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Gamers will now be able to store PS5 games on an external USB storage hard drive but will not be able to play games directly from it.
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.It was announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, was launched on November 12, 2020, in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea, and was released worldwide a week later.
Custom firmware, also known as aftermarket firmware, is an unofficial new or modified version of firmware created by third parties on devices such as video game consoles, mobile phones, and various embedded device types to provide new features or to unlock hidden functionality.
The duration from the eighth generation until the start of the ninth was one of the longest in history, having started in 2012 with the release of Nintendo's Wii U.Past generations typically had five-year windows as a result of Moore's law, [9] but Microsoft and Sony instead launched mid-console redesigns, the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro. [10]
3 million [4] June 22, 2023: Action role-playing: Square Enix Creative Business Unit III: Square Enix: Astro Bot: 1.5 million [5] September 6, 2024: Platformer: Team Asobi: Sony Interactive Entertainment: Demon's Souls: 1.4 million [6] November 12, 2020: Action role-playing: Bluepoint Games: Sony Interactive Entertainment: EA Sports FC 24: 1.04 ...
It runs on a Snapdragon 662 system-on-chip. [16] Software-wise it runs on a heavily modified version of Android 13. [16] Unlike the Nintendo Switch or Sony's own previous PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable, the PlayStation Portal is not a standalone game console and only functions as a streaming receiver for PlayStation 5.
The native operating system of the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a fork of FreeBSD version 9.0 which was released on January 12, 2012. [6] [7] The software development kit (SDK) is based on LLVM and Clang, [8] which Sony has chosen due to its conformant C and C++ front-ends, C++11 support, compiler optimization and diagnostics. [9]
A new app, PlayStation Communities was released on November 29, 2016. [6] The PlayStation App was completely redesigned on November 7, 2017, with improved load times. The second screen functionality was spun off into its own app and the ability to view live broadcasts and remove trophy lists with a completion rate of 0% were removed. [7]