5 Reasons To Be Excited For The New Sony PS5

Since 1994, Sony has had one of the biggest footholds in the gaming industry and with the Sony PS5 coming this holiday 2020, it’s time to get excited. The Sony PS5 promises to be the most powerful console Sony has ever made, with some genuinely useful features and some neat upgrades.

Some gamers, though, are still on the fence on whether to splurge on the new console when it comes out. That’s why we’ve come up with five reasons why we should all look forward to the PS5 release.

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1. Exclusive Games

The PlayStation has always had a wide range of exclusive games. Most of them have since become successful franchises.

From God of War to The Last of Us, the PlayStation’s games are often some of the most critically acclaimed games of their time. This trend is certain to continue with the PS5. Sony has already announced Horizon Forbidden West, along with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

So, it’s only a matter of time until we get announcements from other publishers like Naughty Dog and Santa Monica Studio. Even if, as rumors suggest, games will cost $10 more, we believe that their improved quality will be enough to win gamers over.

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2. The Sony PS5 SSD

Sony has been vocal about how the new solid-state drive will literally be a game-changer. Even though SSDs have been around for years, this will be their first time in home consoles. In addition, Sony has insisted that the PS5’s SSD will be even more powerful than the ones on regular PCs.

If this is even halfway true, it means that loading screens will be a thing of the past. Installation times will also be much shorter. With time, developers should also discover ways of making games even more immersive thanks to the SSD’s speeds.

3. Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility is an essential feature to pull gamers towards the PS5. This feature was sorely missed in the PS4, so it’s great that Sony listened to gamers.

The Sony PS5 will play a range of PS4 titles, and most of the PS4’s 100 most-played games will be playable at launch. If that wasn’t enough, any game that developers submit for PS4 certification after July 2020 should also be PS5-compatible.

This means that players who choose to go for the PS5 will not feel like they are abandoning the PS4. And who knows? The games might even run better on the new console!

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4. Selective Installation

The PS5 will have selective installation, meaning that the console will not force gamers to fully install games to play them.

Instead, gamers will have a choice on what to install. If, for instance, they aren’t interested in the multiplayer aspect of a game, they can simply install the single-player parts only.

Likewise, players can choose to install multiplayer and ignore the story mode until later. Thanks to the SSD, gamers will also be able to access the removed parts instantaneously.

This is a handy feature since most of the new AAA games are massive in size and have both single-player and multiplayer options. The PS5’s games will naturally be even bigger in size.

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5. 4K UHD Drive

Some gamers might choose to go with the Digital Edition and forgo the drive. However, those who go for the bigger version will get a nice treat. Sony has finally added a 4K UHD Drive to its console.

This will finally allow gamers to use their 4K Blu-ray discs to view media in glorious 4K. It will also save on a lot of downloading time if someone just wants to pop a disc inside and play a game or watch a movie. And gamers without a 4K UHD Blu-ray no longer have to worry about getting it separately, which will, in essence, give the PS5 more value.

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