Ask a friend to take over your controller from across the internet. At the time, Sony gave every indication that it would harness the full potential of a PlayStation cloud.
Mind you, Google is already having plenty of trouble meeting the lofty goals it cribbed from Gaikai, breaking many of the promises it made before launch. But how did Sony let Google become the front-runner in cloud gaming to begin with, after having the better part of a decade to freely build it out? His words:. With the Gaikai cloud technology, our goal is to make free exploration possible for virtually any PlayStation 4 game in the PlayStation Store. You can simply press the X button to hop in and start playing the game.
That was why Gaikai originally streamed games from YouTube and Facebook ads — they were legitimately ads! It worked with an off-the-shelf Android tablet. However, the lighter PS5 weight is due to a much smaller heat sink , which, according to one tester, has resulted in higher operating temperatures. The system stands up securely in vertical mode with the base attached, but I found the base to be far more finicky in horizontal orientation. It took me a few tries before I could get it to lay flat securely on the base.
I eventually got the PS5 to sit still horizontally in my entertainment center, but the fact that the console slid off the base quite easily unless it was positioned just right gives me some pause. I find that the console looks like an unsightly, oversized cable modem when standing vertically, due to its pointy white side panels and the asymmetrical bulk added on by the Blu-ray drive. But I've grown somewhat fond of how it looks sitting horizontally under my TV, where its curves and edges seem to shine more even if it looks like a miniature Barclays Center.
I also like the attractive LED status lights on each side of the interior, which is both slicker and more pronounced than the status light on the PS4. And the tiny, hidden PlayStation controller icons within the inner panels are a great extra touch. The PS5 has a fairly standard array of ports, complete with some welcome modern conveniences. At launch, the expansion slot was locked but the latest PS5 software update has unlocked it which enables users to add an additional SSD for more storage.
We tested out the process ourselves while the feature was still in beta , and enjoyed some excellent results. The PS5 also works with standard external hard drives, but only for carrying over your digital PS4 games or save files. The PS5 interface is a clean, attractive and snappy evolution of the PS4 software.
Hopping in and out of games and navigating menus feels instantaneous, to the point where the PS4 menu now feels sluggish and cluttered by comparison. The home screen will look familiar to PS4 owners, with a horizontal row of tiles that showcases your most recent games.
I like that the PS5 software looks clean overall, but I do wish there were an option for organizing your games into folders, like there is on PS4. Better yet, you can customize the control center to have quick access to features such as network settings, accessibility options and broadcast controls. Snappy and clean software is great, but the PS5 interface really comes alive when you start playing a game.
Tapping the PlayStation button while playing a PS5 game brings up the Activities menu, which shows information such as the current progress of your mission, a set of trophies you can go after, or a list of in-game activities that you can jump right into.
In this colorful 3D platformer, you can feel and hear the subtle impact of grains of sand while walking through a storm, or experience a smooth gliding sensation when skating over ice, just to name a few examples. Everything from pulling on a rope to gliding around in a jetpack generates an extremely detailed level of force feedback.
Those are the words of CEO, Chairman and President Kenichiro Yoshida, as the company presented its plans to investors, explaining moves like its recent streaming deals with Disney and Netflix, as well as PS5 shortages. The company's goal right now, is to increase the size of the community directly connected to Sony via devices or entertainment from million to 1 billion.
When it comes to the in-demand console there's no big surprise. Sony is selling every PS5 it can make, and despite semiconductor component shortages it expects that sales this year will exceed the One thing to keep an eye on is Sony's cloud gaming and subscription ambitions. More specifically, it offers Now onto the Xbox Series X specs. It also has an eight-core Zen 2 system, but the Xbox Series X version clocks in at 3.
This allows Xbox Series X to support hardware-accelerated real-time ray-tracing, leading to gorgeous visuals. Specifically, the Xbox Series X seems to edge into the lead with each. Case closed? Not quite. Things are much more complicated when you dig a little deeper. To begin with, there's only a tiny gap between the two CPUs in power particularly because the Series X only manages 3. Watch this Halo Infinite-shaped space. Games on both platforms are limited by the lowest common denominator, after all, so even if they're slightly prettier on Xbox, there won't be a tremendous gap.
And frankly, it's not how many teraFLOPs you have that matter - it's how you use them. Both Sony and Microsoft have thrown around 8K gaming as a concept but currently, the only thing that can handle these resolutions is their HDMI 2.
Cheeky, eh? What HDMI 2. That's because of its speed. What does that mean in layman's terms? The PS5 could potentially load games considerably faster than Xbox Series X but as yet, comparisons are strikingly similar. Both consoles' SSDs are advanced enough that they can be used as virtual memory, hence the boost in loading times, open-world smoothness, and quick seamless changes between game screens or types.
It's also worth noting that both systems still accept physical media for the most part, with Sony and Microsoft committing to Blu-Ray support for the foreseeable future despite the digital-only PS5 Digital Edition and Xbox Series S ditching the drives altogether.
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