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Sony's PlayStation 5 will be cool but it might be the last generation

A gamer tries out a Sony PlayStation VR headset during the 2019 China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) at Shanghai New International Expo Center on August 3, 2019, in Shanghai, China. Photo by: Visual China Group via Getty Images

By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff

Published:10/24/2019

Sony and Nintendo are companies that make and sell video game consoles. They compete for the best-selling device. Sony has officially announced it is making the PlayStation 5, but this next generation of devices could be the last.

Sony spoke exclusively with Wired, a technology magazine. The company confirmed it will release the PlayStation 5 in 2020 before the holidays. The devices will support ray-tracing technology, which is a lighting method that makes video games look more realistic.

The console will also have faster and more advanced hardware. Games will load more quickly and the device will save information faster. The hardware should also have higher graphic resolutions.

Plenty Of Game Console Competition

The PlayStation 5 console will compete with the Nintendo Switch and a Microsoft console nicknamed Project Scarlett. The handheld-hybrid Switch can be used with a TV, as a tablet or as a handheld device.

Both the Playstation 5 and the new Microsoft console will arrive around the same time, before the end of 2020. Many video game experts think the PlayStation 5 is part of the last generation of consoles. In the future, people might stream video games on their other devices.

Sony also gave details about the PlayStation 5 controller in a blog post on October 8. The controller will feature what the company calls "adaptive triggers." The controls can be programmed for touch-based resistance, replicating the sensation of pulling the string on a bow.

The new PlayStation will get rid of the old "rumble" vibration technology. Instead, the controllers will have touch-based haptic feedback, featuring a broad variety of different vibrations. Haptic technology lets users control devices through touch, like on the iPhone. Haptics technology was first introduced with PlayStation 3's controllers.

Tough To Top PlayStation 4's Sales

The Wired reporter tested the new controller on a virtual-reality game called "Astro Bot Rescue Mission." The game features many different surfaces for the Astro Bot to run over. The reporter said the controller's vibrations mimicked different feelings in the game, like mud feeling slow and soggy.

For the last six years, Sony was at the forefront of video game consoles. By June, the PlayStation 4 had sold 100 million consoles worldwide, making it the first console to reach that many sales so quickly. Microsoft's Xbox One has sold roughly half that number. The Nintendo Switch has sold more than 36 million at a similar rate to the PlayStation 4.

Both consoles arrive at the edge of what appears to be an all-streaming, cloud-based future. Cloud computing means storing and accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of your computer's hard drive.

New services will allow people to stream games on any device, like their computer or phones, and separate consoles will not be needed. Google Stadia, a streaming video game service, is set to be released in November this year. Microsoft is testing its upcoming xCloud service for Xbox One-level gaming on Android smartphones in some countries.

The Last Of A Game Generation?

Gaming experts believe the PlayStation 5 will be part of the last generation of consoles. Yves Guillemot runs the gaming company Ubisoft. He told Variety magazine last year that an all-streaming future will make gaming more accessible to players. Executives at large software publishers such as Square Enix and Take-Two Interactive Software also expressed doubts about how much excitement another generation of consoles can offer.

It has been a while since computer imaging has excited people, though. The PlayStation 5 appears to be an opportunity to once again amaze the gaming audience. Even PC gamers, who already play games on the computer, have a lot to look forward to. Because of the popularity of consoles, game makers often used old PlayStation 4 consoles as the basis for their games. They held back performance on products that could be made for fancier computers.

The computer magazine PC World says that the PlayStation 5 will feature technology even computer gamers cannot own yet. Therefore, the next generation of video game consoles will benefit everyone.