SONY PS5
GAMING GADGET OF THE YEAR
If there was anything that kept our chins up in this most craptacular of years (other than the ongoing development of lifesaving vaccines, obvs), it was the promise of shiny new games consoles at the end of it. And boy did they arrive. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are both large, ridiculously powerful machines that will only get better with time – but out of the gate, Sony’s offering edges it. The likes of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Demon’s Souls (reviewed on p76) and Sackboy (p80) mean there’s something for everyone in the launch line-up, while the pre-loaded Astro’s Playroom is a tremendous showcase of the clever tech in the new DualSense controller. Yep, the PS5 is off to a flying start, with some huge games coming in 2021. Given Amazon could have delivered us an air fryer, we’ve even started to warm to the ‘giant router’ design. £450 / playstation.com