Famous insider Tom Henderson citing his sources, published new information about the large-scale update of the PlayStation 5 firmware number 7.00. The new version of the operating system of the game console will add full integration with Discord, as well as the ability to play cloud versions of games purchased on PS5 – a feature that will appeal to those who want to save space on their hard drive. However, it will be available only to owners of the premium version of the subscription. PlayStation Plus, the most expensive of the three. According to Henderson’s source, the technology has the working title Cronus and has been in development for several months.
The firmware release will take place on March 8, and beta testing will start “in the coming days.” According to the source of the leak, the beta test will be limited in time and will end on January 30th. Apparently, on this day, all participants will be offered to “roll back” to the previous version of the OS.
In addition, it is noted that during testing, the functionality of full integration with Discord will not be available to users. Probably, Sony engineers continue to work on this feature.
Shortly before the release of the news about firmware version 7.00 for the PlayStation 5, a minor update was released that adds support for controllers DualSense Edge. Earlier, we published a material that collected the impressions of journalists who personally tested the new “elite” controller for PS5.
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