PlayStation 5 will launch exactly one month today in the United States, meaning we’re now on the home stretch ahead of the console’s release. Europe will follow on 19th November. Key launch titles like Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Bugsnax went gold last week, while Sony released a teardown video of its next-gen device, giving us a better look at the black-and-white box’s internals.
The Japanese giant has also been much more forthcoming about features like backwards compatibility in recent days, confirming that only a handful of titles will not function on the forthcoming format – with the developer of one of those games already working on a patch. The user interface does remain a mystery, but we’re expecting all to be unveiled imminently.
The next four or so weeks should be particularly exciting, as the platform holder reveals more about its roster of launch games, and the hardware it’s assembled. How are you going to keep yourself occupied through until launch? Are you starting to get excited yet? What information do you still want to know? Tickets for the hype train are available in the comments section below.
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Almost there!
Meanwhile in old Blighty, where we still have over a month to go....
Plus one week for many of us
Nearly there now peeps, just over a month in UK still, but hopefully time will go quickly and before we know it we will be playing on our nice new consoles. Hopefully Sony will do something each week to the run up now, but honestly not holding my breath, some more gameplay footage, UI, and some info on plus if anything is different, and some other features we probably don't know yet.
@DonJorginho I’m reading on Twitter that all accessories will be available on the 12th apart from the DualSense. So we can sit with our pulse 3D headsets on and pretend to play the ps5 😊
Booked the 19th and 20th off ready to set up the machine and dive into Miles Morales and Demon's Souls!
Not in Europe
But at least the PS5 and Cyberpunk 2077 launch on the same day there, I really hope Cyperpunk has 4K and/or 60fps day one on PS5 (I'm not speaking of the big PS5 upgrade that adds ray tracing etc, I know that that one comes later)
My parents have my PS5 and Sackboy secured for me this Xmas. Hype overload!
Still don't know when ps5 will be available here in Indonesia
I still playing ghost of tsushima, spelunky 2, and genshin impact while waiting for ps5 to arrive in my country. I actually has a lot of backlog so if I can't get ps5 this year, I still have a lot of games to play.
Not buying at launch so no hype for me right now.
Bizarrely everything’s but the console will be available on 12th now in the UK...
https://twitter.com/simplygames/status/1315582805330493440?s=21
Looking forward to next month. But disappointed Sony haven’t given retail units to the press yet, even under NDA. All gives the impression the software side of things is even still being worked on.
@Fuzzymonkeyfunk Hopefully we won't put on the headset on the day of PS5 delivery and therefore won't hear the postman
@Fuzzymonkeyfunk Time to play Miles Morales on the PS4 with a Pulse Headset and pretend I am a week into the future 😎
@Milt
Yes, my wife has my PS5 secured for my Christmas present so, despite being 37yo, I still have to wait until Christmas, lol.
Still, makes it exciting again.
Was just talking to a friend about this earlier tonight. We were both lucky enough to get launch pre-orders in, and getting pretty hyped now😁
Bring on the 12th!!
As an european I think it's ridiculous in 2020 not having a global launch. Good job yet again Microsoft
Tight on the UK this article.
Yes wont come soon enough, managed to bag a preorder from Argos. Spider man, Astro bot, Sackboy can't wait.
I'll pick it up october 2021, or maybe earlier if God Of War Ragnarok is released before then.
"The user interface does remain a mystery" I am ok with that Sammy. Month and a week I will be trawling the High street.
The month is going fast.wow what a crazy year its been.thanks to sports my Pittsburgh Steelers its been good.and ps5 will sold out everywhere.word up son
@MightyDemon82 ha me too! booked the time off that is.
@Thesnipergecko getting exciting now, first time I'll have got a console at launch since I started gaming more than 30 years ago!
Play has quite a few limits if the darn thing is nowhere to be bought! <.<
Im so hype just to see how the new ps5 controller feels in my hand
So excited! 4 more weeks =D
Meh gussying we will have to wait till wave 2 or 3 as they are all sold out. She times it's for the best anyway as sometimes first wave consoles have issues.
I don't think the UK/EU should have a hard release date. Stores will receive them before the 19th. They should be allowed to sell as soon as they arrive any time after the 12th.
No pre-order here, but I did take the first step in "next gen". I'm retiring my 55" 3D Vizio to the bedroom and replacing it with a 65" X900H. The PS3 will have to carry 3D duties until I can rotate consoles.
Preordered 2 and told my son I can only get 1 for me because I don’t have the cash. He’s going to lose his mind Christmas morning lol.
Praise the Sun!
I'm waiting about 2 years for a purchase. For a year the games will be cross gen... after that the exclusives for ps5 will be truly exclusive.
Pretty hyped. Crazy that it's only a month away.
@andjahiam this is not true, already Demon's Souls at launch and Ratchet are PS5 exclusive, there's lots more too
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L. Oh yeah.whats good big time.hope all is well.yeah claypool is no joke Steelers is 4 and 0.and big ben is playing really good.word up son
@andjahiam With many PS4 games I often spend more time in load screens than I do playing the game. (Witcher 3 as a prime example!). Even if there were no PS5 exclusives, ever, I would try and get one as close to launch as possible for the decreased load times in PS4 games alone.
@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L. The last time Pittsburgh Steelers went 4 and 0 was 1979.and they won the superbowl that year.so now they are 4 and 0 .yeah Pittsburgh Steelers will go to the superbowl this year.and win it all.word up son
You will have to wait until October 19 for the PS5 to be 1 month away
@artemisthemp not if you’re in an area releasing on the 12th. Like me 😁
The 19th is definitely more than one month away!
Hope you lucky Day Ones have a good time slaying demons. Hopefully I get a chance to play before MH Rise launches.
@MarcG420 Send me a picture since I'm curious about how many USB ports it have
@4kgk2 Yes, I can't wait to lovingly stroke my dual sense controller too!
Gonna be such a looong month. Uuuuugh!
I'll be lucky to get my hands on one. >.<
I was never able to secure a preorder, so waiting and hoping that either Amazon, GameStop, or Best Buy will be restocking the disc PS5 soon.
Before the Xbox came out the stores had copies of Halo, so I would spin the game on my finger and imagine what it would be like to play it. Maybe those in the UK can do the same thing .
Please UI, in this week!!
@artemisthemp 3 USB 3.0 type A and one type C all 10Gbps pretty sure
Not interested at the moment. Still saving for one though as i will have no choice but to get a next gen console in a few years
@thedevilsjester my ps4 pro legit shuts off on modern warfare upon start, unless u was already running a triple A game to have fan running at max speed. And I feel you on loading screens dude. That alone is reason to upgrade
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