UPDATE: Oh dear, they sold out very quickly!
Original story below…
It appears UK retailer GAME couldn’t wait all of 25 minutes until tomorrow rolls round and have open pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 right now! There’s a bunch of bundles available as well which pack in cameras, extra controllers, headsets, chargers, and even the new remote.
Earlier this evening Sony said that PlayStation 5 pre-orders will open tomorrow at selected retailers, you can grab yours from game by clicking this link.
PS5 pre-orders will be available starting as early as tomorrow at select retailers.
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) September 16, 2020
Sony have officially confirmed the PlayStation 5 will launch on November 19th in the UK and will cost £449.99 for the version with a 4K UHD Blu-ray drive and £359.99 for the digital edition.
We’re getting the console slightly later than some other territories. The US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea can get their hands on the console on November 12th. In other territories the console will cost $499.99 / €499.99 / ¥ 49,980 for the disc version and $399.99 / €399.99 / ¥ 39,980.
Here are the hardware specifications for the new console!
CPU | 8 Zen 2 Cores @ 3.5Ghz w/ SMT (variable) |
GPU | 10.28 TFLOPS – 36 CUs @ 2.26Ghz (variable) |
Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 (448GB/s) |
Internal Storage | 825 GB Custom NVME SSD |
I/O Throughput | 5.5 GB/s (Raw), 8-9 GB/s (Compressed) |
Expandable Storage | Approved M.2 third party SSDs in dedicated expansion bay |
External Storage | USB External HDD Support for PS4 games |
Optical Dirve | Ultra HD Blu-ray, up to 100GB/disc |
Video Output | HDMI 2.1 – Up to 4K at 120Hz, 8K, VRR |
Audio | Tempest Engine 3D audio |
More PlayStation 5 News:
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales is coming to PS4 as well as PS5 – Ultimate Edition bundles in a Spider-Man remaster on PS5
- Horizon Forbidden West and Sackboy A Big Adventure are also coming to PS4 with free upgrades to PS5
- PlayStation Plus Collection announced for PlayStation 5, a subscription service featuring PS4 games
Here are some of the games confirmed for PlayStation 5:
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Borderlands 3
- Chivalry 2
- Chorus: Rise As One
- Control
- Dead By Daylight
- Destiny 2
- Dirt 5
- Doom Eternal
- Dying Light 2
- Flea Madness
- Fortnite
- Godfall
- Gods and Monsters
- Gothic Remake
- Guilty Gear Strive
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends
- Keena: Bridge of Spirits
- Hitman 3
- Lord of the Rings: Gollum
- Microman
- Metal Hellsinger
- Monstrum II
- Nour: Play With Your Food
- Observer: System Redux
- Overcooked: All You Can Eat
- Outriders
- Paradise Lost
- PES 2022
- Project Oxygen
- Quantum Error
- Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Roots of Pacha
- Scarlett Nexus
- Sherlock Holmes: Chapter 1
- Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- The Witcher 3
- Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2
- Unnamed Bluepoint Game
- Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
- Warframe
- Warhammer: Chaosbane
- Watch Dogs Legion
- White Shadows
- WRC 9 (and 10 and 11)
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon