Prominent journalist and network informant Tom Henderson (Tom Henderson) has shared information about a major system software update for the Sony PlayStation 5 game console. According to Henderson, PlayStation 5 firmware number 7.00 will be available soon and will bring some important new features. .

First of all, it’s about being able to play cloud games on console instead of downloading them to hard drive. The feature was tested in 2022 with the codename Project Cronus and will only be available to PlayStation Plus Premium subscribers. Also, PlayStation 5 will finally get full Discord integration, which has been hinted at for a long time. As some of you may remember, Sony signed a partnership agreement with Discord in May 2021.

The full version of Firmware 7.00 for PlayStation 5 is expected to be released on March 8. Today Sony released a small update labeled 20.02-02.50.00 that not only improves the console’s performance, but also adds support for the DualSense Edge wireless controller.