New PS5 feature should bring PlayStation tournaments in 2022

The eSports area will be further expanded on the PS5 this year.

Nowadays, PlayStation is best known for high quality single player games. Bloodborne, The Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, to name a few. What many of you may not know: Sony has also been active in the eSports sector for several years, and last year even bought the famous fighting game tournament Evo.

According to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan, all sorts of competitive gaming will be happening on the PS5 this year, and the console will be more geared towards eSports. (Source: PushSquare)

Firmware update should bring more eSports to the PS5

During Sony’s keynote at CES 2022, Ryan spoke about future firmware updates for the PS5, revealing a new feature:

The background: For several years Sony has been organizing the so-called PlayStation Tournaments (Challenger and Open Series), on which competitive games such as NBA 2K22, Rainbow Six Siege or Mortal Kombat 11 are played. The winners can look forward to cash prizes, but there are also small rewards just for participating.

On the PS4, events, such as the ESL, used to be accessible via the dashboard. Once registered, matches could be started directly from the menu. However, the feature was released in mid-2020 removed with update 8.0.

More current news about the PS5:

That could bring the Tournaments feature

Similar to the previous PS4 dashboard feature, the eSports update for the PS5 will make it easy to enter online tournaments. This does not only apply to the game itself, but also to watching. We can also expect a Discord connectionafter Sony invested in voice chat service in 2021.

Last year, Sony also filed a patent that allows viewers to kick players out of the game. As soon as further official information about the upcoming eSports update comes to light, we will of course inform you about it.

What do you expect from the eSports connection to the PS5?