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Sony did not identify individual changes in this note.", "release_date": "2022-05-12", "release_date_source_id": "H696", "release_region": "Contemporaneous English-language rollout report", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The dated report identifies 22.01-05.10.00 as released on May 12, 2022 and reproduces Sony’s one-line note.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony support note — reproduced", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H03", "H696" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "ps5", "version": "05.02.00", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability. 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Sony did not identify individual changes in this note.", "release_date": "2022-03-08", "release_date_source_id": "H699", "release_region": "Contemporaneous English-language rollout report", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The dated report says Sony released 21.02-04.51.00 on March 8, 2022 and reproduces the one-line patch note.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony support note — reproduced", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H03", "H699" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "ps5", "version": "04.50.00", "change": "Improved system performance. Sony did not identify individual changes in this note.", "release_date": "2021-12-01", "release_date_source_id": "H700", "release_region": "Contemporaneous Spanish-language availability report", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The December 1, 2021 report identifies version 21.02-04.50.00 and says it was already available for all PS5 models.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony support note — reproduced", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H03", "H700" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "ps5", "version": "04.03.00", "change": "Improved system performance. Sony did not identify individual changes in this note.", "release_date": "2021-10-20", "release_date_source_id": "H701", "release_region": "Contemporaneous English-language rollout report", "release_date_status": null, "release_date_status_reason": null, "available_by": null, "available_by_region": null, "available_by_source_id": null, "announcement_date": null, "date_note": "The dated report identifies 21.02-04.03.00 as the October 20, 2021 PS5 firmware release and reproduces the console note.", "status": "documented", "evidence_level": "Sony support note — reproduced", "variants": null, "source_ids": [ "H03", "H701" ], "observed_at": "2026-09-11" }, { "platform": "ps5", "version": "04.02.00", "change": "Improved system-software operating stability. 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