Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) launches its next-generation console, PlayStation 5 (PS5), in South Africa today, with pricing details announced.
The PS5 Digital Edition will
be available for a recommended retail price (RRP) of R10,000 and PS5 with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc
drive will be available for an RRP of R12,000. With the exception of the
Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive itself, both PS5 models offer the same
specifications.
“Today
marks a historic moment for the PlayStation brand, and all of us at SIE
are pleased to celebrate the release of
PlayStation 5 together with our community of fans, game developers, and
industry partners,” says Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive
Entertainment. “PS5 is a truly next-generation console representing the
beginning of a new era for gaming. We are
humbled to work with a talented community of world class game
developers. Their creativity will bring limitless possibilities to what
the future of gaming can look like on PS5.”
SIE
is marking the launch by lighting up iconic buildings and popular sites
in 25 territories around the world,
projecting images of the PlayStation shapes, the PS5 console, the
DualSense wireless controller, and other PlayStation brand imagery.
PlayStation 5’s game library is led by launch day titles from SIE Worldwide Studios, including Marvel’s
Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and
Astro’s Playroom. More
than three dozen new games will be available for the holiday season,
including highly anticipated games from SIE’s publishing
partners, such as Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Activision),
Fortnite (Epic Games), FIFA
21 (EA), NBA 2K21
(2K), Godfall (Gearbox Publishing),
Watch Dogs: Legion and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
(Ubisoft). Meanwhile, new
titles from independent developers, such as Bugsnax (Young
Horses) and The Pathless (Giant
Squid/Annapurna Interactive) will increase the breadth of diverse content coming to PS5.
Upcoming
Worldwide Studios exclusives include Ratchet
and Clank: Rift Apart, Returnal, Destruction AllStars, Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7,
and a new
God of War
game. Additional games launching first on PS5 include DEATHLOOP from
Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks, Ghostwire:
Tokyo from
Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks, Project
Athia (Working
Title) from
Luminous Productions/Square Enix, and Final
FantasyXVI from
Square Enix. Resident
Evil Village
from Capcom and Hogwarts
Legacy from
Warner Bros Games round out the lineup.
At launch, PlayStation Plus members can access a curated lineup of 20 PlayStation4 games with the PlayStation Plus Collection,
available to download and play on PlayStation 5. The PlayStation Plus Collection features critically acclaimed games, including Batman:
Arkham Knight, Bloodborne, Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicle Edition, Fallout 4, God of War, Monster Hunter: World,
Final Fantasy XV, Resident
Evil 7 Biohazard,Persona
5, The Last of Us Remastered, and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.
Inspired
by a global community of creators, says SIE, PS5 will bring players
into game
worlds with unprecedented speed, visual fidelity and sensory immersion.
Gamers will experience near-instant load times thanks to PS5’s
ultra-high speed solid state drive (SSD), as well as “breathtaking 4K
graphics and silky-smooth gameplay”, up to 120 frames
per second. With enhanced haptic feedback and adaptive triggers of the
DualSense wireless controller and immersive soundscapes made possible by
Tempest 3D AudioTech, PlayStation 5 promises to heighten players’
senses, “making them feel transported into their
game world”.
In
addition to gaming experiences, PlayStation 5 offers a curated lineup
of some of the most popular streaming services available at launch,
including Netflix, Spotify, Twitch, and YouTube. There will be a
dedicated space exclusively for media entertainment on PlayStation 5,
making it quick to switch between games and movie/TV.
For more information on where to buy the PS5, visit https://www.playstation.com/en-za/ps5/buy-now/.
