Key Points:
- Sony announced its Play Station 5 (PS5) launch dates in India. Sony’s PS5 will start distribution in India from February 2, 2021 and pre-orders for the same will begin from January 12, 12 PM.
- The pre-orders will open on Amazon, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital, Games – The Shop, Shop at Sony Center, Vijay Sales and selected other authorized retail partners.
- The standard PlayStation 5 console, with built-in 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive, will retail in India at Rs. 49,990.
- The PS5 is powered by an octa-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz.
- 3.4 million units of the PlayStation 5 were shipped in the first four weeks making it the highest selling PlayStation console ever.
On the very first day of 2021, Sony announced its Play Station 5 (PS5) launch dates in India. Sony’s PS5 will start distribution in India from February 2, 2021 and pre-orders for the same will begin from January 12, 12 PM.
Sony said that the PS5 stocks are limited and the pre-orders will begin from Tuesday, January 12. The pre-orders will open on Amazon, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital, Games – The Shop, Shop at Sony Center, Vijay Sales and selected other authorized retail partners, according to an official statement from the company.
Key Details
- Pre-orders will go live at 12 PM on January 12 via selected sales partners.
- A few sales partners are Amazon, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital, Shop at Sony Center, Games The Shop and Vijay Sales.
- Pre-orders will remain open until stock lasts at individual retailers.
- The all-new PS5, which is offered in standard and Digital Edition variants, will go on sale starting February 2.
- The standard PlayStation 5 console, with built-in 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive, will retail in India at Rs. 49,990.
- The Digital Edition will be slightly cheaper at Rs. 39,990, which is an all-digital version of the PS5 console (without disk drive).
- The PS5 is powered by an octa-core AMD Zen 2 CPU clocked at 3.5GHz.
- It has a RDNA 2 GPU that delivers 10.28 teraflops and 36 compute units clocked at 2.23GHz.
- It also packs 16GB of GDDR6 RAM and custom-made 825GB of SSD storage with 5.5GB/s throughput.
- The console supports up to 8K game streaming at 120fps, 3D audio, and backward compatibility with PS4 titles.
The reviews of the PS5, worldwide, have been extraordinarily amazing. According to a report by Gematsu, 3.4 million units of the PlayStation 5 were shipped in the first four weeks making it the highest selling PlayStation console ever. US, Canada, Mexico, Australis, New Zealand and many other countries saw the launch of PS5 on November 12, 2020 and the demand for the Play Station has been high ever since the pre-bookings were opened by Sony.
