PlayStation 5: A closer look at Sony’s next-generation console

Sony has finally revealed how its upcoming PlayStation 5 gaming console looks like at the end of its 'The Future of Gaming' event yesterday. The company showcased two variants of the device, PS5 and the PS5 Digital Edition. Apart from the console itself, the company also showcased a slew of accessories, including the DualSense controller, HD Camera, Media Remote and Pulse 3D wireless headphone. (Image: Sony)

As of now, Sony has showcased the PS5 along with all of its accessories in white colour. It is not known if there will be another colour variant of the device will be made available at the time of launch later this year. (Image: Sony)

The PS5 will come with a 4K Blu-ray disc drive. Whereas, the PS5 Digital Edition will not sport one and require customers to download all of its games via the PlayStation Store. It is expected that the Digital Edition will cost a bit lower compared to the disc drive variant. (Image: Sony)

Compared to the Xbox Series X, the PS5 looks much sleeker in size. The Xbox Series X seems as if it can be laid flat on a surface, but the same cannot be said about the PS5. We will have to wait and see this at the time when both the devices launch. (Image: Sony)

The new PS5 features wing like curvatures on the top. Those are not just for design. Considering that the device is much more powerful than the current generation consoles, it can be assumed that it heats up a lot more during gaming sessions due to the size and the power of the internal components. The wings can guide the airflow to try and keep the internals cool. (Image: Sony)

At the event, Sony said that the gameplay experience will be the same on both the disc and the disc-less version. So it is up to the users to see if they prefer buying hard copies of the game or soft copies. This hints that the internals will remain the same apart from the disc-bay. (Image: Sony)

According to previously revealed specifications of the console, PS5 will be powered by a custom CPU based on the third generation of AMD’s Ryzen line and feature an eight-core processor built on AMD’s Zen 2 CPU architecture. It will also feature a custom GPU with which it can deliver 10.28 TFLOPs of graphical power with 36 Compute Units at 2.23GHz. (Image: Sony)

The console will come with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and will come with an SSD with read and write speeds of 5.5GB/s. The company claims that these new SSDs inside of the PS5 can load 2GB of data in 0.27 seconds. (Image: Sony)

PS5 will come with support for ray-tracing and will be able to output 8K graphics. It also comes with a new 3D audio feature which will provide a more realistic and immersive gaming experience according to the company. (Image: Sony)

PS5 will be backwards compatible with select PS4 games. The catalogue of supported games will include nearly 100 PS4 titles. It will also support the current generation PS VR. (Image: Sony)