Road to NextGen 2020
PS5 launching with support for 10 or more streaming services
All the usual suspects present and accounted for, Sony approaches media consumption differently
Sure, it was not a difficult one to figure out, but it’s always nice to have a breaking story properly confirmed: The Road to NextGen reported a few weeks back that, based on the most recent photos of the PS5 Media Remote, Sony’s new home entertainment system would likely launch with much better support for Internet content services than what the PS4 offered back in 2013. We now have confirmation from Sony — via a post in the official PlayStation blog — that this is indeed the case and, what’s more, things are looking even better for the PlayStation5 as a streaming device than we originally hoped for.
The new PlayStation will launch, according to Sony, with supporting apps for access to Netflix, Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus for movies, TV series, documentaries and other entertainment content, as well as a Spotify app for music. The PS5 will also support YouTube and Twitch from day one — not just for watching content hosted by those services, but also for broadcasting game sessions there in real-time (technical details about resolution and bitrate were not offered at this point).
