Starfield PS5 Features Revealed - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 April 2026 / 3,807 Views
Bethesda have released a new trailer and details for the upcoming PlayStation 5 version of the space RPG, Starfield.
Starfield will launch for the PlayStation 5 on April 7 alongside the Free lanes update and Terra Armada paid DLC. The game first released for the Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, and Xbox Game Pass in September 2023.
View the PS5 features trailer below:
Read the PS5 details below:
Explore a New Frontier on PlayStation 5
Starfield feels right at home on the PlayStation 5, with the console’s hardware helping every moment feel smooth and responsive as you explore the Settled Systems.
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro Features
On PlayStation 5 Pro, you can pick the look and feel that fits your playstyle. Pro Visual Mode delivers a 4K final rendering output targeting 30 FPS for maximum visual fidelity, while Pro Performance Mode targets 60 FPS for a faster, more fluid experience. Both modes are powered by PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaling technology.
On both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, Starfield supports features like trophies, SSD optimization, and the full set of DualSense experience enhancements below.
DualSense Controller
Adaptive Triggers
Feel the difference from shot to shot. Adaptive triggers add physical resistance and feedback to the L2 and R2 buttons, giving different types of weapons (both ground and starship) their own unique feel.
Light Bar
The DualSense lightbar keeps pace with the action. It shifts color to match your health on the ground or your starship’s status in space, pulsing red when you’re in imminent danger and returning to white as you recover.
Touchpad
Quick presses and swipes on the touchpad make it easier to stay in the flow while exploring. Switch POVs by pressing the left side of the touchpad; open the map with the right side; press and hold the right side to activate your hand scanner; and swipe in different directions to access key menus like Inventory, Missions, and Skills.
Controller Speaker
Audio logs and ship intercom chatter plays directly through the DualSense controller speaker, pulling you deeper into life among the stars.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.
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Seems like the disc version demands and mandatory download to work, bummer. Microsoft is one of the worst when comes to physical media, sadly.
Do you not know the difference between installing and downloading, or what's your point? If a game only requires an installation, it can be played even if service is ended at some point. If it requires a download as well, it cannot be played once service is ended unless you've already downloaded it.
It's definitely only a long-term concern but a concern nonetheless, and one that ties in very closely to the concept of ownership. It might not be something you care about, but others might and do.
Ability to play physical games stretching back to the original Xbox > bitching about partial online downloads from Internet while you are on the Internet
What does one thing has to do with the other?
What about printing actual games on the discs you are selling? Microsoft wasn't happy with screwing their own games so they bought huge companies to screw even more physical game releases. Beyond shameful.
More bitching on the Internet about games requiring a download from the Internet.
Also ever played Redfall? Fallout 76? Bethesda was already fucking their own games up.
Deathloop on PS5 was in the disc. Definitely a Microsoft thing, as we can see in many of their games during this generation, which was a change from before.
Being able to pop in a disc from three generations ago and play the game is also a Microsoft thing since neither of the other two support it, which makes it weird to read MS is among the worst when it comes to physical media. There’s plenty to legitimately complain about with MS but that ain’t it.
But again feel free to bitch on the Internet about needing the Internet to install a game.
Again, what does BC have to do with it?
I mean, I know you long enough, and that it is fruitless to try to have a conversation with you, but I still find it funny you from all people keeps talk about bitching in the internet, lol.
You literally would bitch about a game simply because "it looks japanese", lol.
I am pointing out MS is the best when it comes to supporting physical games. Maybe you want to change your post to say MS is among the worst when it comes to requiring online for game installations. BC is part of supporting physical games. Hope that helps.
And hey by all means, bitch on the Internet about needing the Internet all you want. I am not saying you can’t or shouldn’t, I am simply laughing at the silliness of the complaint. Kind of like you just did about my dislike for Japanese nonsense. But it doesn’t bother me, you do you though.
Of course you would say MS is the best for physical games, it doesn't get any better I'm sure lol.
And there you go, bitching...
