The PS5 Is Even Bigger Than The Xbox Series X

We now know just about everything we need to know about the PlayStation 5 ahead of release–it’ll release on November 12 for $500, and launch games include Demon’s Souls and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. We also know what the box looks like, and what’s inside it. But it’s also important that you make some room for the system in your entertainment unit–the PS5 is easily the biggest PlayStation yet.

The official dimensions for the PS5 have been released, and it’s enormous. The disc drive version of the console is a bit bigger and heavier, but the digital version of the console is also very big. Here’s the measurements.

PlayStation 5

  • US: 15.35in × 4.09in × 10.23in (width x height x depth, excludes base)
  • Metric: 390mm x 104mm x 260mm (width x height x depth, excludes base)
  • Weight: 9.92lbs (4.5kg)

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition

  • US: 15.34in × 3.62in × 10.23mm (width x height x depth, excludes base)
  • Metric: 390mm x 92mm x 260mm (width x height x depth, excludes base)
  • Weight: 8.59lbs (3.9kg)

As Kotaku points out, this makes the PS5 quite a bit bigger than the Xbox One X, and much bigger than the Xbox Series S.

Thankfully, the PS5 can be laid down flat if you don’t have room to stand it up–as many people won’t–but you’ll need to make sure you have room for it in your entertainment unit.

If you want to get your hands on a PS5 at launch, you’ll want to check out GameSpot’s preorder guide–the system is already starting to sell out in presales.

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PS5 Release Date & Price, Final Fantasy 16, And Splinter Cell VR | Save State

Today’s PS5 showcase had a lot to offer, and finally revealed the next-gen console’s date and price. PlayStation 5 is launching in November. There is a standard console, as well as an all-digital version with no disc drive. We also learned about the PlayStation Plus Collection, available on day one, which features a list of popular PS4 games God of War, Persona 5, Days Gone, Until Dawn, and more.

The PS5 event opened with a trailer for Final Fantasy 16, which featured a lot of combat. FF XVI will be a PS5 console exclusive, coming in 2021. We learned about an upcoming God of War sequel as well.

PS5 wasn’t the only event today – there was also the 2020 Facebook Connect event, which included some big announcements for the Oculus VR headset. The Oculus Quest 2 releases in October. Ubisoft announced Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell VR games for the Oculus Quest 2.

Sony Boss Talks About PS5 Games Also Coming To PS4

Sony boss Jim Ryan has commented on the news that a number of PlayStation 5 games will also be released on PlayStation 4. Speaking to The Washington Post, Ryan said releasing titles like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Horizon: Forbidden West on both PS5 and PS4 is all about giving people a choice for where they want to buy their games.

“No one should be disappointed,” Ryan told the publication. “The PS5 versions of those games are built from the ground up to take advantage of the PS5 feature set, and we have an upgrade path for PS4 users to get the PS5 versions for free. It’s about people having choice. I’m really quite pleased about the situation.”

Some might have been surprised when Sony announced the cross-gen strategy for those games. After all, Ryan said earlier this year that Sony planned to release PS5 games at launch that would be exclusive to the platform because the company wants to create content that can “really only be enjoyed on PS5.”

The PS4 has been enormously successful for Sony, selling more than 100 million systems to date. Ryan said Sony will continue to support the console for the next three or four years, and that’s part of the reason why Sony’s big first-party games are also coming to the PS4. “Many will transition to PS5, we hope if we do our job well, but tens of millions will still be engaged with the PS4,” he said.

In releasing these marquee titles across generations, Sony is taking a similar approach to Microsoft, which plans to release its big games for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said forcing people to buy new hardware is against what the spirit of gaming is all about.

If you want to get your hands on a PS5 at launch, you’ll want to check out GameSpot’s preorder guide–the system is already starting to sell out in presales. Sony has also clarified more details on the PS5’s backwards compatibility feature, stating that 99% of PS4 games will be playable on the new machine.

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PS5 Box Art Revealed For Disc And Digital Versions

The PlayStation 5 will release on November 12 for $500, and both an all-digital and a disc drive version of the system will be available. As the hype cycle grows, every new reveal is exciting–including what the box will look like.

Now, we have the retail box art for both versions of the system. You can check them out in the tweet from Cheap Ass Gamer below. Check them out and know the box that will, more than likely, sit in your cupboard for the full console generation once the system is set up.

Both systems will have the same specs, and can run games at 4K or 8K. While the systems themselves look very similar, the box arts are different colors–one white, one black. The more expensive system is white, which is the reverse of the Xbox situation.

Of course, which box you like more is unlikely to be a factor in your decision to pick one or the other.

Now we know both what the packaging looks like, and what’s inside the box. Both versions of the PS5 will ship with a single DualSense controller, a HDMI cable, and free game Astro’s Playroom.

If you want to grab the system yourself, check out the PlayStation 5 preorder guide. The system is already selling out at various outlets.

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The Next Nintendo Console Will Be Released Before 2100

This should surprise no one, but Nintendo is not going to exit the hardware business anytime soon. As part of the company’s latest corporate management briefing, the firm revealed that it’s working on new hardware, and that it will be released before the end of the century.

A slide confirms that Nintendo’s “next gaming system” will launch sometime in “20XX,” which means it will be released before the year 2100. In reality, whatever this system ends up being, it will surely be released before then, but Nintendo isn’t ready to commit to any dates. You can check out the graphic below, and have a chuckle that Nintendo decided to completely omit the Wii U.

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The Switch is currently riding high with more than 60 million units sold worldwide to date. The console is keeping up its momentum, too, as it recently set a new US record for the highest dollar sales of any console in history for an August month.

Nintendo is expected to release an enhanced Switch model in 2021, and whatever console comes next would follow sometime after. Nintendo’s console cycle periods usually run for 5-6 years, but Nintendo believes the Switch might enjoy success for a longer period than that.

In other Nintendo news, the company has also reaffirmed that the Mario movie from the makers of Minions remains scheduled to release in 2022. The company may also be working on other non-gaming entertainment extensions of its franchises.

Nintendo has also confirmed that more than 200 million Nintendo Accounts have now been created worldwide, while the Switch Online service now has 26 million subscribers.

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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition Revealed – Spider-Man Remastered, Price, And More

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales got its first gameplay reveal during the recent PS5 event, and if you’re sold on what you saw, then you can preorder the game now. It’s coming to PS5 and PS4 on November 12, alongside the PS5 itself. And if you missed out on the first game, or just want a remastered version of it on your brand-spankin’ new next-gen console, then you’ll be happy to know that it’s included with the Ultimate edition.

As the name suggest, the upcoming Spider-Man game follows the wall-crawling exploits of Miles Morales as he takes on the Tinkerer and their army of cyber-looking cronies. The gameplay demo we saw today showed some bad guys crashing Miles’ mother’s election rally, forcing him to suit up as Spidey and take them on. We also saw gameplay of Miles fighting off the baddies on a bridge and, soon after, saving a number of citizens from the falling debris. The $50 standard edition comes with the base Spider-Man: Miles Morales game.

As for its Ultimate edition, it costs $70 and is exclusive to the PS5. This is because it includes a PS5 remaster of the original Marvel’s Spider-Man. Developer Insomniac says that players can expect to see “improved skin, eyes, hair, and facial animation” as well as ray-traced reflections, ambient shadows, and improved lighting–more pedestrians and vehicles are also said to be present in the remaster. And if you prefer performance over visuals, Spider-Man: Remastered has the same 60 FPS mode as the Miles Morales game. Insomniac also teased three new Spider-Man suits for the original game as well as new photo mode features and a trophies.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales standard edition

$50

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The standard edition of Spider-Man: Miles Morales comes with the base game. It’s available for both PS4 and PS5, and the PS4 version is eligible for a free next-gen upgrade if you decide to pick up the PS5 at a future date.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate edition

$70

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The Ultimate edition of Spider-Man: Miles Morales is only available on the PS5 and comes with a voucher code for Spider-Man Remastered. This is an updated version of the original game that includes updated assets, several improvements, and the three DLC packs that make up the Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps arc.

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New Deathloop Trailer Reveals How Careful Planning Is Your Greatest Power

During the September 2020 PS5 Showcase, Sony revealed a new gameplay trailer for Deathloop. The end of the trailer narrowed down the release window for the recently delayed game–it’s coming to PS5 and PC in Q2 2021.

In the trailer, protagonist Colt is struggling to find enough time within a time loop to kill both scientist Egor Serling and party host Aleksis Dorsey. In order to kill two birds with one stone, Colt decides to disrupt Egor’s day so that he’ll go to Aleksis’ party–allowing Colt to attack both targets in the same place.

In Deathloop, Colt is trapped within a time loop where he’s the entertainment–the prey that everyone else gets to hunt. The only way he escapes is by killing off eight specific targets. No one else recognizes the time loop save for Julianna, an agent who’s working to maintain the time loop by killing Colt over and over again. Deathloop supports online multiplayer, allowing you to be invaded by a player-controlled Julianna as opposed to the standard computer-controlled one.

During the showcase, Sony also revealed the official pricing and release date for the PS5. The Standard Edition will cost $500 USD and the Digital Edition will cost $400 USD. Both editions will release on November 12.

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God Of War Sequel Announced At PS5 Event

At Sony’s PlayStation 5 Showcase, the company showed our first glimpse at a sequel to 2018’s God of War. We got almost nothing in the way of details and didn’t see the game in action at all, but we got one key tidbit: “Ragnarok is coming.” We also know the game is coming sometime in 2021.

God of War director Cory Barlog hinted at a possible announcement earlier in the day by changing his Twitter avatar, but it wasn’t clear at the time if he was dropping clues or just teasing fans. The previous God of War game left the door open to a sequel, with an original story that took series protagonist Kratos out of the Greek pantheon and into Norse mythology.

In the video, we see an icy God of War omega logo adorned with Norse runes, while Kratos intones over the image, “The time draws near. You must prepare yourself.”

The tagline “Ragnarok is coming” plays into what we saw at the end of God of War in 2018, which suggested that the journey undertaken by Kratos and Atreus (also known as Boy) could be the first step in the Norse story of the end of the world. It seems things are escalating for the former God of War, and one wonders how everything we learned about Atreus, his mother, and the rest of the gods in the first game will change the relationship between father and son in the next.

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PS5 Price And Release Date Announced

During the PlayStation 5 reveal event and subsequent streams, Sony remained tight-lipped regarding the pricing or release date of Sony’s next-gen system, but finally that key piece of information has been shared as part of the latest PS5 showcase. As announced near the very end of the presentation, the PS5 will cost $500 / €500 / $750 AUD for the Standard Edition and $400 / €400 / $600 AUD for the Digital Edition. It will release on November 12.

According to the PlayStation Blog, that date will be the release across several markets: the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Then on November 19 it will launch elsewhere, including Europe, Middle East, South America, Asia and South Africa.

The release details were the culmination of a presentation that included trailers and new game announcements including Final Fantasy 16 and a new God of War. We also got fresh looks at Spider-Man: Miles Morales (which is also coming to PS4), the remake of Demon’s Souls, and more.

Microsoft recently detailed the price for Xbox Series X of $500 and a November 10 release date. On that same day, Xbox Series S will launch for $300. Xbox preorders go live on September 22. Sony previously indicated it’s more concerned with PS5’s value, rather than the price alone, although the Series S price potentially put pressure on Sony.

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