PlayStation Latest news (8)

Bart Swiatek, 16 April 2020, 11:34

Sony plans to reduce the production of the PS5 in the first year after the console's launch. The Japanese expect that the price of the device may affect the interest of customers.

Jacob Blazewicz, 10 April 2020, 16:03

LetsGoDigital has posted new PlayStation 5 renders. Designer Giuseppe „Snoreyn” Spinelli presented what Sony's console could look like to harmonize itself with the DualSense controller.

Milosz Szubert, 10 April 2020, 15:55

The official presentation of DualSense to PlayStation 5 has gained enormous popularity. In just a few hours, it became one of the most popular Twitter posts ever made in the video game industry. The ad is also doing great on Instagram.

Adrian Werner, 09 April 2020, 12:17

Sony has reassured fans by confirming that the DualSense controller for PlayStation 5 will have an audio jack connector for the headset.

Mateusz Popielak, 08 April 2020, 14:43

After the info on DualSense appeared on the web, users were quick to react, and the Internet was flooded with hundreds of concepts to add variety to the upcoming device.

Adrian Werner, 08 April 2020, 12:19

Sony has revealed DualSense, a wireless controller that will be used to play on PlayStation 5. The changes compared to DualShock 4 are significant.

Bart Swiatek, 06 April 2020, 11:50

Ali Saheli, a graphic engineer employed by Crytek, gave an interview to the Iranian website Vigiato. Saheli believes PlayStation 5 will be a better platform than the next Xbox in many ways.

Bart Swiatek, 03 April 2020, 12:46

Windows Central editors report that Sony encountered serious problems while working on the PS5. The console is reportedly overheating and it cannot be ruled out that both its cooling system and case will have to be redesigned.

Paul Wozniak, 28 March 2020, 21:26

A Sony spokesperson in an interview with Bloomberg assured Sony that PlayStation 5 launch should take place as planned. We also learned that the upcoming launches of Sony's games should not encounter any delay either.

Paul Wozniak, 28 March 2020, 20:47

Kotaku editor Jason Schreier reports that launching the game on PlayStation 5 should be as easy as watching Netflix. Sony is said to want to make the players more willing to play short runs, not just when they have plenty of free time.

Milosz Szubert, 24 March 2020, 20:11

Sony intends to reduce the download speed and performance of its Internet service in Europe. This is to avoid overloading the connections necessary for remote operation and communication.

Bart Swiatek, 24 March 2020, 11:49

Dolby, a well-known sound technology company, has decided to correct one of Mark Cerny's statements from Road to PS5 about the capabilities of Dolby Atmos.

Bart Swiatek, 23 March 2020, 13:09

Digital Foundry's John Linneman stressed in a Twitter post that a faster drive in the PlayStation 5 does not mean that the whole console will be more efficient - in terms of GPU and CPU, Sony's hardware is inferior to the competitive Xbox Series X.

Paul Wozniak, 20 March 2020, 22:36

Sony has ensured that the vast majority of games currently available on the PS4 will also be playable on the next-generation console, PlayStation 5, thanks to backward compatibility.

Christian Pieniazek, 19 March 2020, 21:05

Sony has been extremely slow in revealing the well-hidden cards related to PlayStation 5. The information revealed in yesterday's presentation of this console gives us hope that we will be dealing with a much quieter hardware than PlayStation 4.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 March 2020, 17:45

The industry speaks out about the specs of PlayStation 5. Most of the experts highlight the great importance of Sony's SSD, and some people preach of the nonsense of the term teraflop. Jason Schreier, on the other hand, focuses on yesterday's conference itself, which he considers a huge marketing failure.

Michael Kulakowski, 18 March 2020, 18:17

During the Road to PlayStation 5 presentation, Sony's Mark Cerny presented technical specs of the new console of the Japanese giant. If we look at the selected hardware components, we find that the device will theoretically be several to as much as twenty percent slower than Xbox Series X.

Bart Swiatek, 18 March 2020, 17:00

In just a few hours a stream will start, during which the chief designer of the PS5 - Mark Cerny - will present the specs of the new Sony console. According to some experts it is „the most exciting hardware in 20 years”.

Mathias Zulpo, 17 March 2020, 13:59

Official PlayStation 5 announcement is coming tomorrow, Sony announced in a surprise tweet. The presentation is to „provide a deep dive into PS5’s system architecture, and how it will shape the future of games.”.

Frozen, 14 March 2020, 18:12

DFC Intelligence believes that due to the coronavirus pandemic, next-gen consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X) may make their market debut later than expected.

Bart Swiatek, 12 March 2020, 14:20

In an interview published on the official PlayStation blog, Hermen Hulst, the new head of SIE Worldwide Studios, emphasized that like the PS4, the PS5 will bet on single player titles with high-quality storyline.

Paul Wozniak, 01 March 2020, 17:20

According to the latest leak from NeoGAF, the PlayStation 5 Pro console will match the power of Xbox Series X, new details of which have recently been revealed. We also learned that Microsoft is preparing a weaker version of the ninth generation console, with performance similar to that of PS5.

Bart Swiatek, 26 February 2020, 10:55

A patent registered with the U.S. Patent Office reveals a technology that may appear in DualShock 5 - a function that would enable us to measure the heart rate and sweat rate of a player in order to better adjust the gameplay.

Conrad Hazi, 21 February 2020, 13:06

Sony resigned from GDC 2020 (Game Developers Conference) due to the threat posed by the spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. This is the second event - after PAX East - dropped by PlayStation manufacturer.

Mateusz Wrobel, 20 February 2020, 11:56

Ed Boon, an American developer, asked people watching his Twitter profile about the most important aspects of the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles. As it turns out, according to the players, the purchase of the console will depend on the price, and not on backward compatibility or exclusive games.

Bart Swiatek, 17 February 2020, 15:12

The NPD group has noted a significant drop in interest in the current generation of consoles - PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Sales dropped more sharply than expected by Sony and Microsoft.

Paul Wozniak, 14 February 2020, 15:43

Today, an official announcement from Sony has informed of the closure of the PlayStation forum. The website will be suspended beginning with February 27, while the Japanese company encourages users to use other social networking sites.

Laty, 14 February 2020, 14:05

Nintendo PlayStation is a child of a short collaboration between Sony and Nintendo. The hybrid console has recently been put up for auction, and the highest bid is already $350,000.

Adrian Werner, 14 February 2020, 13:14

There have been reports that production costs of PlayStation 5 are higher than expected due to a shortage of memory chips. The same sources suggest that a new version of PlayStation VR is planned.

Adrian Werner, 10 February 2020, 12:38

Sony has obtained a patent for a hint system to analyze gameplay of the player and other users, and then provide advice to help them succeed in games.

Bart Swiatek, 05 February 2020, 12:59

An excerpt from the conference summarizing Sony's quarterly financial results suggests that even the Japanese company doen't yet know how much the PlayStation 5 console will cost.

Christian Pieniazek, 04 February 2020, 23:36

The official website of PS5, through which Sony has confirmed this year's release of the console, has been launched. The manufacturer also encourages you to subscribe to the newsletter and promises to provide „amazing” information about the device.

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 February 2020, 15:52

Sony boasted its financial results for the period between October and December 2019. In the past quarter, the company recorded a significant drop in sales of PlayStation 4 and games as the ninth generation of consoles approaches.

Konrad Serafinski, 02 February 2020, 22:09

A Reddit user claims to have received a survey on Remote Play from Sony. The function would appear in the future on Nintendo Switch or Apple TV. It is also possible that Sony is considering creating a portable DualShock and is working on a remote game without an internet connection.

Adrian Werner, 01 February 2020, 21:24

Sony announced that by the end of January 2020, total sales of PlayStation 4 games exceeded 1.18 billion copies. The only console in this family the has done better is PS2.

Krzysztof Kaluzinski, 17 January 2020, 12:58

David Jaffe, the developer who worked on the God of War and Twisted Metal series, seems confident that the PS5 will be presented in the next 4 weeks. This is consistent with numerous rumors coming from uncertain sources.

Jacob Blazewicz, 15 January 2020, 22:03

The French PlayStation website reported that the DualShock 5 pad will enable us to play on PlayStation 4, and this has again raised hopes related to the rumor of the controller's alleged compatibility with the new console.

Christian Pieniazek, 14 January 2020, 21:36

PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita owners can see their summaries of the past year. Sony Interactive Entertainment allows you to check the number of hours spent at the console, as well as find out which games we have enjoyed the longest.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 January 2020, 22:46

Michael Pachter from Wedbush Securities reports that Sony is not going to show up at E3. Again. Meanwhile, there are more or less reliable rumors on the web about when PlayStation 5 will be presented.

Bart Swiatek, 13 January 2020, 15:44

Industry journalist Jason Schreier said during a recent podcast that he thinks the next generation of consoles, the PS5 and Xbox, will be more powerful than GeForce RTX 2080-like GPU. The platform designers are said to look to the future, ensuring that they have enough power in the years ahead.

Konrad Serafinski, 09 January 2020, 13:55

Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) CEO Jim Ryan was interviewed by the Japanese website Business Insider, where he pointed out that the PS5 will have unique features we do not yet know about. He also commented on the logo and the process of „switching” to next-gen.

Paul Wozniak, 08 January 2020, 14:07

A post showing the PlayStation 5 logo on Instagram has almost 5 million likes. For comparison, the presentation of the new Xbox has not exceeded one million likes so far. Showing the logo was enough for the fans to create a truckload of related memes.

Conrad Hazi, 07 January 2020, 13:43

Also Sony prepared a conference for CES 2020. Contrary to expectations, we learned little about PlayStation 5, but the company provided some interesting statistics on the current generation of consoles and presented a concept car.

Conrad Hazi, 06 January 2020, 13:52

New photos of the PlayStation 5 development kit have been uploaded to the web. This time, in addition to the console itself, you can see the new model of the dedicated gamepad - presumably DualShock 5.

Paul Wozniak, 05 January 2020, 22:57

According to unofficial information, pre-orders of PlayStation 5 will start as early as March this year. On January 7, during Sony's conference, we may see the next-gen console for the first time.

Konrad Serafinski, 31 December 2019, 11:25

The Digital Foundry channel has tracked available leaks regarding next-gen consoles. The analysis shows that the new Xbox can be much stronger than the PS5. On the other hand, the device from Sony is to be more affordable.

Adrian Werner, 31 December 2019, 10:45

Reliable information about the backward compatibility of PlayStation 5 has surfaced on the web. According to the infor, the console's GPU will have two additional modes of operation, designed specifically for PS4 and PlayStation 4 Pro games.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 December 2019, 23:30

Sony has posted an intriguing message on its website. The company intends to show „a unique vision of the future” at CES 2020, which many people read as an announcement of PlayStation 5's official reveal.

Darius Matusiak, 30 December 2019, 11:48

DualShock with two additional buttons. Sony has just patented a new version of its gamepad and it is probably not designed for PlayStation 5.

Konrad Serafinski, 28 December 2019, 17:16

Developers say that creating games on PlayStation 5 is very simple and fun. This is what Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, has said in an interview with Dengeki PlayStation.