Sony presents special edition for 30 years of the PS5 and PS5 Pro

Sony has presented a new limited edition of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro consoles on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, which have been designed in a commemorative style of the first video game console PlayStation which the company launched in 1994.

The Japanese technology company unveiled its new PlayStation 5 Pro console last week, a new version in which the company has boosted the graphical power with a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing technology and the use of machine learning to scale the resolution.

Now, to commemorate its 30th anniversary, Sony has unveiled a Limited edition that includes new models of its PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro consoles designed in a style that references the first PlayStation console launched by the company on December 3, 1994.

As Sony has defined it in a statement on its website, it is a “nostalgic look” which pays tribute to 30 years of games driven by player support and “talented game developers.”

To this end, this limited edition has been manufactured with the color original de PlayStation and integrates it into the latest line of PlayStation 5 hardware products, which includes the standard version and the new Pro version, as well as its controllers.

On the one hand, the package with the console PlayStation 5 Pro includes limited edition hardware with SSD the 2TBconnection WiFi 7 and matching accessories. These include the DualSense and DualSense Edge wireless controllers, the DualSense charging station, and a console cover for a disc drive.

Along these lines, the company also includes a cable connector housing that features a design that mimics the cable of the original PlayStation controller. In addition to other items such as stickers and a poster.

For its part, the package with the console PlayStation 5includes the limited edition PS5 Digital Edition console, with memory SSD the 1TD. As for accessories, it contains the DualSense wireless controller and a console cover for a disk drive. It also includes the cable connector housing.

In addition to all this, users will also be able to have the PlayStation controllers of this limited edition independently. Specifically, they will be able to acquire the PlayStation Portal Remote Player, the DualSense Edge wireless controller and the standard DualSense, all designed in line with the lines of the 30th anniversary limited edition.

These new commemorative versions will be available for purchase starting November 21 of this year. It is also worth noting that only 12,300 units of the PlayStation 5 Pro bundle will be available.

ADVANCES OVER 30 YEARS

With this limited edition, Sony wanted to remember all the advances it has made in its hardware throughout its history, with five generations of consoles in which it has implemented “the latest technology as it progressed.”

The technology company has referred to innovations such as the ability to reproduce more than 8 million pixels for 4K resolution on the screen with current consoles, when, at the beginning, the number of pixels was around 300 thousand.

The same has happened with audio, which has evolved from stereo to surround sound and now uses 3D audio. Other advances are seen in the controls, which started with buttons, then the analogue joystick was integrated and later vibration. Now, Sony has highlighted that they have haptic controls and even adaptive triggers.

“We believe the beginning of our journey is an important part of our history at Sony Interactive Entertainment, so we honor this moment by incorporating the original PlayStation design theme into the latest PS5 products to commemorate the past 30 years,” the video game company said, while assuring that they will continue to innovate as technology evolves.