TOKYO — Following a string of new details about the company’s upcoming console, Sony today unveiled the full lineup of of bugs that would be coming to PlayStation 5 on its release day.
“We know our fans can’t wait to get their hands on the PlayStation 5 next holiday season, and that’s why we’re excited to share more information about all of the bugs, glitches, and under-tested features that will be available for the console on the day it launches,” read the press release, which included brief promotional taglines for bugs such as DNS/Hostname Error, Overheated Power Supply, and Untitled Controller Malfunction. “The PS5’s revolutionary hardware opens doors for developers to create new and innovative glitches. Our launch day lineup is a great demonstration of what the console will be capable of.”
A spokesperson for Sony, Yumiko Takeda, emphasized to members of the press that the company was excited about the strong lineup.
“Huge release day bugs are a PlayStation tradition, and PS5 is no different,” said Takeda. “While we are hard at work developing new and surprising ways for PS5 to malfunction, we will also be bringing back classic bugs from previous generations, such as Broken HDMI Cable and Disc Drive Failure. We hope our long time fans will appreciate these manufacturing and software issues.”
At press time, Sony also announced that in addition to the standard version of the console they would be releasing an extremely limited special edition launch day PS5 that doesn’t turn on at all.
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