PS5 Guide

Better than ever PS5 guide, best tips and tips for this Sony gaming console. We describe the features, specifications, DualSense controller and SSD hard drive.

Last update: 19 August 2020

Soon, the ninth generation of consoles will be available on the market. We decided to collect all the key aspects regarding PS5 and prepare a comprehensive guide that will be helpful both before and after the console's launch.

We have prepared a guide that will address a variety of issues related to Sony's latest console. This guide is an ideal way to familiarize yourself with the latest information, answer the most important questions, and learn the technical details of the console. In our guide, we present the technical specification as well as discuss both components and power of the console. For tech enthusiasts, we have prepared a list of additional accessories that should be available on the market on the day of PS5's launch. Also, you can find out how much PlayStation 5 platform will cost, learn more about the prices of upcoming video games for 9th generation consoles, and how the PS5 actually looks like.

We have also prepared a description of the most important games that will debut on Playstation 5. This guide touches upon the issue of backward compatibility. Below, you will find details on how many Playstation 4 games will you be able to play on Playstation 5. Will you be able to PS4 and PS3 games? - we've prepared separate chapters on this!

From a technical point of view, we have addressed other important issues in our guide: does Playstation 5 have a VR system? Does PS5 support 4k, or even 8k? What does the disk drive issue look like - will the console support disks, DVDs, and Blu-ray? Moreover, we provide the description of a new pad - DualSense. Will the new wireless gaming controller permanently replace the highly acclaimed Dualshock 4?

In the FAQ section, we look at the console's capabilities. Are they suitable for the next generation, or is the Ps5 pro coming too? Will the PS5 console support ray tracing? How powerful will Sony's new console be? A lot of information is already known thanks to Mark Cerny, who spoke about the console's capabilities.

A handful of information about PS5

Here are some of the key information related to the PlaySation 5 console:

1. It will be a ninth-generation console named simply PlayStation 5.
2. The console's chief architect is Mark Cerny, who also led the development of PlayStation 4.
3. Dev kits have long been available to Sony's internal teams as well as external companies, which guarantees that new games will be released soon after the console's launch.
4. Sony's new console will feature an eight-core (3.5 GHz) and 16-thread AMD processor (based on the Zen 2 architecture) and a graphics chip based on the AMD Radeon Navi card.
5. This hardware specification guarantees a graphics chip power of 10.28 teraflop.
6. One of the main advantages of the console is a very fast SSD with a capacity of approx. 850 GB. Using an SSD will greatly increase the working and loading speeds of games.
7. The console is designed to support Ray-tracing.
8. The newest wireless DualSense gaming controller will be equipped with, among other things, a speaker & microphone and adaptive triggers with dynamically changing resistance. The latter feature will allow players to truly feel the tension of their actions.
9. The console is expected to offer backward compatibility for most PS4 titles.