Sony PlayStation 5 launching in India on February 2, pre-orders begin January 12
The Sony PlayStation 5 unveiled in June 2020 went on sale in some markets from November 12, and it was expected to arrive in India on November 19. But that didn t happen due to multiple reasons, and Sony didn t provide an exact date of release of the PS5 in the South Asian country as fans kept waiting for its arrival.
That changes today, as Sony announced that PlayStation 5 will launch in India on February 2, with pre-orders going live on January 12 on Amazon.in, Flipkart, Croma, Reliance Digital, and a bunch of other retail partners.
Sony PlayStation 5 India launch date is February 2; Pre-order details inside
If you are a fan of PS5 in India, this has got to be the best New Year’s gift from Sony. The company has finally announced a launch date of PlayStation 5 for the country.
Sony‘s PlayStation India, via a Twitter post, made the breaking announcement. Accordingly, the next-gen Gaming Console will launch officially on February 2, 2021, in India. Before that, you can start pre-ordering it from January 12 at 12 PM IST(UTC+ 05:00). Below is the list of online and retail partners where you can pre-order the PS5:
Amazon
Select Authorized Retail Partner
PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition both have a similar AMD RDNA 2 graphics unit along with the 8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU as the Series X and Series S.
The PS5 GPU is clocked higher (2.23GHz) but has fewer compute units (36) than the new Xbox consoles. That results in a total GPU power of 10.28 teraflops, lower than the 12.15 teraflops managed by the Series X, but it is not a direct comparison as the PlayStation 5 is capable of variable frequency.
Even with the CPU, the PS5 is capable of variable frequency. While the Xbox consoles have dual clock speeds 3.8GHz / 3.6GHz with SMT for Series X, and 3.6GHz / 3.4GHz with SMT for Series S the PS5 is clocked at 3.5GHz with simultaneous multithreading (SMT). The PS5 comes with 16GB GDDR6 RAM on board. The PS5 features 4K Blu-ray drive and supports discs too.