s tight! Also hyped about PS4 backwards compatibility because the rate I’m going, I won’t even have half of my backlog complete by the time it releases 😅
With almost 100 million units sold, Sony would have been daft to not offer backwards compatibility and carry those users through to the PS5. Just need to check with Sony that it'll allow PS4 physical media to play on the PS5. I'll probably wait for a year after it's been out before I upgrade so all the launch gremlins can be fixed and the price may have dropped a little. Depends on the launch titles though!
I was unsure about which feature I appreciate most. I'm happy about the bc and the ray tracing, but realistically, I'll rarely play PS4 games, once my PS5 has a big enough library.
I went for SSD. When thinking about what annoyed me the most in current gen games, it's the frequent and long loading times some games have. Putting a SSD into the PS4 Pro only helps a bit, because it's not able to take full advantage of a SSD's speed. If the PS5 would fix this? Yes, please!
@Gumbopudding Are you insane im not going in debt for a console. And even if have the money im not going too spend 1 grand on a console. And come on do you think people going too pay that. These few people on these sites do not represent the main focus group they make money off. People went nuts when they got the first gameconsole for €600 with a great bluray player.
Serious talk. This setup sounds very very promising, but it's early days yet, and I need to see what kind of infrastructure will be build it terms of the front end UI. They said it will be integrated somewhat with the PS4 environment, I hope that means with tweaks and adjustments that are glaringly bad with the PS4 front end at the moment.
In honesty, the PS4 front end is literally one of the only really bad things holding the console back, the shop is a real mess.
Outside of that, 8K support would be nice (although I'll have to buy a new damn TV).
How will we access our PS4 library, and how with multiplayer integration work with this. Will games released on PS4, need to be rebought on PS5 to access graphic updates if developers decide to implement them.
We need to discern these kind of questions before getting insanely hyped. However, having said that, I am pumped for the PS5, and so far, from whats been said, Sony are on track for again completely smashing the competition.
@Flaming_Kaiser "I believe that we will be able to release it at an SRP [suggested retail price] that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set."
That quote there shows it will be more expensive than usual. I don't think it will be the full 1k, but it's a new world since the ps4 launched. 1k phones are common and popular. Honestly I'd get far more use and value from a 1k PSV than a 1k phone.
Very excited. My only downer was they decided to release the news on the same day as Media Molecule finally released Dreams EA, thus totally overshadowing that. I've not seen one news article or review of it since, even on Push Square and they've been raving about it for months. I bet MM are really peeved.
@Gumbopudding No chance in a million years it's going to cost that much. It will be similar to a normal release I would think. Phones can get away with it because people just get them on a contract instead.
@tomassi I'd be hugely surprised if it's under 600. Like hugely. Based on the fact it's going to have an SSD (Presumably at least 1TB) that's an enormous overhead cost just for that alone.
Unless they skrimp on the hardware, which wouldn't be a good idea. It's been made known that the "PS5" will be more akin to a PC and will be a lot more bells and whistles than previous, more bare bones approach has been with home consoles.
Personally, providing everything in the package is solid, an investment north of 600 buck/pounds/euros etc would be worth it for potentially up to 10 years life time worth of play.
Besides, you can get it on higher purchase/installments if you're hard up on the cash front, at least in the interim.
@Grindagger You may be right but if they go in higher than £500 I think sales will be pretty slow. Fine if you are a grown adult who works full time and can do what they want with their money but a lot of other people will be ruled out, at least until the price drops. Will Sony risk that? What if the new Xbox comes out at less than £500, will that be throwing the ball into their court then?
@tomassi I don't necessarily disagree with you. I mean they don't want to alienate customers, but I think we should also consider the fact that this new gen of consoles will most likely be a slow burner when it comes to transition.
As consoles get better and better, and the need for upgrades becomes less of a necessity, and more of luxury, I think it's likely there will be a slower transition over to the next generation. This will likely result in a longer shelf life overall for the PS4, giving Sony the time to really ramp up sales with entry level price, with a look to adjust this, as more people look to invest into next gen.
I guess we'll have to see. I did just read an article saying that Sony don't intend for the next gen release to be overly expensive, so you never know, it might be much more reasonable that it would first appear, although how they're saving on costs with so many high quality additions is quite a conundrum.
I'm in pure choo-choo mode now. Provided the price isn't absolutely obscene (like, £500+) then I'm pretty sure I'll be there day one. Love the sound of it so far and can't wait to get a glimpse of the new tech.
@Mikethemosher What? It's got nothing to do with polls. How is changing £ to $ any more/less inconvenient? There'll always be someone who needs to convert to their native currency. This is a UK-based site so obviously it'll be shown in pounds.
Also, just call me baby man. We're not in the early 2000s anymore.
The solid state drive will be a huge QoL improvement. It's not a "sexy" upgrade but people will immediately appreciate it more than ray tracing or 8k future proofing when it launches next year.
@Grindagger you can get a brand name terabyte SSD for under $100 bucks now pretty regularly. Sony will buy in bulk obviously and probably get custom hybrid ssd drives or something so it will be even cheaper. If they actually put a graphics card in this thing capable of 8k gaming that will be what jacks up the price beyond 600 bucks. I would still buy it too haha. Good investment they never skimp on components.
@PaperyWhiteBoy@Mikethemosher Ok that's enough guys, if you can't comment without insulting each other then don't comment. I don't want to have give you guys a vacation from the site
And how many of these features will be avalable on launch day or will we be waiting one or 2 years for them ........ think personally going to stick with ps4 and xbox for a good while yet Sony seem to be getting a poor reputation on how it treats its customer base
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Not a lot, it’s coming and it’ll be more powerful than the PS4, but we knew all that didn’t we? I still predict a curve ball or two that might make people unhappy, and I also still think they will drop the numbering this time (I’ve been saying it long enough so I can’t back out now!)
I suppose the best thing to take away from it is a 2020 confirmed release date. At least, I think they confirmed that?
More than all the above combined, I'm interested in the expected launch line-up and the new controller layout.
So far, so good.
Not hyped yet, since we know so little about it. We haven't even seen any games running on it.
Should update the price poll as USD. Ppl can thrn convert otherwise the responses are less accurate
Hope it can Stream Netflix with Atmos sound .
I think it would be a risk to not go with the obvious name of PlayStation 5. Stick with what people know.
I've said it before, I'll say it again.
Call it the Play5tation.
No hype per-se, but the BC news is good enough.
Still on my launch base PS4, so if it survives - I'll not get a PS5. If it doesn't, then I will.
@RogerRoger that's painful.
I mean. They have to call it Playstation 5 right? One of the factors cited for the Vita's failure was that people didnt know what it was - i personally love the name and think its better than PSP 2 but there you go. If Sony try to be too clever they will only confuse people.
Stick to simple. Playstation 5 please Sony
Wouldn't say I'm "hyped" but at this point it's a foregone conclusion I will be getting at least one at launch. Already setting aside for it. BC is the best news for me so far happy they had some foresight there
I went forward compatability with PS VR headsets as the feature im happiest about. If Sony want VR to suceed they would have killed their chances if they expected consumers to buy a new headset at 300 pounds within 2 years of the PS5 launch. Maybe launch a new controller for it though.
What i want to see for once is for the Dualshock 4 to be compatible with the PS5. Controllers are so expensive that its difficult to have enough for multiplayer sessions like overcooked etc. If i can bring forward my 3 DS4's to use with PS5, i will be very happy
I like everything I've seen up to now. If there's going to be a sticking point for people, it'll be the price, but I can see it being reasonable. I'm very happy with the info so far.
I can't see them messing with the naming system. Maybe change to Roman numerals? It would shift a few extra units in the Netherlands if nothing else.
Backwards compatible and other good features. Heading in the right direction so far.
I can only be so excited when all we have are specs, but those specs also paint a pretty good picture. Backwards Compatibility is there for those who want it, the technical aspect makes it seem like it'll be a monster of a console, and we still have discs for another generation.
I'm excited for the potential of it, but I'd need to see how games run on it before I go full on hype.
@kyleforrester87 My theory is that, if I post it in every comment section I can find, Sony will immediately dismiss the idea when its inevitably pitched by the work experience kid from marketing.
That's the hope, anyway.
Call it the 'PS5SSD+PS4BC Pro'
My main barrier to overcome was losing my PS4 library and investment via PS Plus etc. However, it won't be happening and that means I'll be looking next to things like price and other gotchas.
After yesterday I didn't know quite what to think but the more I think about it the more I'm convinced it was a clever move by Sony. What they essentially did was give out what Mark Cerny spent 20 minutes talking aboutat the PS4 reveal event. Yes he gave out the specs and a couple of features but he didn't reveal actual raw numbers on clock speeds, performance and RAM size. So Sony haven't shown their hand at the competition.
What it's also done that if Sony hold a PSX this year to talk about PS5 they can do so without dragging any conference down in tech talk, they can get straight to the most relevant stuff like games and services.
It's also nice to see Sony be very proactive again, where I was getting a bit concerned that they were getting more reactive. Throughout the PS4 era Sony had a clear plan in what they were doing and stuck with it, whereas the competition tended to react to what Sony were doing, which is all well and good but been reactive means your playing catch up all the time.
@Gremio108 I reckon there’d be a problem there as PSV would be the acronym for the PlayStation V which is how PS Vita was acronymised(?) so I reckon they’ll stick with PS5.
The PS5 looks pretty good so fer, but what will really get me hyped are the games. Announce a HDZ sequel on launch day and I will pre-order the PS5 before the end of the show.
Also it is not impossible for them to release 2 different versions is they can't get the price down. One with SSD and 8K support, and a low cost version with a normal HDD and only 4K support.
@roe the 5 will look like an S anyway. Just call it PSSD.
people voted for backward comp.i will know that ps5 will play ps4.so no.ray tracing is cool.plus that means ps5 is 14 teraflops or 12 the least.word up son
I always get hyped for new hardware regardless of the brand because I enjoy the speculation and lead up to the launch. That doesn't mean I'm just going to be on board with everything Sony does. Price will matter in determining day one or not. Right now I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that PS5 will be priced intelligently enough that I'm there day one, but if they pull a PS3 and I have to hold off for a bit, I'll hold off. No matter what, the next year+ is going to be interesting.
@kyleforrester87 "I suppose the best thing to take away from it is a 2020 confirmed release date. At least, I think they confirmed that?"
My understanding was that he said "not 2019" or "not this year", one of those two, and then everybody just assumed 2020. So no, 2020 is not confirmed, just this year, 2019, is confirmed as a no.
I think PS3 got delayed a year b/c of blu-ray drive issues, I could easily see this getting delayed until 2021 b/c of SSD issues. They probably WANT it in 2020, but it isn't production ready yet.
Same way PS has 20 articles calling it PS5 but they never called it that. The 97-3 vote on what I'm assuming was a joke poll question at the end, kind of shows we all assume it's PS5, but they never said that. Which kind of makes me wonder, why didn't he just call it that? hmm
https://sony-ps5.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ps57.jpg
@Rhaoulos @roe 'PS5SSD+PS4BC Pro'
That's pretty good, but then what will they call the mid-gen refresh?
New PS5SSD+PS4BC Pro
I suggested PSSSD last article, I'm sick of numbers, close enough.
On a serious note the fact they he didn't simply call PS5 I think opens the door a little to a name change. Dont' think they can ditch Playstation, that name may be too well known at this point, but maybe they can move on from numbers?
PSV could have worked if not for Vita.
I mean probably nobody but nobody expected Nintneod's next console to be named Switch but that's worked out pretty well so far. I'd like to be impressed by a new name.
PS Future
PS Forever
PS I Love You
didant get to read all the news till last night so was pretty shocked and excited.
It all sounds too good to be true to be honest.Especially backward compatible with PS4 games and PSVR.
I can't see much improvement in graphics though personally unless they become more real looking than a human..
I just hope it has more than a 500 gig harddrive.But whatever,day one.
@nessisonett And that's why people don't let me name things
The hardware stuff is pretty hard to get excited about since it's mainly the same as PS4 but faster. But that is a good thing since it makes it easier for developers and great for backwards compatibility. When they try to wow us with exotic hardware like what was on the PS3 or Sega Saturn, then you end up stalling the momentum of developers and weaken the quality of the games.
I think an easy way for PS5 to wow us is to throw more ram into it so games can have higher-res textures. I remember playing resident evil 7 and sometimes I would get close to a wall and I'm disappointed when some of the textures are very low-res.
I think Sony needs to make sure it launches with games that really puts in above what is capable on the PS4/Pro. Otherwise, people will just think of it as a PS4 Pro Pro or a Sony's late answer to the Xbox One X.
Sony is one of the few console makers that have backwards compatibility out of the box (ps2, ps3). That stopped with the PS4 so its return in the PS5 is welcomed. I wonder if there will be games that are released for PS4, is supported on PS5 via backwards compatibility, and then later patched to support the enhanced features of the PS5. I'm specifically thinking of late 2019/early 2020 games like The Last of Us 2 or Cyberpunk 2077. Will publishers create PS5 enhancements for PS4 games or double-dip us with separate PS5 versions?
I'm happy with what has been revealed so far, but I probably won't get one well into its life-cycle. I'm thinking I'll get the mid-gen refresh when it hits $300 and is bundled with an exclusive I want. Which naturally means I'll be waiting years, but I'm already swamped in games and platforms as is. It'll probably take me that long just to play all the PS4 games I'm interested in, let alone other platforms.
While I think PS4 backwards compatibility is obviously the most important feature, the one I'm most excited about is the improved audio support. 3D audio is fantastic when well-implemented, and it could do a great job of making games that much more immersive.
choo choo jump on people 🚂🚂 cannot wait 🙂👍
Disc Drive very happy
Two models:
PlayStation Low Five and PlayStation High Five..
3D audio is a nice bullet point, but I don't think it'll really catch on. For visuals, one just needs to replace the TV, like upgrade to 4K. But for better audio, much more work is involved. You will need surround speakers (and the more the better), an amplifier to connect them all, and have enough space in your gaming environment to sit in that sweet spot between all the speakers.
Most games will end up wearing stereo headphones and while you can kind of get fake 3d on headphones, it's not really the same.
If I can access all the games I bought digitally on my PS4, then I'll pick one up within the first year. If they allow me to do that, access all of my PS3 digital games, and allow me to play my PS3 discs as well, then this is a day-one purchase.
I'm gonna wait
Sony Announces Death Stranding, The Order 1887 and Gran Turismo 7 as launch games.
I can't wait damn you Sony!!
I only hopped onto the PS4 train back in January when a game I wanted to play finally came out. I now have a small backlog that’ll see me for some time so honestly, I wouldn’t mind a PS5 being released in 2021/22. The 7th Gen of consoles was the longest we’ve seen and honestly I loved it (6th Gen remains the best though) as developers had to push the hardware to the limits or think of unique ways to enhance their games; rather than just have enough power to render individual sweat drops following forehead brows with accurate light reflections.
The only way I would jump onto the PS5 Hype Train is if they unveiled a truly unique product with a unique way to play certain games and at least one great game that i positively have to play on release. Otherwise, maybe in 5+ years when they release an enhanced version.
Didn't answer 2 and 4. Not one feature stood out for me and don't really care how it is revealed as I usually read or watch a reaction to it. Still kinda hyped for it though and glad it has been announced now.
BC is huge, thatll make the transition over a lot easier for people. ID love to be able to use PS4 controllers as well, since I have 5... but hey I know i'm dreaming. I'll wait until the following holiday season or maybe even a year after though, since I have too many games to play. As always, I feel like i am just getting started with this gen and would just be dropping $500 way too early. Time will tell though.
It sounds great so far, but I'll need to hear more about it before I'm sold. Price is my biggest concern right now, as those solid state drives aren't cheap.
I don't usually get a console straight away, and instead wait for the price to come down and for the library of games to grow. From what we've heard so far, I don't think the PS5 will be any different for me.
I hope PS5 launches with some solid release titles. Back in the day some of the best games for a system were released along with the system itself to drive sales. Nowdays developers are so cautious they sort of come limping into the market months or even years later when all the kinks are worked out and they know what their competitors are doing. While I understand why they do this on an individual company basis, they collectively hamstring their profits by marginalizing the console release and keeping people wedded to past generation systems. Let's start PS5 right with some top tier release titles.
I wanted to vote for three options in the first category. It must have a uhd drive, I just can't not have one. That gives me a great excuse to buy one! I also wanted backwards compatibility and am stoked with the ray tracing graphics capability too. Metro exodus will be amazing and I'm waiting for the PS5 to play it. Yup, I'm pretty chuffed so far.
And as this is mainly a UK site can't we have prices in pounds?
It was inevitable that a new PlayStation was coming but when I first read the PS5 news here on Push Square it took me by surprise and I'm pretty excited by it all now. I'm looking forward to Sony's big reveal of it.
P S5
And because you can add a letter and get a rude word, it won’t be called that.
Thank you for replying, I sincerely hope so!
It should be called the PlayStation 5 (there’s too much brand recognition and value to not call it that and then there’s the “PS4 Pro” so a name is needed to clearly indicate it’s a new-gen console—see the confusion introduced by the “Wii” and “Wii U” naming nonsense), support significantly improved VR and VR controls, and have a UHD drive. I would like to play 4K movie discs. I’m excited about what was recently announced and hope I can get a PS5 launch day as I did with the PS4.
I’m aboard the ps5 hype train, I’m most interested on ps5 ssd since it means next game loading time will be way improved compared to this gen (after installing ssd on my pc main storage, I will never go back to hdd speed), and BC is super nice, I just hope sony will upgrade their big ps4 games (horizon, uncharted, spider-man, etc) to 4k and 60 fps. About price, I’m okay with $500, I don’t think I’ll buy the machine on day one if the price is more than that.
PS5 and a New Ryzen As soon as they available to buy.
They had me with BC and ray tracing. This also means AMD's NAVI will have RT on PC.
Great times for digital art. Everything just looks amazing!
I love all the features. Wish there was a choice for all. PS5 ticks all me boxes! Can we expect 60fps/4k upgrades for all PS4 games?!
Just watched Brad Sams video. The guy sounds really salty. 'They didn't announce anything!'. Haha
I am really happy about the specs. Imagine the graphics in VR on the PS5 even on the first gen PSVR. Imagine the fast loading times. I really hope they also support external harddrives (for smaller games), shareplay, etc. But as it is compatible with PS4 games this should be a no brainer.
Hard to make an opinion just yet, mainly just hardware features which is standard and keeping a disc drive isn't really news. However fast load times and backwards compatibility are nice. Just gotta wait for more details and game announcements
it's a bunch of vague hardware details, i'm a bit non-plussed at the minute to be honest.. i'll need to see the software it's launching with, and i may get more interested closer to release. i got hyped for PS4 because it was revealed with killzone shadowfall looking glorious, as did infamous, and even drive club had the visual dazzle (and i don't like racers). 2 of those didn't even launch til well after release, and infamous wasn't that good, and neither was killzone shadowfall (the PS3 kz games outshine it imo). unless sony can pull a rabbit out of its hat, i can't see which of its studios can have that must have game ready for next year, unless some games like last of us 2 or ghost of tsushima get delayed and released cross-gen. third party releases are likely to be the same smattering of perpetual AAA franchises that i'd like to see put to the sword already and sports games.. that wouldn't convince me to buy a PS5. i don't have a 4k tv, and not likely to get one anytime soon, so PS4 pro versions of games would be good enough for me for a while anyway.
the disc-drive is the feature i'm most happy about. no disc-drive would be a no-buy for me. i don't care about PS4 b/c personally.. i won't be selling my PS4 pro, i've no backlog to carry forward and there aren't any PS4 games i really want to play again. there have been some great games (not a huge amount) but i've got more than enough enjoyment from them that i don't feel i've missed anything that needs that one more playthrough. plus i already lost 50 games when my hard-drive died, so to my mind, they're gone already. yeah, i could re-install them all from disc, i just can't be ar*ed with all the updates that would need downloaded again.
Just seeing specs online doesn't do much for me. Once it is fully revealed and I see it I'll probably get more excited.
i have been excited for the last year knowing the next PlayStation is getting closer. it has nothing to do with the announcement of very basic info. Its not about BC,8K, or SSD's. I am happy my PSVR will continue to work on the Next PlayStation and the Audio upgrade.
Still nothing there to get really excited about. I just got my first 4k TV last year a Christmas. Even though its a budget TV, the brightness and colors make me love it. I expect higher frame rates and the VR experience to be enhanced by the power of next gen console. Along with the game and story possibility's coming our way.
My thoughts on Playstation 5 are the same as Playstation 6.
@RogerRoger
1. Did you copyright that? You should have.
2. My dog is called a Roger
3. Yes, I was bored
I am good with current information so far. Wish PS5 will have strong lineup at launch.
I think it's going to be more expensive than people think. Think of flagship smart phones that are $1000 these days and they sell well.
Yes, I know, installment plans cover the big impact of cost and spread it out but in many places outside of NA, phones are commonly bought outright anywhere in town unlocked. So spending 1k on cc or cash is common.
Maybe they will try something different and offer 2yr payment plans with psn+.
But I wouldn't be surprised if the price goes up.
My thoughts? I'm mostly happy I can continue playing my PS4 games on the PS5.
Don't get me wrong though, the other tech specs sure do sound impressive though.
This is all im going to be thinking about from now on lol. God its going to be a long wait.
PS360 lol
PS4 backwards compatibility is a good start (assuming it's non-cloud based physical support), but with the cost of these things being what they are, I'm going to need more to justify buying the system at all, much less at launch. Throw in PS3 support though, and it's a done deal.
Based on what we know right now, it wont be a day 1 purchase for me. Maybe not even launch year. Nothing about the PS5 so far - that is confirmed - has excited me. It is just more of the same, graphically better PS4 Pro. I need more than better graphics to get excited.
That rumor that was flying around of PS5 supporting PS1-PS4 titles straight from the disc, that would get me excited. It would be something unique on the market. Something no other company on the market has. You can play VR or get 8K graphics on a PC too. I need something that only the PS5 can do that is more than a small handful of exclusive titles.
I'm really happy about the SSD and backwards compatibility with PS4 and PSVR. I was guessing that it'd launch in late 2019, I'll probably hold off until the second production run before getting one though. I just upgraded to a PS4 Pro this christmas and there are a ton of games still to play. Looking forward to seeing more.
I know 8k sounds more impressive, but I'd prefer 60fps become normal not the exception. This will be the third HD console generation and I think it's about time 1080p @ 60fps became the bare minimum.
Who voted for under $300 lol
I’ll have to buy a PSVR this year now since the headset is being supported on PS5 right off the rip. Hell yeah, that’s tight! Also hyped about PS4 backwards compatibility because the rate I’m going, I won’t even have half of my backlog complete by the time it releases 😅
im hyped but i still have tons of games to play on my ps4 so im gonna get through them as quick as i can then im going for the ps5
With almost 100 million units sold, Sony would have been daft to not offer backwards compatibility and carry those users through to the PS5.
Just need to check with Sony that it'll allow PS4 physical media to play on the PS5. I'll probably wait for a year after it's been out before I upgrade so all the launch gremlins can be fixed and the price may have dropped a little. Depends on the launch titles though!
I was unsure about which feature I appreciate most. I'm happy about the bc and the ray tracing, but realistically, I'll rarely play PS4 games, once my PS5 has a big enough library.
I went for SSD. When thinking about what annoyed me the most in current gen games, it's the frequent and long loading times some games have. Putting a SSD into the PS4 Pro only helps a bit, because it's not able to take full advantage of a SSD's speed. If the PS5 would fix this? Yes, please!
@Mikethemosher Or you could convert it yourself? Crazy, I know.
@Gumbopudding Are you insane im not going in debt for a console. And even if have the money im not going too spend 1 grand on a console. And come on do you think people going too pay that. These few people on these sites do not represent the main focus group they make money off. People went nuts when they got the first gameconsole for €600 with a great bluray player.
Well the xbox naming structure is just stupid. I'm happy with sequential numbers.
Serious talk. This setup sounds very very promising, but it's early days yet, and I need to see what kind of infrastructure will be build it terms of the front end UI. They said it will be integrated somewhat with the PS4 environment, I hope that means with tweaks and adjustments that are glaringly bad with the PS4 front end at the moment.
In honesty, the PS4 front end is literally one of the only really bad things holding the console back, the shop is a real mess.
Outside of that, 8K support would be nice (although I'll have to buy a new damn TV).
How will we access our PS4 library, and how with multiplayer integration work with this. Will games released on PS4, need to be rebought on PS5 to access graphic updates if developers decide to implement them.
We need to discern these kind of questions before getting insanely hyped. However, having said that, I am pumped for the PS5, and so far, from whats been said, Sony are on track for again completely smashing the competition.
@Flaming_Kaiser "I believe that we will be able to release it at an SRP [suggested retail price] that will be appealing to gamers in light of its advanced feature set."
That quote there shows it will be more expensive than usual. I don't think it will be the full 1k, but it's a new world since the ps4 launched. 1k phones are common and popular. Honestly I'd get far more use and value from a 1k PSV than a 1k phone.
Very excited. My only downer was they decided to release the news on the same day as Media Molecule finally released Dreams EA, thus totally overshadowing that. I've not seen one news article or review of it since, even on Push Square and they've been raving about it for months. I bet MM are really peeved.
@Gumbopudding No chance in a million years it's going to cost that much. It will be similar to a normal release I would think. Phones can get away with it because people just get them on a contract instead.
@tomassi I'd be hugely surprised if it's under 600. Like hugely. Based on the fact it's going to have an SSD (Presumably at least 1TB) that's an enormous overhead cost just for that alone.
Unless they skrimp on the hardware, which wouldn't be a good idea. It's been made known that the "PS5" will be more akin to a PC and will be a lot more bells and whistles than previous, more bare bones approach has been with home consoles.
Personally, providing everything in the package is solid, an investment north of 600 buck/pounds/euros etc would be worth it for potentially up to 10 years life time worth of play.
Besides, you can get it on higher purchase/installments if you're hard up on the cash front, at least in the interim.
@Grindagger You may be right but if they go in higher than £500 I think sales will be pretty slow. Fine if you are a grown adult who works full time and can do what they want with their money but a lot of other people will be ruled out, at least until the price drops. Will Sony risk that? What if the new Xbox comes out at less than £500, will that be throwing the ball into their court then?
@tomassi I don't necessarily disagree with you. I mean they don't want to alienate customers, but I think we should also consider the fact that this new gen of consoles will most likely be a slow burner when it comes to transition.
As consoles get better and better, and the need for upgrades becomes less of a necessity, and more of luxury, I think it's likely there will be a slower transition over to the next generation. This will likely result in a longer shelf life overall for the PS4, giving Sony the time to really ramp up sales with entry level price, with a look to adjust this, as more people look to invest into next gen.
I guess we'll have to see. I did just read an article saying that Sony don't intend for the next gen release to be overly expensive, so you never know, it might be much more reasonable that it would first appear, although how they're saving on costs with so many high quality additions is quite a conundrum.
@Grindagger It will certainly be interesting! Here's hoping it will be a sensible price, otherwise I won't be able to get one until 3-4 years later!!
Backward compatibility is pure hype. Most other factors like price or design come second.
I'm in pure choo-choo mode now. Provided the price isn't absolutely obscene (like, £500+) then I'm pretty sure I'll be there day one. Love the sound of it so far and can't wait to get a glimpse of the new tech.
@Mikethemosher What? It's got nothing to do with polls. How is changing £ to $ any more/less inconvenient? There'll always be someone who needs to convert to their native currency. This is a UK-based site so obviously it'll be shown in pounds.
Also, just call me baby man. We're not in the early 2000s anymore.
The solid state drive will be a huge QoL improvement. It's not a "sexy" upgrade but people will immediately appreciate it more than ray tracing or 8k future proofing when it launches next year.
I will do my best to get it day 1. Can’t wait
@Grindagger you can get a brand name terabyte SSD for under $100 bucks now pretty regularly. Sony will buy in bulk obviously and probably get custom hybrid ssd drives or something so it will be even cheaper. If they actually put a graphics card in this thing capable of 8k gaming that will be what jacks up the price beyond 600 bucks. I would still buy it too haha. Good investment they never skimp on components.
@PaperyWhiteBoy its amazing how theres always someone looking for an argument on the internet. Have yourself a lovely day.
@Mikethemosher You've conflated argument with disagreement, my friend. You have a lovely day also x
@PaperyWhiteBoy @Mikethemosher Ok that's enough guys, if you can't comment without insulting each other then don't comment. I don't want to have give you guys a vacation from the site
Thanks for understanding
@Tasuki Noted. And kudos for the creative word replacement. I feel like I've got a Barry White vibe going on now ✌🏻
@Tasuki dont talk to me or my son ever again
@PaperyWhiteBoy hello my fellow white boy. Apology accepted.
@Mikethemosher As you wish. You won't have to worry about me talking to you again.
And how many of these features will be avalable on launch day or will we be waiting one or 2 years for them ........ think personally going to stick with ps4 and xbox for a good while yet Sony seem to be getting a poor reputation on how it treats its customer base
Its cool that i can finish my backlog on the PS5. 😁
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