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Sony PlayStation 5
Sony's current system. Releasing on November 12th, 2020 in North America, the PS5's custom AMD Zen 2 CPU, 16 GB + 512 MB RAM, and resolution up to 3840 × 2160/7680 × 4320 is certainly powerful and performing well, although held back by supply chain roadblocks since launch. As of now, nothing in the name of EOPs is available for the system, although this will hopefully change sometime in the future…
Operating Systems (Custom AMD Zen 2 series)
NSA OS
How to get spied on by the NSA. To be serious, some hacking progress is finally being made for these things, albeit slowly…
https://www.psxhax.com/tags/ps5-hacking/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/12/new-ps4-homebrew-exploit-points-to-similar-ps5-hacks-to-come/
Version & Revision Guide
For general information, see the Game Console Revisions Overview.
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Versions
There are two versions of this console, arranged chronologically.
“PlayStation 5 (standard)” (2020-present)
RECOMMENDED OVERALL
The version of the PS5 that's capable of doing more. If you want to play physical copies of games, get this one. If you want to save a bit of money and don't care about disks, get the Digital Edition. Simple as that.
“PlayStation 5 Digital Edition” (2020-present)
LOWEST PRICE
No disk drive. Otherwise identical to the normal PS5 in capabilities. Get this if you value money more than disks.
Revisions
There are two revisions within both versions.