Playstation 5 News and Articles

No invitation needed: Buy your PS5 from Amazon today

Amazon is selling the PlayStation 5 at its $399 / $499 MSRP without an invitation. The powerful console is now in stock after months of tight availability, you can choose the digital version or the disc version.

By TechSpot Deals , March 16, 2023, 9:46 AM

Gaming Hardware

Sony could launch the PlayStation 5 Pro next year

And another PS5 model this year

By Rob Thubron , March 15, 2023, 5:19 AM 14 comments

Hardware Gaming

Surging PlayStation 5 sales makes Sony AMD's biggest customer

Sony accounted for one sixth or possibly one fifth of AMD's 2022 revenue

By Daniel Sims , March 1, 2023, 11:21 PM 13 comments

Gaming Hardware

Skyrocketing Sony PlayStation 5 sales give the console its best quarter yet

More stock equals more sales

By Rob Thubron , February 3, 2023, 5:19 AM 9 comments

Hardware Gaming

Sony increases supply of PlayStation 5 consoles, releases new commercial as PSVR 2 launch nears

Buying a PlayStation 5 should be a lot easier going forward

By Rob Thubron , January 30, 2023, 8:48 AM 10 comments

Gaming Electronics

Mounting your PS5 vertically might lead to catastrophic failure from liquid metal leakage

PSA: Stop what you are doing and go turn your PlayStation 5 on its side. It's been discovered that the liquid metal used for cooling can potentially leak and fry the motherboard. There have only been a handful of cases reported, so should you take the chance, or is there not enough evidence for this to become a real problem?

Full story By Cal Jeffrey , January 6, 2023, 2:17 PM 29 comments

Hardware Gaming

Sony says buying a PlayStation 5 should be much easier from now on

More than two years after it arrived

By Rob Thubron , January 5, 2023, 5:20 AM 14 comments

Gaming

Returnal PC port recommends 32GB of RAM

And an RTX 2070 Super / Radeon RX 6700 XT

By Rob Thubron , December 12, 2022, 5:20 AM 19 comments

Car Tech Tech Culture

Sony and Honda thinking about adding a PlayStation 5 inside autonomous cars

Something to look forward to: Earlier this year, Sony and Honda announced a collaboration to develop various electric vehicles, some of which could be fully autonomous. The companies also heavily focused on the entertainment side of the upcoming cars, emphasizing this by revealing plans to include a PS5 in specific models.

Full story By Matt Frusher , November 22, 2022, 3:39 PM 9 comments

Gaming

Sony will need a monster holiday season - and then some - to meet PS5 sales goals

Sony sold 3.3 million PlayStation 5 consoles during the most recent quarter

By Shawn Knight , November 1, 2022, 9:53 AM 7 comments

Software Electronics

Disney+ PS5 app finally goes 4K HDR

Upgrade comes as a separate download

By Daniel Sims , October 5, 2022, 5:00 PM

Gaming Software

Modder jailbreaks PlayStation 5 using WebKit vulnerability

More of an entry point than a definitive jailbreak

By Shawn Knight , October 3, 2022, 1:24 PM

Gaming Hardware

Die shot reveals new PS5 model moves to new 6nm "Oberon Plus" chip

Die shrink should help Sony mitigate challenging production costs

By Daniel Sims , September 26, 2022, 7:04 PM 14 comments

Gaming Hardware

New PlayStation 5 hardware revision loses weight, cuts on energy consumption

PS5 model "1200" is lighter, less power hungry, and completely different on the inside

By Alfonso Maruccia , September 7, 2022, 2:03 PM 10 comments

Gaming Hardware

Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices outside the US

Difficult economic climate blamed for the decision

By Adrian Potoroaca , August 25, 2022, 10:24 AM 12 comments

Gaming Hardware

Sony confirms early 2023 launch for PlayStation VR2

Sony is preparing for a leap forward in gameplay

By Shawn Knight , August 23, 2022, 9:33 AM 10 comments

Gaming Industry

Sony lowers profit forecast as PlayStation game sales fall

It also revealed PS5 lifetime sales now match the GameCube's

By Rob Thubron , July 29, 2022, 6:16 AM 13 comments

Gaming Software

PlayStation 5 beta system update adds 1440p support, Gamelists, social features and more

Sony is testing new PS5 features

By Shawn Knight , July 28, 2022, 10:56 AM

Gaming Electronics

Tobii to provide eye-tracking tech for PlayStation VR2

Eye-tracking comes to consumer-level VR

By Daniel Sims , July 1, 2022, 5:17 PM 7 comments

Electronics Tech Culture

Custom watercooled PlayStation 5 is less than an inch thick

A liquid-cooled copper sandwich

By Shawn Knight , June 20, 2022, 9:35 AM 8 comments

Gaming

State of Play: Sony dropped many trailers for PlayStation VR2 games, check them out

Anybody ready to get face-to-face with a giant creepy vampire?

By Cal Jeffrey , June 3, 2022, 3:49 PM 8 comments

Gaming

PlayStation VR2 could enter mass production later this year ahead of early 2023 launch

PlayStation VR2 could arrive as early as Q1 2023 if there are enough games ready

By Shawn Knight , May 31, 2022, 9:51 AM

Gaming

SteamDB listing indicates PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal might see a PC release

Another PC port from Sony

By Daniel Sims , May 26, 2022, 7:04 PM

Hardware Industry

Chip shortage hit PS5 sales last quarter, but people bought more PlayStation games

Sony is optimistic about the next quarter

By Rob Thubron , May 10, 2022, 8:16 AM

Gaming Hardware

Xbox Series X/S brings in more money than every other console in Q1 2022

Nintendo still sold more units

By Tudor Cibean , April 26, 2022, 8:19 PM 15 comments