What was announced during the PS5 reveal event
A quick recap of today's announcements at Sony's video conference.
It’s currently 09:30PM UTC of June 11 when I’m writing this and Sony’s PS5 conference is over. Maybe you missed it, and want to know what was announced. Worry not, I’ve got you covered!
Games
These are the games that were announced:
- Horizon 2: Forbidden West
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Resident Evil 8: Village
- Gran Turismo 7
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Demon’s Souls Remake
- Death Loop
- NBA 2K21 Coming Fall 2020
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- Hitman 3
- GhostWire: Tokyo PS5
- Godfall
- Pragmata
- Astro’s Playroom
- Oddworld: Soulstorm
- Returnal
- Destruction All-Stars
- Project Athia
- Stray
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Goodbye Volcano High
- Jett: The Far Shore
- Solar Ash Revealed
- Little Devil Inside
- BugSnax
As you can see, we’ve got some big titles coming, as well as smaller ones.
Design
The new console sports a design that, in my honest opinion, looks like a sci-fi Wi-Fi router positioned sideways. Obviously, that’s my view, but nonetheless, this new console, only white for the time being, has a new, fluid design, highly contrasting with the squarish design of its predecessor.
As you can see, Sony planned 2 models to come out this year. The usual disc model - a standard edition with a 4K Blu-Ray disc drive - is accompanied by a new disc-less “Digital Edition”, the budget model, akin to the PS4 Slim (except it has no disc reader).
Both models sport a “super-fast SSD”, which is an improvement against the Hard Disk the old model had.
Aside for being the optimal spot for dust, the PlayStation 5’s white finish is most likely the only color we’ll see in a while.
Accessories
Sony revealed a plethora of accessories to the console. Namely:
- DualSense Charging Station
- HD Camera
- Pulse 3D Wireless Headset
- Media Remote
Here’s the complete line-up:
It seems to me like they’re trying to appeal to everyone with this.
Watch the official unveil animation:
By the way, the DualSense has a USB-C connector:
Sony has officially confirmed that the PS5 will release globally “in time for Holiday 2020”, making it the perfect gift for your beloved children.
Anyway, jokes aside, it’s all from me on this extraordinary day. Happy future gaming!