According to a Wallstreet Journal, Sony through a Q&A session has revealed that the launch of its Next-Generation PlayStation or we simply say PS5 has delayed to more than a year. The launch of PS5 has been the most awaited event, but believing Sony, it won’t occur at least this year, and the delay may extend more than a year.
The company has indicated that it may roll out the Next-Generation PlayStation in summer 2020, most probably in the month of May. This way, the PlayStation fans can expect to get a glimpse of the features of this new gaming console in the upcoming E3 event on June 11 this year.
Noticeably, Sony started talking about PS5 earlier last month, and people also began making guesses on its launch date and the feature it would have. Here, the company gave some hints on the capabilities of the gaming platform, like support for 8K graphics, much-improved 3D audio experience, SSD storage, and compatibility with all the gaming titles of PS4, etc. If we believe on the rumours, the new PS5 will run upon an 8-core, third-gen Ryzen CPU based on AMD’s 7nm Zen 2 architecture.
Also, the console is an improved version of PS4 and has also got the support for Radeon Navi graphics as well as ray tracing. The news of the release of the upcoming PlayStation gaming console had reduced the sales of PS4 to a greater extent. But since the console’s release has been extended, the people who have recently bought their PS4 can take the breath of relief.
Sony announced the news of the delay in the launch while talking about its impressive financial year. Despite the reduced PS4 sales, 2018 was the best financial year for the company, earning some 31.1bn yen from the past year’s console sales, having gained a total of 36.4 million PlayStation Plus subscribers. But still, due to the high manufacturing cost of PS5, the operating profits may fall by 10 per cent for the next quarter.
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