Items tagged with playstation 5
Former PlayStation CEO Shawn Layden made a rather interesting comment on The Trophy Room podcast this week, stating that "the innovation needs to come not from making PS6 for $1200. It's to make another PS5 for $300. Now, that would be...
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It's hard to believe that after years of waiting and amid all the hype, Grand Theft Auto VI is now only just two weeks away from releasing to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles. Those who preorder a copy will have the opportunity...
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Hey, you there, the one with a PlayStation 5 console collecting dust in your entertainment center. Sony would like a word with you. As the highly-anticipated launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is now just a couple of weeks away, Sony is...
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The PlayStation 5 hacking scene has been moving at lightning speed as of late, forcing Sony to scramble to plug security vulnerabilities with the release of Grand Theft Auto VI looming on the horizon. The latest project brings a port of...
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I'll readily admit it, I'm a sucker for transparent hardware. There is just something delightfully geeky about glimpsing the internal bits when the status quo is to hide them behind an opaque chassis. So, I'm all about Sony's upcoming...
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Before you go on bank heists and hijack vehicles in Grand Theft Auto VI, you may want to shop for a solid state drive (SSD), as the upcoming blockbuster is tipped to devour 210 gigabytes of storage space. Depending on which PlayStation...
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Sony just released system firmware 14.20 for its PlayStation 5 consoles, following reports that system firmware version 14.10 had already been cracked.
While Sony's official patch note for the update is "We've improved the messages and...
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Sony has announced a Midnight Black version of its PS5 Digital Edition, delivering a sleek, stealthy alternative to the familiar white number plus an aggressive price tag of roughly $350. Sadly, this console is a Japan-only exclusive...
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Sony has been having a rough go of it lately. The company is weathering massive backlash from its decision to end game physical disc releases for its PlayStation consoles, jailbreaks keep popping up and PS5 emulators and translation layers...
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AnyPS5, the Proton-inspired, open-source translation layer for porting PlayStation 5 games to the PC has developed rapidly in the last couple of weeks since it was initially announced. In fact, the AnyPS5 project has already achieved 100%...
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Since Sony released the second version of its PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) for the PS5 Pro, the upscaler has been lauded as the best yet seen on consoles thanks to its high similarity to AMD FSR 4, which also turns around...
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Earlier this year, we wrote about hackers successfully uncovering the BootROM keys for the PlayStation 5, which sparked a wave of fresh PS5 console modding and emulation efforts. Today, those efforts culminated in the release of a new...
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PlayStation 5 emulation on the PC is an ongoing effort. The most noteworthy of the current emulators are KytyPS5, SharpEmu, and perhaps AnyPS5. AnyPS5 is somewhat different than the others, however, because it is technically not a...
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Nearly a year after Sony first teased its first foray into standalone desktop audio during a September 2025 State of Play event, the wait is officially coming to an end. Sony has confirmed that its Pulse Elevate wireless speakers will...
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Sony is celebrating the PlayStation’s biggest first-party game launch of the year--Marvel’s Wolverine--with it a new console design that taps into the titular character’s “raw ferocity.” There will also be matching DualSense wireless...
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The Steam Deck might be getting long in the tooth, but this maturity means there are a lot of software projects that support the device with interesting and new features. The latest addition is an app that recently became available in the...
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Fans are displeased with Sony's decision to stop disc releases for its consoles. Virtually everything PlayStation-related accounts do on social media now gets bombarded with angry players demanding a reversal to the decision, and the...
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Sony's decision to abandon physical media for its PlayStation consoles starting in 2028 is being met with intense backlash from fans and retailers alike. Beyond the memes and inflammatory posts on social media, a games retailer in Canada...
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There are no signs that gamers are buying up standalone disc drives for the PlayStation 5 ahead of Sony's move to an all-digital future. While it is certainly possible that there is an influx of sales following Sony's announcement that it...
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Sony is converting a factory in Austria that produces hundreds of thousands of physical discs every month into a micro optics plant, according to ORF Salzburg, which is Austria's national public broadcaster. The transition signals that...
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Sony announced it will no longer release physical game discs for its PlayStation consoles effective January 2028, a controversial move the company claims is partially rooted in "consumer preference." Apparently, Sony has not seen the...
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The current console generation has been dominated by Sony’s PlayStation 5, which has forced Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division to hit the reset button on its console gaming strategy. According to a video games analyst, this dominance has...
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