In our dedicated Slack channel for Sony's PlayStation 5 event, WIRED staff spent an hour riffing on all of the new gameplay footage as it was revealed. We made fun of Returnal (what kind of title is that?!) and waxed poetic about the cyberpunk cats in Stray. Then, it happened. The unveiling. The grand finale. Our conversation switched to a chorus of "oohs," "aahs," and general intrigue about what we were all seeing: the first look at Sony's PlayStation 5 hardware.
Here's Every PlayStation 5 Game Sony Has Announced So FarFrom a new Spider-Man game to Horizon: Forbidden West, here are the titles you can expect for the next-gen console.By Jaina Grey and Louryn StrampeWe've known about the PS5 for a while now. We took an exclusive look back in October of 2019, and even further back, in April of last year, we knew the next-gen console would have support for ray tracing, as well as superfast load times thanks to the built-in solid-state drive.
What we didn't know is just how futuristic the design of the PlayStation 5 consoles would be. You read that correctly: consoles, plural. In addition to the standard PS5, there will be a digital-only version of the console that lacks a disc drive. If the new all-digital console is like the disc-less Microsoft Xbox One S, it may be a slightly more affordable model, but will lack the ability to play any physical media. We don't know if there are any differences in processing power or game storage space. Pricing for the consoles has not yet been announced.
