PS5 - 17 Things You Need To Know Before You Buy 

PS5 launches this November with Sony finally having revealed the price and release information of the console. Next Gen is now within reaching distance. And while many will be ready to dive in right off the bat quite a few are probably still going to be on the fence.PS5 - 17 Things You Need To Know Before You Buy 

So here we've compiled all of the crucial information that you need to know about the PS5 so that you can make an informed purchasing decision So without further ado, let's get started.

Launch.

We've known that the PS5 will be released in holiday 2020 for a while but Sony have now officially confirmed the exact release date of the console

At long last and as many expected it's going to be a bit of a staggered launch On November 12.The PS5 will launch in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea in the rest of the world the console will go on sale on November 19.

Price How much exactly is the PS5 going to cost though? Well, it's about what you'd have expected. If you've been following all of the recent speculations about prices. the flagship PS5 skew will ps5 cost 499 US dollars Meanwhile, the PSa5 digital edition will be priced at 399 US dollars. dimensions the PS5 has looked like a big boy since the moment Sony first unveiled it in June and recently they officially confirm the console's exact dimensions as well the console's dimensions have been confirmed as 390 millimeters by 104 millimeters by 260 millimeters.

It will weigh approximately 4.5 kilograms. Meanwhile, the PS5 digital edition will be slightly smaller and lighter, as you'd expect.

It weighs approximately 3.9 kilograms, and its dimensions are 390 millimeters by 92 millimeters by 260 millimeters accessories. When the PS5 launches this November,

it will also be accompanied by quite a 5 accessories coming from Sony itself. There's the pulse 3d wireless headset built for 3d audio which will also have a noise cancelling microphone There's the HD camera, which will have dual 1080p lenses.

There's the media remote which is pretty self-explanatory. Finally there's the dual sense charging station.

which will be able to charge up to two controllers at a time. Accessories prices. So how much will these accessories cost though.

Well, if you want to purchase a standalone dual sense controller that will set you back $70 the pulse 3d headset will be priced at $100, the HD camera, $60, and the dual sense charging station and media remote at $30 each first party and launch titles.

We've been wondering what games the PS5 will be launching with for a while and Sony have now officially confirmed the full extent of first-party games that will be available on the console at launch.

These include bluepoint, and Sony Japan's Demon Souls remake Marvel's Spider-Man miles mirallas

which will also include a remaster of the first Spidey game in the Ultimate Edition destruction all-stars, Sackboy, a big adventure and Astros playroom.

Which will be pre-installed on every PlayStation 5 third party launch titles volley knowing exactly which first-party games will be available on the PS5 at launch.things are a little less clear as far as third party launch titles go.

We know for a fact that a Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, and God fall, are going to be a launch title But beyond that all educated guesses the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla dirt five and watchdogs Legion are confirmed as launch sales for the Xbox series x and series s.

and those two consoles are releasing on November 10 so we can probably expect them to be available on the PS5 on November 12 as well.

Cross Gen games.

Unsurprisingly, quite a few of the PS5 games are going to be available on the ps4 as well.

From the launch lineup the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla dirt five Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, and watchdogs Legion, are all across Gen releases. Meanwhile even first-party games like Marvel's Spider-Man miles Miralles Sackboy a big adventure have been confirmed to be released for the ps4.

The most surprising news to come from Sony following their reason event, however, was that horizon forbidden West due out in 2021 will also be released for both the ps4 and PS5.

Meanwhile third party 2021 releases like Hitman three Hogwarts legacy and Gotham Knights are also all crushin games upcoming releases the PS five has a solid launch lineup,

but quite a few games have also been confirmed for release beyond 2020 Immortals Phoenix Rising is releasing in December, Hitman 3 releases in January 2021, and Far Cry six will be out the following month.

Resident Evil village is coming out sometime next year. Final Fantasy 16 was recently confirmed as a 2021 title Kenna bridges spirits was recently delayed into 2021. While Gotham knights and Hogwarts legacy are also coming next year. Death loop and ghost wire Tokyo, which are going to be PS five console exclusives also launched in 2021.

Sony itself is also releasing some big hitters for the PS five next year, including Ratchet and Clank rift apart returnable horizon forbidden West, and the next god of war game which was recently teased.

Meanwhile Suicide Squad killed the Justice League launches in 2022 as as cap comes prac Mata though those are still a ways out yet Gran Turismo seven is also in development, but that doesn't yet have a release date.

CPU.

Now that we've spoken about the PS5 launch and upcoming games as well as this accessories and pricing. Let's focus on its hardware, and what exactly that will entail, beginning with the CPU The PS5 will feature a semi-custom is into CPU of 8cores and 16 threads. It will run at a variable frequency of up to 3.5 gigahertz.

GPU.

When it comes to the GPU the PS5 is lagging behind its direct competitor, the Xbox series x, but it still has some impressive specs on offer.

It has 36 compute units running at a variable frequency of up to 2.23 gigahertz while the total compute power comes up to 10 point 28 teraflops.

RAM

The RAM is often the most critical part of a console and will of course be crucial as we move into the next generation and the PS five it seems is starting off on a strong note here.The console has a 16 gigabytes g DDR 6 Ram.

And unlike the Xbox series x and series s, it will have a unified single memory pool that pool will have a bandwidth of 448 gigabytes per second.

SSD.

The one aspect of the PS five Sony have highlighted more than anything else. Since the moment they first started talking about the console. Is it solid state drive.

Billed as the fastest SSD on the market, you will offer storage space of 825GB, but it's the speed, that's most impressive offering an uncompressed bandwidth of 5.5 gigabytes per second, And a compressed bandwidth of nine gigabytes per second.

Ps5 Controller Dual Since.

Well Microsoft are going with iteration for the next Xbox controller, Sony are going with innovation.

The dual sense is going to be similar to the DualShock four and layout and will also have a touchpad and built in microphone and all of the other bells and whistles the ps4 controller did, but it comes with two key new features.

The second is adaptive triggers

which will offer resistance intention that will adjust to based on what's happening in the game thatyou're playing3d, audio, one more aspect of the PS5 Sony have emphasized quite a lot alongside its SSD and the capabilities of the dual senses.

is the tempest its 3d audio engine audio is a crucial elements in any game and the PS5 is promising 3d audio that will heighten immersion more than ever before.

Higher Priced Games.

We've been hearing about prices of next gen games going higher for a while, it's looking like more and more publishers are going to hop aboard that train to K have already taken the first step with NBA to K 21 next gen versions. Well Activision have done so with Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War as well.

Ubisoft 2020 releases will all release with the standard $60 price, but they've been silent about their games beyond that point Capcom meanwhile have been undecided so far.

Notably, Sony have also confirmed that their next gen first party games will release for standard prices of $70, with the exception of Marvel's Spider Man miles mirallas

which will have a standard edition of $50, and an ultimate edition of $70, the likes of Demon Souls sackboy. a big adventure and destruction all stars will all be sold for $70

Rates and Resolution

higher resolutions and frame rates are going to be a must for all next gen games. The PS5 looks set to deliver on that front. It's confirmed that the PS5 is going to feature support for hardware accelerated ray tracing.

While 4k and 60 FPS are going to be increasingly common in PS5 games and some might even go up to 120 FPS dirt fi for instance has a 120 FPS mode.

Well Sony has confirmed that Marvel Spider Man miles mirallas and Ratchet and Clank rift apart will both have 60 FPS options supposedly the PS five is also capable of delivering 8k visuals.