Play Station Official Magazine - UK (2019-12)

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£599

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£499

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£449

48%

£399

“Thenewtriggers

especiallysound

great!WhatI wantthough

is PSNtoprovidebetter

downloadspeedsandfor

Sonytoeitherfixhowit

handlesstorageand

downloadsorprovide

dedicatedonboard

storagefordownloads

andinstallssowecanuse

ouractualstoragedrives

tocapacity.”

@SomtimesJolly

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50 WAYS PS5 WILL IMPRESS

YoulovePlayStationgameslikeGod

OfWarbutyou’recomingtoPS5for

newexperiences.Therearerumours

ofa newUnchartedgamefromSan

DiegoStudioandanunannouncedPS

VRexperience,plusFumitoUeda’s

newgameis in theworks– andwho

couldturndownanSSD-Ryzen-

poweredLastGuardian-alike?

NEW GAMES

PS5is gettinga newDualShock

controllerpackedwithtechtomake

thenextgenmoretactile.A speaker

is included,butthispad’sjobis to

maketheworldsweplayfeelreal–

walkingonsandwillhavea different

feeltoiceorrockasthesensation

ofanactresonatesthroughthe

sticks,triggers,andpad’sbody.

NEW PAD

Thebignewsis thisnext-genpad

willfeaturehapticfeedback.AsSIE

presidentandCEOJimRyan

explainedonthePlayStationblog:

“Withhaptics,youtrulyfeela

broaderrangeoffeedback,so

crashingintoa wallin a racecar

feelsmuchdifferentthanmakinga

tackleonthefootballfield.”

HAPTIC FEEDBACK

TheDualShock5 (ourname,not

official)willhaveadaptivetechin the

triggers. It means devs can program

the resistance of the triggers to

imitate drawing a bow, for example.

“In combination with the haptics, this

can produce a powerful experience

that better simulates various actions,”

said Jim Ryan on the PS Blog.

ADAPTIVE TRIGGERS

DEEPER

IMMERSION

ThedaysofCPUsandGPUs

performingrestrictedtasksareover.

TheGPUinPS5issopowerfulit will

stretchbeyond‘graphics’jobs.AsEA

chiefstudioofficerLauraMieletold

Wired:“We’reseeingtheGPUbeable

topowermachinelearningforallsorts

ofreallyinterestingadvancementsin

thegameplayandothertools.”

COMPATIBLE

LOADING

As 4K drives are backwards-compatible
with DVD and CD formats as well as
Blu-ray, PS5 should be an all-round system.
While we hear 100% PS4 backwards
compatibility is still being finalised for
launch, Koei Tecmo’s Kazuhiro Echigoya
says playing old games on PS5 will
offer owners a “low risk when shifting
to this new hardware”.

According to system architect

Mark Cerny the speed and

structure of an SSD will mean

we can install and

delete individual

parts of a game.

“Rather than treating

games like a big block

of data,” Cerny told

Wired, “we’re

allowing finer-grained

access to the data.”

This could be the

option to install just

the single-player or

multiplayer parts,

it could mean we’ll

install areas of an

open-world map

as we play.

important, andwe

predictmanydevswill

create bespoke sound apps

to make the most of the

console’s new features.

Unique interactive audio

could be a game-changer.

An SSD? That sounds expensive. No wonder the
estimated cost of a PS5 has ranged from £399 to £699.
We think Sony is looking to the lower end, probably
with a 500GB SSD, because the system’s part-loading
setup will mean you won’t be relying on your shiny new
PS5 to store and read entire games. What would
you pay for one? We polled our readers...

WHAT’S THE COST