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Emulation:PlayStation 5

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PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 cover
Related controllers
DualSense
DualSense Edge
Predecessor
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5 on Wikipedia

The PlayStation 5 is a video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment and manufactured by Sony, released on November 19, 2020 and is a 9th-generation video game console.

The PlayStation 5 is powered by a single AMD's semi-custom SoC containing a 8-core AMD x86-64 Zen 2 CPU and a 36CU AMD RNDA 2 GPU, with 16GB of unified memory (GDDR6). It has a built-in SSD (with 5GB/s of transfer speed) as its storage media that can be expanded with a M.2 NVMe SSD and utilize the UltraHD Blu-Ray Disc as its game media format. Its primary controllers are the DualSense and the DualSense Edge. The PlayStation 5 is backward-compatible with PlayStation 4 games.

As of June 1, 2023, there is no PlayStation 5 emulator that are avaialble.

General information

PlayStation 5 at Emulation General Wiki

Remote Play

Allows streaming PlayStation 5 to PC at 1080p, 60 FPS with HDR support.
Requires DualShock 4, DualSense or DualSense Edge with official driver, Windows 10 or macOS 10.13 and a SEN activated and logged-in account. DualSense and DualSense Edge are required to play PS5 games, but DualShock 4 can be used to play PS4 games.
Some PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games prevent the console from streaming to the PC on copyright reasons.
Install and use PS Remote Play
  1. Download the client and install it.
  • From PS5:
    1. From the home screen, select [Settings] > [System] > [Remote Play], and then turn on [Enable Remote Play].
    2. To start Remote Play while your PS5 console is in rest mode, select [Settings] > [System] > [Power Saving] > [Features Available in Rest Mode]. Then turn on [Stay Connected to the Internet] and [Enable Turning on PS5 from Network].
  • From PC:
    1. Connect the DualShock 4, DualSense or DualSense Edge to the PC via USB.
    2. Launch the Remote Play software.
    3. Log in with SEN account and follow instructions.
Use PS Remote Play with HDR
  1. From the home screen of your PS5 console, go to [Settings] > [Screen and Video] > [Video Output], and then set [HDR] to [Automatic].
  2. From your Windows PC settings, select [System] > [Display] > [Windows HD Color settings], and then turn on [Play HDR games and apps].
  3. Launch the Remote Play software.
  4. From [Settings], go to [Video Quality for Remote Play] and then select the checkbox for [Enable HDR].