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The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Released on November 12, 2020, the PlayStation 5 is part of the ninth generation of video game consoles. It is backwards compatible with the PlayStation 4, which it succeeded.

A digital edition of the PS5

The system was sold either with an optical drive, or without one as a digital edition. A PS5 Slim was released in 2023, featuring a optical drive expansion system allowing for upgrades to digital only consoles.

System Specifications

* Processor: AMD x86-64 Zen 2 based, with 8 cores and 16 threads.

• Storage: SSD (User upgradable)
• RAM: 16GB GDDR6
• Media: 100GB Ultra-HD Blu-Ray. Games are not run directly from the disk, but installed to the internal drive and then run, negating speed issues.
  • Optional: Digital only systems without the drive have been sold.
  • The drive can be replaced or added in slim models, albeit requiring an internet connection to do so. (Even on first setup for drives that shipped with a console from a factory).
  • Replacement slim drives were sold.

* Display: HDMI

Graphics: 36 AMD RDNA2 graphic compute units

* Backwards Compatibility: With the PlayStation 4.