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The PlayStation 5 And What's Still To Come

The PlayStation 5 is officially confirmed! We chat with Jeff Gerstmann, editor-in-chief at Giant Bomb, and rundown what this announcement means, and what news we think is still to come about Sony's next generation console.

In an unexpected bit of news, PlayStation architect Mark Cerny spoke to Wired about Sony's high-level plans for the next PlayStation.

It is still very early days (the console won't launch until 2020 at the soonest), but there was a lot of information in the interview. In a new video feature, Giant Bomb EIC Jeff Gerstmann joins GameSpot's Peter Brown and Michael Higham to discuss all the key points.

Read next: First PlayStation 5 Details: PS4 Backwards Compatible, PSVR For PS5, SSDs, And More

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PlayStation 5 with raytracing compatibility for PlayStation 4. Just plug both consoles in.

(Not sure why captain America grabbed Thor's hammer in end game odd)

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@lorddaggeroff: you fcker

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Edited By leo5111

should say ps5/next xbox specs revealed..lol 97% of the specs will be the same between the 2 amd is making the chipset for both

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@leo5111: are we sure?

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I just wonder if this'll be another PS3 with a launch price in the $700 range.

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@fisk0: I would say $600 at the most. It will be expensive but if the higher end next xbox is more powerful and the same price or cheaper then uh oh.

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Jeff Gerstmann on GS again? ?

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@gotrekfabian:

CBS own gamespot and giant bomb.

Gamespot people are often on the bombcast as well.

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@barcaazul: Yes but he was sacked from GameSpot.

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@gotrekfabian:

The first thing they did when CBSi bought Giant Bomb was have Jeff on for an interview hashing out what actually happened with the firing and so on - I believe it was one of the conditions for allowing the sale to go ahead. The decision to sack him was down to management who are long gone - if I remember right, they left not long after he did. There's been a fair amount of cross-site content over the years since they moved back into the building. The old show Professional Wednesdays was hosted on both sites, for example.

In short, this is nothing new. Jeff and Peter seem to get on particularly well, given their shared interest in classic games; Peter's been on the Bombcast several times.

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@gotrekfabian:

I wasn't aware of this

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2022 earliest, 2021 announce release date, if it's gonna be a ps4 launch price range. Otherwise its like a premium console n it would be at least double that price if they are serious with the 8k. But Id easily spend the extra money if it got out earlier, use my consoles everyday so would be worth it to me.

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@ember_to_flame: 2022? nah that's too far. If that's the case then what's taking so long for TLOU2 to release when they've shown it so much that they have no reason to show up at e3.

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@Jrxbarrett: Don't think they are waiting on ps5, pretty sure TLOU2 comes to ps4, and they(Sony) have already said it was 3 years away at least (end of 2018), considering the price tag everyone is guessing will be around 499, I'm pretty sure with those specs it will not arrive this early with that price tag.

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@ember_to_flame: Everyone is hoping for it to be $499 at the most. Which specs? They said 8k, but that's not gaming. That'll be 8k video output. Ray tracing? Hasn't even been mastered yet. SSD okay... how much space? They haven't given us any real specs. Just speculation.

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@Jrxbarrett: Ever checked the price on a ray tracing graphics card? That's just one of the things they mentioned. And a ssd with 500+gb(will be a minimum of 500) is not cheap either. At the moment the stores has listed ps5 for 999, surely it is not the proper price but that is their speculation(unless they know more idk).

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the funny thing is that MS could easily be way ahead of Sony in gaming if they their act together as far as online stores and overall online business go. Hell they could destroy Steam if they wanted.

I'm not sure why they keep competing in the console landscape.

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@furiouswk: I think they want to chase after the home appliance market, which is a lot bigger than the gaming market. They want their console to eventually work at general entertainment and digital assistant as well as gaming. They seemed to have tried to go in that direction with the original Xbox One concept but people got too freaked out over privacy issues. Maybe it’s because Alexa doesn’t have a camera which is why it has gained more acceptance than the Kinect.

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Please also improve the wifi capabilities, which is extremely bad on the PS4.

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@Gomtor: never use wired, never have issues on ps4 with wireless.

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@bobbo888: You should start. You sleep. Very noticeable difference.

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I hope it won't be more than 399$

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@supamastergamer: lmao don't get your hopes up

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Oh, hi Jeff!

Sony's current media strategy is definitely... odd.

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I love my PS4 pro, but I really want them to step up here and not just make better graphics but to give us more choice about how we want the game to look and run. I much prefer 60 fps before pretty graphics, so give me that choice please.

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Why would I buy a PS5 in 2020, when I can just wait and buy a PS5 PRO in 2021?

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@ronaldmcreagan: lmao ps5 pro. They better not do that. Xbox is dropping two systems. Unless MS announces them with diff release dates then fine but I'm not going for that again. Announce one console and a year or so later you are planning on another release.

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@ronaldmcreagan:

Because we're not hobos and we're willing to spend the same amount on two consoles that we paid for one phone...

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@dmblum1799: Who is this "we" you are talking about? You speak for the entire gamespot community? No, you don't. You speak for no-one but yourself.

And even if money isn't an issue, wouldn't you better off waiting for the PS5 PRO and then playing games with improved framerate and resolution?

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@ronaldmcreagan:

I was speaking in the editorial "we" or the royal "we". And no, given the amount of time I spend playing my current ps4 pro - the amount of money is the amount I'd spend on both consoles would be less than a one day vacation say, skiing at Mammoth Lakes. So trivial.

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@dmblum1799: Yes, I understand, you're a real wealthy and successful guy. That's great. But you still didn't address my question, so I'll ask again....

Wouldn't you better off waiting for the PS5 PRO and then playing games with improved framerate and resolution?

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@ronaldmcreagan:

First of all, I have no idea when that would ever come out, the ps5 pro. Neither do you. So you would give up months if not years of gameplay to make some stupid point. You're whining like all the posters here about nothing. If you don't want to buy a PS5 fine. But what's the point - you have no idea if the PS5 pro will ever come out.

I bought the PS4 on release and I bought the PS4 pro on its release. I have no regrets with either purchase. Do you? Then don't buy Sony products. But I don't have to agree with your bitchy, entitled attitude. If you don't like a product or company or the way they roll out their product, vote with your wallet.

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@ronaldmcreagan: Unless next gen only lasts 2 years, how do you figure a mid gen refresh would come out just a year into it?

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@ronaldmcreagan: I have a backlog for years to come so I will definitely wait for a newer version.

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@ronaldmcreagan: because there wont be a PS5 PRO in 2021

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