The release date of 'PlayStation 5 (PS5)' will be decided on November 12th & the price will start from 39,980 yen & detailed specifications will be revealed

The release date and price of 'PlayStation 5 (PS5)' have been announced. The release date of PS5 in Japan is Thursday, November 12, 2020, and the regular model with optical drive will start from 49,980 yen, and the digital edition without drive will start from 39,980 yen.

Amazon.co.jp: PlayStation 5 (CFI-1000A01): Game

[Japanese] PLAYSTATION 5 SHOWCASE --YouTube


The PS5 body that is projected.

Seen from the side, it looks like this.

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With the SONY logo engraved on the exterior ...

PlayStation logo.

Two models, PS5 and Digital Edition without drive.

The main unit price of PS5 is 49,980 yen, and Digital Edition is 39,980 yen.

The release date is November 12, 2020 (Thursday) for Japan, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea, and November 19 (Thursday) for others.

The suggested retail price for exclusive accessories has also been announced.

DualSense wireless controller (single item): 6980 yen
PULSE 3D Wireless Headset: 9980 yen
HD camera: 5980 yen
Media remote control: 2980 yen
DualSense charging stand: 2980 yen

At the same time, the detailed specifications of PS5 were also released.

CPU: x86-64-AMD Ryzen Zen 2 (8 cores / 16 threads, variable up to 3.5GHz)
GPU: AMD Radeon RDNA 2-based graphics engine (ray tracing acceleration, variable up to 2.23GHz, 10.3TFLOPS)
Memory (RAM): GDDR6 16GB (448GB / s)
SSD: 825GB (reading speed: 5.5GB / s)
Optical drive: Ultra HD Blu-ray (66G / 100G) -10xCAV, BD-ROM (25G / 50G) -8xCAV, BD-R / RE (25G / 50G) -8xCAV, DVD-3.2xCLV
PS5 Game Disc: Ultra HD Blu-ray (up to 100GB)
Video output: HDMI OUT terminal (4K / 120Hz, 8K, VRR compatible (HDMI2.1 standard))
Audio: Tempest 3D audio technology
External dimensions: PS5: Width 390 mm x Height 104 mm x Depth 260 mm, PS5 Digital Edition: Width 390 mm x Height 92 mm x Depth 260 mm
Weight: PS5: Approximately 4.5kg, PS5 Digital Edition: Approximately 3.9kg
Maximum power consumption: PS5: 350W, PS5 Digital Edition: 340W
Input / output: USB Type-A terminal (Hi-Speed USB), USB Type-A terminal (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps) x 2, USB Type-C terminal (Super-Speed USB 10Gbps)
Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), IEEE 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac / ax, Bluetooth® 5.1