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| Sony announced a new event for PlayStation 5 |
Sony announced today (Saturday) that an event for the PlayStation 5 console will take place next week. Additional information on the platform is expected to be published here.
The Japanese tech giant said in a tweet on its PlayStation Twitter account that it plans to host the event on Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
Sony will broadcast the 40-minute event online and announce that Sony or its third-party studios will release the following game updates for the platform.
Of the incident, the company said, "This is yet another see of some great games on the upcoming PlayStation 5 (and beyond!)."
In addition to the award, Sony can also dedicate itself to activities announcing the PlayStation 5 release date, just like its rival Microsoft, which announced the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S release dates some time ago. for two days. S and the price.
It is worth noting that the Sony event will be broadcast next Wednesday at 11 pm Mecca time.
In June, Sony officially announced the fifth generation of its PlayStation gaming platform and was preparing to launch it before the end of this year.
The Japanese company reviewed the platform's design and specifications, which are displayed in black and white for the platform itself, the console, headphone, controller and camera.
At the time of publication, Sony is offering users either of the following two options, one with an Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc player and the other without a player, for example the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition (PlayStation 5 digital edition).
Regarding the specifications, Sony announced its specifications, as it includes a dedicated AMD Zen 2 processor with eight cores and a frequency of 3.5 GHz, in addition to a dedicated version of the AMD RDNA 2 graphics processor with a performance of 10.. 28 teraflops.
The platform contains 16 GB of GDDR6 memory (RAM) and 825 GB of SSD storage. Sony previously focused on the SSD's ability to speed up game loading, and compared PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, which do not use this technology, as the former took 20 seconds to download 1G of data and the data transfer did not use this technology. No need for 5G network. The other only lasts for a second.
The company said at the time: The PlayStation 5 would not only support NVMe SSDs, but also external storage drives that support legacy PlayStation 4 games.
For comparison, Sony's PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have some common specifications, including processor and graphics. However, Microsoft's platform is 12 teraflops stronger than the previous 10.28 teraflops. After that, the Xbox Series X's internal storage drive will be 1 TB instead of 825 GB.
this is; The platform supports 8K and 4K games at 120 frames per second. It also supports 3D audio technology, supports power saving mode to save power, and is compatible with PlayStation 4 games.