SEE finally officially announces the PlayStation 5! The launch will be during the year-end sales season of 2020, and the key point is the next-generation controller that will bring a new playing experience!

On October 8, 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SEE) announced the name of its next-generation console game console as the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and that it will be released in the year-end 2020 sales season.

PS5 is equipped with a custom SSD with ultra-fast access and a custom chipset from AMD. Game load times will be dramatically reduced.
The controller will also feature haptic technology instead of conventional vibration technology, and the L2 and R2 buttons will feature resistive adaptive triggers to bring a realistic gaming experience.

According to an entry on the PlayStationBlog by Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Haptic technology, which is distinct from the vibration function of conventional controllers, can reproduce an extremely wide variety of vibrations, "from the feeling of a car hitting a wall during a race The sensation of a car hitting a wall during a race will be completely different from the sensation you get when tackling an opponent in football. You can even experience the sensation of running through a meadow and crawling through mud," he said.

In addition, the advanced L2 and R2 buttons, called adaptive triggers, will be able to be programmed with trigger resistance according to the action the player takes, and in combination with haptic technology, will be able to reproduce a variety of actions more realistically than ever before. The combination with haptic technology will make it possible to reproduce a wider variety of actions more realistically than ever before. The new controller is likely to be key to PS5, as it "will be able to more vividly reproduce, for example, the sensation of squeezing a bow or accelerating an off-road vehicle in a single bound over rugged, rocky terrain."

The new controller has already begun to be distributed to game developers. It seems that preparations are steadily underway for the launch of the next generation game console.

＜Hardware Overview
Console game console
Custom SSD for ultra-fast access
　Custom AMD chip

　　CPU: x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ "Zen2", 8 cores/16 threads
　　　GPU: AMD Radeon™ RDNA (Radeon DNA)-based graphics engine
　　　Dedicated 3D audio processing unit

Supports up to 8K resolution output for games
Designed for compatibility with PlayStation®4 titles
　PlayStation®VR support

Controller
Haptic technology
　Adaptive triggers on the L2 and R2 buttons for a sense of resistance

Physical Media
Ultra HD Blu-ray
　Ultra HD Blu-ray disc with a capacity of 100GB.