Unconfirmed PS5 startup video with black controller: cold start takes 20 seconds
A Reddit user under the pseudonym wsb_BernieMadoff claims that he paid € 100 to someone in Russia for a video showing the loading process of the Sony PlayStation 5. The video itself was promptly removed from everywhere, but conclusions have already been made, and “The Internet remembers everything,” and you can find it if you wish. We’ll restrict ourselves to screenshots.
Many doubt the video’s authenticity, but it is known that Japanese streamers will soon begin to share their impressions of the console, so it is definitely available to a select few people in different countries. If the video is genuine (as indicated by the boot animation), it remains unknown how the source got hold of the console. Someone thinks that the controller may be fake: until now, the Japanese company has shown to the public only a standard white gamepad. However, we can talk about a devkit – earlier on the Web, real photos of a black DualSense with white buttons have already been published.
Also, many have expressed doubts about the authenticity due to the lack of a user interface in the video. But, given that even a low-content video caused a stir, and someone paid € 100 for a 25-second video of the console loading, it is easy to understand why the informant wisely did not show the rest.
By the way, the video also showed the Russian speech of two people in the following sequence (as far as you can make out):
– Why does Sony have two cameras? For two users? One for one Bluetooth controller, and the other for another?
– No, it’s like in phones like two cameras.
– Portrait mode?
– Yeah.
It is difficult to extract any other information from the video. Except that the system boot takes quite an impressive 20 seconds for a console with a high-speed SSD; the usual warning for epileptic sufferers is displayed during boot; after starting and displaying a light animation with sparks, it is proposed to choose one of several accounts.
