
The PlayStation 5 is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was announced in 2019 and was released on November 12, 2020, in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, North America, and South America, and on November 19, 2020, in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East.
The PS5 is the successor to the PlayStation 4 and is based on an AMD Zen 2-based system on a chip (SoC) with eight cores and 16 threads. It also features a custom RDNA 2-based graphics processor and a custom solid-state drive (SSD) that is designed to load games faster than any previous PlayStation console.
The PS5 has been praised for its powerful hardware and its innovative features, such as the DualSense controller, which features haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. The console has also been successful commercially, with over 20 million units sold as of March 2023.
Here are some of the key features of the PlayStation 5:
- Powerful AMD Zen 2-based SoC with eight cores and 16 threads
- Custom RDNA 2-based graphics processor
- Custom solid-state drive (SSD) that loads games faster than any previous PlayStation console
- DualSense controller with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers
- Support for 4K and 8K gaming
- Support for ray tracing
- Support for 3D audio