{"id":367192,"date":"2020-09-14T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=367192"},"modified":"2020-09-14T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T11:49:25","slug":"sony-to-host-playstation-5-showcase-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/367192-sony-to-host-playstation-5-showcase-this-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Sony to host PlayStation 5 showcase this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony has announced<\/strong><\/a> that it will hold a PlayStation 5 showcase on Wednesday 16 September.<\/p>\n

The presentation, which will span about 40 minutes, will provide updates regarding the latest games from Sony’s development partners.<\/p>\n

The event will be streamed on Twitch and YouTube at 22:00 South African time.<\/p>\n

Sony did not provide any information regarding whether it would unveil the release date and pricing for the PlayStation 5 console, but it is likely that Sony will do so in response to Microsoft’s recent announcement.<\/p>\n

The PlayStation 5 will come in two iterations – a regular PlayStation, and a disc-less digital edition.<\/p>\n

When Sony does announce its pricing, it will be competing with the Xbox Series X and S, which will be priced at $499 and $299 respectively.<\/p>\n

The latter does not allow for 4K gaming but could be an attractive option for those who aren’t willing to spend much more than this on a console.<\/p>\n

Rumours<\/strong><\/a> have suggested that the standard PlayStation 5 will cost the same as the Xbox Series X – $499 – while the digital version would cost slightly less, but much more than the Xbox Series S.<\/p>\n

Specifications<\/h3>\n

Sony previously unveiled<\/strong><\/a> the specifications of the PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n

The PlayStation 5 will provide 10.28 teraflops of graphics processing power and features an AMD RDNA 2 GPU with 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz.<\/p>\n

The CPU is a custom 8-core AMD Zen 2 unit that has been clocked at 3.5GHz and will run at variable frequencies.<\/p>\n

The console will also offer 16GB of GDDR6 RAM along with an 825GB SSD which will be able to deliver bandwidth of 5.5GB\/s.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Sony will allow users to expand their storage with an NVMe SSD expansion slot or by using an external HDD through USB.<\/p>\n

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X specifications are compared below.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/th>\nXbox Series X<\/th>\nPlayStation 5<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
CPU<\/strong><\/td>\nAMD Zen 2 (8-Core 3.8GHz)<\/td>\nAMD Zen 2 (8-Core 3.5GHz)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nAMD RDNA 2 (12 TFLOPS)<\/td>\nAMD RDNA 2 (10.28 TFLOPS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/strong><\/td>\n16GB GDDR6<\/td>\n16GB GDDR6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Internal storage<\/strong><\/td>\n1TB SSD<\/td>\n825GB SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Expandable storage<\/strong><\/td>\n1TB Expansion Card<\/td>\nNVMe SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
External Storage<\/strong><\/td>\nUSB 3.2 External HDD Support<\/td>\nUSB External HDD Support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I\/O Throughput<\/strong><\/td>\n2.4GB\/s<\/td>\n5.5GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Optical Drive<\/strong><\/td>\n4K Blu-ray<\/td>\n4K Blu-Ray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"PlayStation<\/a><\/h3>\n

Now read: Xbox Series X will support Dolby Vision and Atmos in games<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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