PS5: Multiple sources confirm - Sony will unveil Playstation 5 next week 

2020-05-29T17:49:38.897Z

According to insiders, Sony will launch the PS5 next week. Further events are planned in the coming months.

Sony is still reluctant to introduce the Playstation 5.
Several industry experts have now given an appointment.
The PS5 may be unveiled next week.

We've known what the Xbox Series X * will look like for quite a while. Microsoft already presented its own next-gen console at the end of 2019. Meanwhile, Sony continues to fidget its fans. But according to several industry experts, the launch of the Playstation 5 will soon be coming.

Update of May 28, 2020: Sony will launch PS5 next week, according to insiders

After the evidence of a Sony event condensed in early June, games journalist Jason Schreier now wants to have heard from anonymous insiders that this should probably take place on June 3 (via Bloomberg). This date has now also been confirmed by Venturebeat's Jeff Grubb, who also claims to have learned this from sources who are familiar with the company's plans.

On this day, the Playstation 5 will be presented . However, it is not expected that Sony will reveal all the essential details when the console is first presented. Therefore, the price and the specific release date will still be withheld. However, further events are planned in the coming weeks and months, in which Sony will share further information with the public.

News from May 18, 2020: PS5 to be unveiled in early June

Sony introduced the official PS5 controller - the DualSense - a while ago.

Recently, the well-informed video game journalist Jason Schreier spoke in the Press Start podcast (via wccftech) about a planned date from Sony at which the PS5 * will be presented. He expects this to take place between early and mid-June . However, due to the corona virus crisis, he could not rule out a delay in the event. At Sony, everything is still going according to schedule. The company recently confirmed this itself - the planned release date of the PS5 for the Christmas season 2020 * is still planned.

Venturebeat's games journalist Jeff Grubb recently even announced a specific date for Sony's planned event. For the first time he mentioned June 4 in a forum post as a planned date. But this does not seem to be set in stone . Because, according to Grubb, Sony plans to unveil the PS5 on a different date (via Venturebeat). However, it should only be postponed by a few days - this is not a week-long delay. The Sony event will definitely take place in early June .

In the meantime, however, he was no longer sure whether the presentation of the console was still intended for this appointment. It was possible, but he could not confirm this. Should Sony still wait for the unveiling, according to Grubb, the PS5 will be presented at the latest as part of another "State of Play" event in August .

What will be shown at the beginning of June?

Sony will almost certainly announce numerous next-gen games * at the event in early June. Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida recently revealed in a company meeting that " a convincing line-up of game titles " will soon be presented (via VGC).

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Will the color of the PS5 be white?

There was already a foretaste of the PS5 : Sony introduced the DualSense *, the official controller of the PS5 , a while ago . Leaker recently claimed to already know the price of the DualSense *. What is particularly striking about the controller is the unusual white design , which was not well received by every Playstation fan. This also gave rise to speculation that the standard version of the console could possibly get the same color.

Ultimately, the design * shouldn't matter to most players as long as the improvements to the next-gen come into play. Epic developers recently demonstrated what this could look like with a gameplay demo on the PS5 *. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says that the SSD built into the PS5 should even outperform high-end PCs *.

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