Playstation 5: Christmas 2020

[The Slim Reaper]

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/10/08/an-update-on-next-gen-playstation-5-launches-holiday-2020/

Since we originally unveiled our next-generation console in April, we know that there’s been a lot of excitement and interest in hearing more about what the future of games will bring. Today I’m proud to share that our next-generation console will be called PlayStation 5, and we’ll be launching in time for Holiday 2020.

These updates may not be a huge surprise, but we wanted to confirm them for our PlayStation fans, as we start to reveal additional details about our vision for the next generation. WIRED magazine covered these updates and more in a story that posted this morning.

The “more” refers to something I’m quite excited about – a preview of the new controller that will ship with PlayStation 5. One of our goals with the next generation is to deepen the feeling of immersion when you play games, and we had the opportunity with our new controller to reimagine how the sense of touch can add to that immersion.

To that end, there are two key innovations with the PlayStation 5’s new controller. First, we’re adopting haptic feedback to replace the “rumble” technology found in controllers since the 5th generation of consoles. With haptics, you truly feel a broader range of feedback, so crashing into a wall in a race car feels much different than making a tackle on the football field. You can even get a sense for a variety of textures when running through fields of grass or plodding through mud.

The second innovation is something we call adaptive triggers, which have been incorporated into the trigger buttons (L2/R2). Developers can program the resistance of the triggers so that you feel the tactile sensation of drawing a bow and arrow or accelerating an off-road vehicle through rocky terrain. In combination with the haptics, this can produce a powerful experience that better simulates various actions. Game creators have started to receive early versions of the new controller, and we can’t wait to see where their imagination goes with these new features at their disposal.

While there’s much more to share about PlayStation 5 in the year ahead, we have plenty of blockbuster experiences coming your way on PS4, including Death Stranding, The Last of Us Part II, and Ghost of Tsushima. I’d like to thank all PlayStation fans for continuing the journey with us, as we embark on the future of games.

[Scarlett.]

Nice! I'm glad they doing a slower reveal this time, rather than doing a big thing

[Tom4784]

I expected a November release, if it's released closer to Christmas than that it'll be carnage trying to get one.

Unless there's some insane launch titles, I'll hold off until January/February before getting one. The most surprising thing about that announcement is that Tsushima is still coming to the PS4, given the radio silence around it I assumed they were updating it for a PS5 release instead.

[Scarlett.]

From what I hear, a lot of games toward the end are going to be forward compatible, so the PS5 wont suffer from a lack of games to play, and most PS4 games will be backwards compatible too.

[Scarlett.]

This leaked image is actually the real PS5 dev kit
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGWyWccWkAAR_1X?format=jpg&name=small

BUT, this is the PS4 dev kit
https://images.tweaktown.com/news/6/7/67280_3_ps5-devkit-final-design-devkits-always-look-quite-different.jpg

[user104658]

BUT, this is the PS4 dev kit
https://images.tweaktown.com/news/6/7/67280_3_ps5-devkit-final-design-devkits-always-look-quite-different.jpg

I want one.

[Scarlett.]

I want one.

They also had this one :laugh:
https://i.imgur.com/49P44nMl.jpg

[Scarlett.]

Rumour is the game Bluepoint are working on is "Demon's Souls Remastered" aka the very first Souls game!

[Denver]

Perched but gonna have to start saving

[Black Dagger]

Probably get it Summer 21. I never get a console at launch.

[user104658]

Probably get it Summer 21. I never get a console at launch.

Yep, I'll get it as soon as an exclusive that I really want drops... which is usually at least a year into a console's lifespan. I'm overhauling my PC next April so it'll be fine for anything that isn't PS-exclusive for years.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Yep, I'll get it as soon as an exclusive that I really want drops... which is usually at least a year into a console's lifespan. I'm overhauling my PC next April so it'll be fine for anything that isn't PS-exclusive for years.

Dishonored 3 did that?

[LukeB]

Probably get it Summer 21. I never get a console at launch.

Same or Christmas 21

[user104658]

Dishonored 3 did that?

Haven't even played the first 2 :umm2:.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Haven't even played the first 2 :umm2:.

https://media3.giphy.com/media/uA7iGzhqHGVtS/giphy.gif

[user104658]

I actually played the first one a bit and didn't like it :worry:.

I'm also about 90% sure this exact discussion has happened before regarding Dishonoured 2 :think:

[Scarlett.]

I'll probably get it at launch lol

[Scarlett.]

A real dev kit :o
https://images.tweaktown.com/news/6/8/68268_05_first-real-photo-playstation-5-appears.jpg

[Scarlett.]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/files/2019/11/Untitled-4-1024x1004.jpg

[Crimson Dynamo]

yes smallest boy LT is very excited about this and GTA 6

[The Slim Reaper]

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[user104658]

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I'm surprised it can do PS3... I wonder if they're incorporating the chip? Or if it'll be cloud-based? There's no way it's emulating PS3.

[Calderyon]

Good job Sony.

[The Slim Reaper]

I'm surprised it can do PS3... I wonder if they're incorporating the chip? Or if it'll be cloud-based? There's no way it's emulating PS3.

Still says "reportedly". Plenty of time to turn around and say "sorry, we tried, but it just wasn't feasible".

[Tom4784]

Still says "reportedly". Plenty of time to turn around and say "sorry, we tried, but it just wasn't feasible".

That and the developers screaming about how they can't do remasters of PS3 games anymore for easy money will probably put the kibosh on it.

[arista]

That and the developers screaming about how they can't do remasters of PS3 games anymore for easy money will probably put the kibosh on it.


Yes would have been nice to have upgraded Vice City
massive shopping malls we could enter with guns.

[The Slim Reaper]

Yes would have been nice to have upgraded Vice City
massive shopping malls we could enter with guns.


Just go to texas and do it for real.

[arista]

Just go to Texas and do it for real.


I have been to Texas
Great Deals.

[The Slim Reaper]

I have been to Texas
Great Deals.

Do all your exes live there?

[arista]

Do all your exes live there?


No.

[user104658]

Still says "reportedly". Plenty of time to turn around and say "sorry, we tried, but it just wasn't feasible".I suppose they might stick a Cell in it for the first release like they did with the Emotion Engine in the PS3, then whip it back out for the first price drop.

To be honest though isn't PS3 backwards compatibility sort of moot? Pretty much every decent PS3 game got a PS4 remaster so 1, 2 and 4 compatibility is fine :think:

[user104658]

Yes would have been nice to have upgraded Vice City

massive shopping malls we could enter with guns.Vice City is PS2 :nono:

[user104658]

I'm mainly hyped (in terms of backwards compatibility) that I'll finally get to play SSX Tricky without the horror of trying to get my PS2 working properly on a modern TV.

[Crimson Dynamo]

smallest boy LT is on high alert for this

[Scarlett.]

Word is it's less powerful than the Xbox, but I feel we've kinda reached the point where that's not really an issue anymore, Sony has a much bigger library of exclusives.

[The Slim Reaper]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENqMD3OUYAAvPZG?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENqMD3hUcAAS8aq?format=jpg&name=medium

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENqMD3qU0AAhkJl?format=jpg&name=large

[Scarlett.]

I think the LED touchscreen is fake, other two pics are real though

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I hope it is fake bc it looks gimmicky

I always forget that the big square button on the dualshock 4 is touch sensitive and it’s so pointless bc the only game (afaik) that implemented that feature is uncharted and all they did was make it so swiping it left/right turned the pages of a book :skull: like sweetie how pointless

[Scarlett.]

I dont mind the one on the PS4 controller, since it can function at up to four extra buttons

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

How :suspect:

[user104658]

I hope it is fake bc it looks gimmicky

I always forget that the big square button on the dualshock 4 is touch sensitive and it’s so pointless bc the only game (afaik) that implemented that feature is uncharted and all they did was make it so swiping it left/right turned the pages of a book :skull: like sweetie how pointless

It opens the map/menus for swiping in different directions in Days Gone and I hit it by accident CONSTANTLY, to the point where it was completely unplayable until I stuck a cut out piece of an old credit card over the touch pad :fist:. You could access all the same menus by pressing it and then scrolling through them with L1/R1 like any other game! Pointless gimmick.

[LukeB]

It opens the map/menus for swiping in different directions in Days Gone and I hit it by accident CONSTANTLY, to the point where it was completely unplayable until I stuck a cut out piece of an old credit card over the touch pad :fist:. You could access all the same menus by pressing it and then scrolling through them with L1/R1 like any other game! Pointless gimmick.

I wish i did that because that was ****ing annoying especially during shooting people.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

https://uk.ign.com/articles/playstation-5-controller-could-be-called-dualshock-5-backwards-compatible-with-ps4

Shook @ the name

Who could have predicted that :omgno:

[Scarlett.]

PS5 page is up
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/explore/ps5/