Sony on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, presented a new limited series of PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro consoles, which were designed in the memorable style of the first game console. PlayStation which the company launched in 1994.
The Japanese tech company unveiled its new PlayStation 5 Pro console last week, a new version in which the company has increased the graphics power with a larger GPU, improved ray tracing technology and the use of machine learning for scaling.
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Now, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Sony has introduced a limited edition that includes the new PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro console modelsdesigned in a style that refers to the first PlayStation console released by the company on December 3, 1994.
As Sony defined in a statement on its website, it is a “nostalgic view” which does justice 30 years of playing powered by player support and “talented game developers”.
For this, this limited edition was produced from a color PlayStation original and integrates it into the latest PlayStation 5 hardware product line, which includes the standard version and the new Pro version, in addition to the controllers.
On one side, a package with a console PlayStation 5 Pro includes limited edition “hardware” with 2 TB SSDconnection Wi-Fi 7 and related accessories. These are the DualSense and DualSense Edge wireless controllers, the DualSense charging station and the console cover for the disc drive.
Following this line, the company also includes a cable connector housing that offers a design that mimics the cable of the original PlayStation controller. Plus other issues like stickers and poster.
For its part, a package with a console PlayStation 5includes a limited edition PS5 Digital Edition console with memory SSD 1TD. As for accessories, they contain DualSense wireless controller and the disc drive console cover. In addition, it also includes a cable connector housing.
In addition to all this, users will also be able to have these limited edition PlayStation controllers themselves. In particular, they will be able to purchase the PlayStation Portal remote player, the DualSense Edge wireless controller and the standard DualSense, all designed along the lines of the 30th anniversary limited edition.
These new commemorative versions are available for purchase from November 21 this year. Likewise, it’s worth noting that only 12,300 units of the PlayStation 5 Pro bundle will be available.
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PROGRESS OVER 30 YEARS
With this limited edition, Sony wanted to remember all the achievements it has achieved in its “hardware” during its history, with five generations of consoles in which it has implemented “the latest technologies as they develop”.
Thus, the technology company refers to innovations such as the ability to reproduce more than 8 million pixels for 4K resolution on a screen with modern consoles, when the number of pixels at the beginning was about 300 thousand.
The same has happened with audio, which has gone from stereo to surround sound and now uses 3D audio. Other advances are seen in the controls, which started with buttons, then an analog stick was integrated, and later vibration. Now Sony has highlighted that they have tactile controls and even adaptive triggers.
“We believe that the beginning of our journey is an important part of our history at Sony Interactive Entertainment, so we are honoring this moment by incorporating the original PlayStation design theme into the latest PS5 products to celebrate the last 30 years,” he told the video game company. ensuring that they will continue to innovate as technology evolves.
