PS5: 8 CONFIRMED Features We Already Know

4. A More User-Friendly PSN

One of the biggest complaints about the PlayStation dating back to the PS3 has been the rather awkward infrastructure of PSN itself, namely the lack of accessibility features compared to Xbox Live, and worst of all, the inability to simply change your bloody username.

The PS4 era has seen some encouraging improvements, but it's been an awfully long time getting there, and only this past month did Sony actually formally confirm that username changes are set to arrive in an upcoming firmware update. It's only taken them over a decade.

Windows Central writer and industry sleuth Jez Corden recently stated that he heard Sony was working on a "big infrastructure/platform update" in time for the PS5, and that it may be heavily rooted in cloud technology.

Given that Sony could be doing so much more with PSN, it's somewhat encouraging to see them setting the table for a more intuitive and, yes, user-friendly PSN on PS5.

Wouldn't it also be neat for the PS5 to also include a "time played" tab for every game, as Nintendo consoles have been doing for years and years? We know that the PS4 tracks time metrics, but sadly doesn't make them available to players.