Photos / Sony presents the PlayStation5: vertical, black and white and with a DualSense controller

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EFE

07:07 PM / 06/11/2020-
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The Japanese multinational Sony showed this Thursday 11-J in a digital event its new game console, the PlayStation 5 (PS5), which is held vertically, has an elegant black and white design and is accompanied by a DualSense controller to fully exploit the haptic technology.

The Japanese company showed images of the console for the first time after spending more than an hour exhibiting the portfolio of video games that will accompany it during this year and the beginning of next, and which include, among many others, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, GTA V, Gran Turismo 7, NBA 2K21, Hitman III and Oddworld Soulstorm.

In time for the Christmas campaign

The PS5 will hit the market in time for the 2020 Christmas campaign and features as main technical specifications an AMD Zen 2 eight-core processor, an AMD RDNA GPU and an SSD with 825 GB of storage and a performance of 5.5 GB per second. .

When it comes to graphics and sounds, the Sony console can reproduce 8K image quality, 4K at 120 Hz and 3D audio.

From Sony they also explained that the game console will go on the market in two different versions: a standard model and a digital machine that will be accompanied by a three-dimensional camera.

Regarding the games, the company exhibited a mix of classic sagas with newer titles and independent productions, with several minutes dedicated to each one and with hardly any intervention from the presenters, leaving the games to “speak for themselves” as they promised the start of the event.

A black Spiderman

One of the surprises of the day was the Insomniac video game, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, in which the arachnid hero is black, and which will be released in late 2020.

In the minutes that were shown during the presentation on Thursday, the spider man appeared jumping between skyscrapers, kicking his rivals in the face and saving a girl.

Another novelty was the latest installment in the Oddworld universe, Oddworld: Soulstorm, in which the protagonist, Abe, leads the rest of Mudokons in the course of many adventures, each more dangerous than the last.

Highlighted among the classics is the latest installment of the action game Grand Theft Auto, GTA V, which will arrive on the Sony console in 2021 “expanded and improved”, and which those who have bought GTA V for PlayStation 4 will be able to upgrade for free.

The classics, always present

Also pulling the warehouse of classics, the PS5 will feature the favorite of motor racing lovers, Gran Turismo, with the seventh installment in the saga, Gran Turismo 7.

As for entertainment for the whole family, the new Sony console will feature Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart and Sackboy! A Big Adventure, which promise to make the most of the full graphic and gameplay potential of the PS5.

Lovers of sports video games also had their space in the presentation this Thursday, with NBA 2K21, presented by the digital version of the basketball player of the New Orleans Pelicans Zion Williamson.

Third installment of the adventures of agent 47

Another of the most interesting titles that will accompany the PS5 on its landing is Hitman III, the third installment of the adventures of Agent 47 and that the developer IO Interactive assured will end the series.

“This is the greatest generational transformation the industry has ever seen. These experiences will transform the way we see, play, and feel video games,” Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan promised during the presentation.

At the moment, the price of the PS5 and the exact date of its release are still unknown.

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