PS5

Current Sony gaming

PS5 is Sony's PlayStation 5, a video game console released in 2020.

The abbreviation dominates casual conversation about gaming: I finally got a PS5, Is that game on PS5?

Early scarcity made securing one notoriously difficult, spawning its own discourse about bots, scalpers, and luck.

hardware

SSD

Chip-based storage device

  • 4KHigh-resolution video standard
  • HDRExtended luminance technique
  • HDMIAudio-video interface standard

controller · console · processor · graphics · cooling · ray tracing · haptic feedback · disc drive · storage · expansion slot

entertainment

streaming

Real-time digital delivery

Blu-ray · media player · 4K · HDR · Dolby Atmos · home theater · Apple TV · Amazon Prime · Twitch · Crunchyroll

Sony

Blu-ray

High-definition optical media

  • TokyoJapan's capital city
  • JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
  • HorizonCommon naming choice

Spider-Man · Gran Turismo · The Last of Us · Uncharted

gaming

Spider-Man

Arachnid-themed masked hero

multiplayer · exclusives · cross-play · trophy · platinum · campaign · co-op · online · downloads · patches

competition

Xbox

Microsoft gaming console

exclusives · sales · launch · preorder · scalpers · stock · availability · generation · market share

Categories
Opposites
gaming platform rivalry

PS5Xbox Series X

Microsoft's current gaming system

Xbox · Nintendo Switch · Xbox Game Pass · Switch

gaming platform type

PS5PC gaming

Video entertainment via desktop

gaming PC · mobile gaming · board games · arcade cabinet · tabletop gaming

generational position

PS5PS1

Sony's 1994 console

PS2 · Atari 2600 · PSX · NES · PS3

Family

PlayStation

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G