New photos of the actual PlayStation 5 dev kit surfaced online earlier today and offered a better look not only at the development kit hardware but also at the DualShock 5 controller. Additionally, it confirms once again more previously leaked images showing the same PS 5 dev kit. Moreover, the new set of images gives us a better look at the Blue-ray drive as well as the USB ports of the upcoming next-generation gaming console from Sony.
The new set of leaked PlayStation 5 images emerged just before the start of the CES 2020. Earlier, Sony updated its official website and teased about the future that might be unveiled at the upcoming consumer electronics event. The site triggered speculations that Sony might officially unveil the PlayStation 5 at the upcoming event.
The new set of leaked images reveals that it is the same as the previous leaked PlayStation 5 dev kit photos. It retains the V-shaped hole in the front, along with the blue marking indicating essential networking details. The controller in the images appears to be the same as the current generation DualShock pad.
The DualShock details in the recently leaked photo align with what Wired revealed last year when it saw the machine. But, it is worth mentioning that the PS5 dev kit in the photo is just a kit game developers use, and it will not be the same as the actual PlayStation 5 gaming console that will be released sometime in the holiday of 2020. At this point, we only know very little about the PS if the official statements of Sony Interactive Entertainment are to go by.
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PlayStation 5 will feature a custom variant of AMD Radeon Navi and will house a CPU based on the third generation AMD Ryzen line. The next-generation gaming console from Sony will support ray tracing and will have a Solid State Drive (SSD). Other leaks reveal that the PlayStation 5 will feature 9.2 Teraflops power while its rival, the Xbox Series X, will feature 12 teraflops power.
The central processing unit of the PS5 will have eight cores of AMD's 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture. A recent leak from the popular DJ and gamer HipHopGamer revealed that like Xbox, PlayStation 5 would feature backwards compatibility. Sony is working on a 'remastering engine' that will allow Sony's next-generation gaming console to run PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4 games.
It is worth noting that these details are exciting but not official. It is too early to get too excited at this point. But, considering that the PlayStation 5 will arrive before the year ends, expect to see more interesting news and updates about Sony's next-generation gaming console.
