Sony held a special showcase event for the upcoming PlayStation 5 on September 16. Sony, in the event, revealed that it will launch PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition in India on November 19.
Both the products will be launched in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea on November 12.
They will be launched in the remaining parts of the world on November 19 and the availability in each country is subject to local import regulations.
The launch date for PS5 for China is still under exploration and will be announced at a later date, said the company.
PS5 specfications and features
In terms of specifications, the PS5 will feature a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz and a custom GPU based on AMD's RDNA 2 architecture hardware that promises 10.28 teraflops and 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz.
It will also have 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and a custom 825GB SSD.
The PS5 will also feature a 4K Blu-ray drive and will still support discs, but those games will still require installation to the internal SSD.
Sony is also introducing the multiplayer option starting from this Friday and for PS4 users, the option will be available tomorrow onwards.
PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition price
In PlayStation 5 Showcase, the company announced that PlayStation 5 will be priced at 499.99 USD (about Rs. 36,800) and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition at $399.99 (about Rs. 29,500).
India prices haven't been announced as yet.
PlayStation 5 price
US - $499.99 (about Rs. 36,800)
UK - £449.99 (about Rs. 43,000)
Europe - €499.99 (about Rs. 43,500)
Australia - AU$749.95 (about Rs. 40,300)
Japan - ¥49,980 (about Rs. 35,000)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition price
US - $399.99 (about Rs. 29,500)
UK - £359.99 (about Rs. 34,400)
Europe - €399.99 (about Rs. 34,800)
Australia - AU$599.95 (about Rs. 32,300)
Japan - ¥39,980 (about Rs. 28,000)
The company has also unveiled various games for PlayStation 5. Some of the upcoming games are Final Fantasy XVI, Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales, Hogwarts Legacy, Village, Deathloop, Devil May Cry 5 Special edition and Soulstorm.
Earlier, the company had revealed that the users can experience lightning fast loading with an ultra-high-speed SSD, deeper immersion with support for haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, 3D audio, and built-in microphones.
