It’s one of the most highly anticipated gaming consoles this year, and now a new rumour suggests that the PlayStation 5 could finally be unveiled this week.
Sony was originally meant to showcase the PS5 last week, but cancelled the launch amid the US protests.
Sony said: “We have decided to postpone the PlayStation 5 event scheduled for June 4.
“While we understand gamers worldwide are excited to see PS5 games, we do not feel that right now is a time for celebration and for now, we want to stand back and allow more important voices to be heart.”
Now, a new rumour indicates that the PS5 launch event could now be happening on Friday 12 June.
Twitter user Verdict4489 tweeted a screenshot of the rumoured event, citing a contact in PlayStation’s marketing department.
The event description reads: “It seems that the new date chosen by the company to officially present the console and its first games is Friday 12 June. 2020. And even some newspapers are receiving new updated information on the new presentation date right in these hour.
“I obtained this information through a source in close contact with the Sony Playstation marketing department.”
As always, Sony is remaining tight-lipped about the rumours, and is yet to confirm an official launch date.
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, there were concerns that the PlayStation 5 launch would be delayed.
Speaking to Games Industry, Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment explained: “I think most businesses would find themselves challenged with the working-from-home environment, and I do think the way that the various groups within PlayStation have responded has been magnificent.
“There are the hardware engineers who are having to work without being able to get into China, where PS5 will be assembled. That’s kind of tough.
“The software engineers who are building these great features, who are building a great PS5 UI… some of that can be readily done in isolation. But when it comes to putting it all together, that’s not easy to do remotely and they’re doing a great job.”
However, Mr Ryan added that Sony is still on track to release the console this Christmas.
He added: “We are on track. We are going to launch this holiday and we’re going to launch globally. We’re really looking forward to it and it’s going to be a blast.”
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