Sony is using an interesting way to reveal fresh details about its next-generation console, the PlayStation 5, which we now know is going to come out in the Holiday of 2020. Instead of doing the official releases on special events and dedicated shows, the Japanese console maker delivered the exciting news through an unconventional and more understated manner. The first official information we got about the PlayStation 5 was through an interview given by Sony Interactive Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Mark Cerny to Wired in the early part of 2019.
It appears that the Japanese gaming console maker is making ground-breaking innovations with the PlayStation 5 controller. The first of these is the adaptive triggers, which gamers will be available on controllers' triggers, the R2 and L2 buttons. This new feature allows gamers to experience different degrees of resistance depending on the context of the gameplay.
On the official PlayStation blog, PlayStation President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan describes the new PlayStation 5 controller feature as one that developers can program the level of triggers of resistance so gamers can feel the physical sensation of real-life action like accelerating a vehicle on a rocky terrain or pulling a gun's trigger and firing a shot. Another innovation is the haptic feedback, which will replace the rumble that we have always had in our console gamepads over the years.
Ryan states that the PlayStation 5 controller will have highly programmable voice-coil actuators in the right and left grips. This feature will enable the controller to deliver to players a much broader range of feedback based on what is going on in the game. Ryan continues his description of the PS 5 controller feature as getting a sense of different kind of textures when you the gamer is crashing into the wall or making a tackle in the football game.
We learned from the Wired article that the PlayStation 5 controller would also have an improved speaker as well. According to Jim Ryan, all of these improvements have the potential to be integrated to produce a more powerful experience that simulates different actions. The CEO also confirms that game developers across the gaming industry have already received early models of the controllers so they could work it out during their game development.
We already know some of the specifications of the PlayStation 5, as revealed by Mark Cerny. We now know that the official name of Sony's next-generation gaming console is indeed PS5. Additionally, the PlayStation 5 will have a Solid State Drive (SSD) that will make it easier for game developers to create heavy games and for gamers to experience less frustrating and more immersive gaming experience.
