PS5: Sony cancels appearances, is a live stream now coming to Playstation 5?

Fans have been waiting for the PS5 presentation for months, but Sony remains tough. However, indications point to an upcoming event. Which is possibly completely digital.

• Sony may show the PS5 * in late February.
• The next-gen console will be launched in Christmas 2020.
• So far, Sony has not revealed much about the Playstation 5 .

Many players are reminded of the release of Playstation 4 in 2013. At that time, Sony kept a long cover and presented the then new console at an event on February 20, 2013. Seven years later, the Playstation 5 * is ready to go, but Sony hasn't yet released the next-gen console.

PS5: Sony follows the same strategy as the Playstation 4

This is based on a strategy of the Japanese group. One wants to stick to the information strategy of the PS4. The chief financial officer of Sony Hiroki Totoki explained this in a phone call with investors, writes the tech portal BGR. "It is very difficult to really discuss this point in time, but from today we will be presenting the guidelines in a time period that is comparable to the past. So we will be on the schedule don't change, "said Totoki.

If Sony actually follows the pattern of the PS4 presentation , a PS5 event will soon be at the door. So far, numerous rumors have said this. One of them put the PS5 presentation on February 29, 2020 * in the Sony Hall in New York. So the Japanese would still be on time. Another rumor is that an event in early March * would be a possible date.

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Sony publishes the PS5 presentation on the Internet?

However, it is questionable where Sony will hold such a PS5 event . Sony has already canceled its appearances at the US trade fairs PAX East and the Game Developer Conference (GDC) due to the corona virus. A special PS5 event in New York could fall into the water for the same reason.

Sony may simply post the entire performance on the Internet and broadcast a live stream. There the Japanese could finally show the finished console, introduce possible games and reveal the price of the PS5 in Germany. This could be higher than previously thought. Sony has had problems getting the costs of the Playstation 5 under control, as several media reported.

The corona virus not only affects Sony conference appearances. The production of PS5 could also be delayed due to the rampant disease *. Because numerous components are manufactured in China. Because of the virus, however, many factories are closed in the country. It is therefore possible that Sony will be able to offer fewer consoles at market launch than planned when the Playstation 5 is released at Christmas 2020.

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