What to expect from Sony ‘PlayStation 5’ launch in November

If the report is to be believed, then the PlayStation 5 will be launching alongside games like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077. It will also allow the company to get a headstart on the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

The report states that it is currently unclear if the company will be adopting a staggered global release schedule or will it go for a worldwide rollout. However, it is confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to disrupt distribution and possibly lead to supply issues.

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Both Sony and Microsoft have already revealed the design and key specifications of their upcoming next-gen consoles. Sony will be launching two consoles at the time: the Sony PS5 and the Sony PS5 Digital Edition. Both the PS5 variants will feature the same specifications, apart from the disc drive. The Digital Edition will not consist of a disc drive bay and would require users to purchase digital versions of video games via its PlayStation Store.

Sony PlayStation 5 will be powered by an AMD Zen 2-based processor with 8 cores at 3.5GHz paired with a Custom RDNA 2 GPU. It will come with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and a 825GB custom SSD. Storage can be expanded using an NVMe SSD. It also supports conventional HDDs for PS4 games. The system has a memory bandwidth of 448GB per sensor and an IO throughput of 5.5GB/s (raw), typical 8-9GB/s (compressed).

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