Sony This holiday season, Sony plans to release two new PlayStation consoles in the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 5 "Digital Edition." The two consoles are identical with one exception: The Digital Edition has no disc drive. Sony revealed both versions of the PlayStation 5 during a lengthy video broadcast on Thursday, and we got our first real look at the next-game PlayStation game console. Here's every little detail we noticed about the futuristic-looking new console. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. After months of speculation and teases, Sony finally unveiled the PlayStation 5 console on Thursday in a lengthy video presentation. If nothing else, the PlayStation 5 looks distinct. It is a relatively dramatic design departure from the last several generations of PlayStation console, with a two-tone finish, dramatic fins, and a glowing blue light emanating from the interior crevices.