Sony: We're At the Beginning of the PS5 Unveil Process

The next 12 months is going to be fascinating between Sony and MS. Also interesting that the latter just tweeted out "We invited something new to #XboxE3 this year." Got to wonder if it's hardware.

I'm predicting a major news drop from Sony a couple of hours before the Xbox E3 show. #thundersteal

@Landstalker Ha, full PS5 reveal, GTA6 exclusive and Final Fantasy VII remake out now free to PS Plus subscribers. That outta do it.

I love how they simultaneously stole MS’s thunder going into next gen, while also putting them in a position to reevaluate market strategies and take aim at MS once they do a full reveal at E3.
Here’s hoping for something fun like the ‘here’s how you share games on PS4’ video.

I think it's pretty much a given that 2020 will belong to Sony at this point. Next year will be huge for them.

Am I the only one that just wants them to do an event and unveil what they have to unveil instead of juat giving some bits to the press and you have to be almost looking for information?

@AFCC nope. They have made a massive error of judgement. No doubt I'm already getting the PS5 - I cannot afford to change alliance again with such a library of games - but they should run a normal reveal rather than the drawn out marketing.

@AFCC
You have to be looking for information?
Haha you kidding. Even the most irrelevant tabloids went with wired news
It was perfect

@themcnoisy
He said exactly why since some random info bit were in the wild, it was best to come out and give some facts.
Way too early for a full reveal youd admit
Plus what he doesn't say and is obvious I.e. steal the thunder from ms

They should schedule a monthly announcement per "PS5 relevant feature" ; ) , starting now... say "June reveal: PS5 has 24GB RAM DDR7..." : P

@JJ2 I agree. But it's all a bit petulant for my tastes. The reality is Sony under new managers have pulled out of E3 as they have reevaluated how they want the company to present itself based on Nintendos ethos of pre recorded videos. They have forgotten that maybe we - the PlayStation massive - like the hype and E3. They have handed it all to MS themselves and no amount of backtracking can change that.

@JJ2 still if I don't look at Push everyday I would know virtually nothing about new features. They done goofed imo

@themcnoisy yeah they would make much more buzz with a big reveal. And not like 'oh yeah there's a ps5 lul'...

At what point did the name PS5 become official? Did they make an announcement, show a logo, call it PS5 in the Wired article?

I'm genuinely curious.

This image says "Next Gen" where "PS5" should be.

I know we're all ASSUMING it will be called PS5, but Sony called PSP 2 the Vita, and MS called Xbox 3 Xbox One, so it could technically be called something else. Unless it's offical.

Maybe not PS4 Moar Pro, but maybe if Sony really wants to get away from a 5 or 6 year new gen model and move towards something else, iterative like MS says it wants to do, then maybe calling it something like simply "Playstation" is the way to go. (Like God of War 2018.) I think Apple called the iPad 3 simply iPad. Or maybe iPad 3 was "New iPad" and iPad 4 was simply iPad. You get the idea.

I'm calling it "The Playstation" "TPS" until I see the new logo.

I fully expect Microsoft to reveal its 2 new Xbox consoles at E3 and let's face it from a technological standpoint they are going to be incredibly similar. With Xbox having and SKU well below the PS5 and one a little bit above it to keep the worlds most powerful console tag. Sony have just jumped the gun to get their name out first and will probably focus more on their games going forward as that is where their huge advantage lies

@SegaBlueSky no apparently MS have games to show at this years E3!

@themcnoisy
Ok I don't want to go into a sort of debate but to my own taste they are doing just right. Even giving interviews and being quite open.
Ms can 'win' E3 for all I care haha

@SegaBlueSky
PC and possibly Nintendo haha

These might be the last consoles before everything is online only or you buy a small box with no disc drive.

Don't get your hopes up on Sony doing anything until Microsoft shows it's cards.

Glad to hear... also that we off the shackles of yearly events to get that info.

I have read and seen everything about Death Standing... It was EVERYWHERE. It didn't need a slot at E3 on date "X" to be "big news"

PS5 will be big news one way or another. They can announce it in a corner in Brooklyn and it will trend all over in a hot minute.

@JJ2 It's not a debate. I am on your side as a fan. Since the new managers have come on board things have changed - staples and expectations I have of PlayStation have been swept under the rug.

I will genuinely miss PlayStation at E3 something I have excitedly anticipated for the last 6 years.

I'm worried that Tariffs will affect PS5 specs.

4K UHD will get dropped due to added costs.

It was already an ify proposition, Tariffs can only make things worse.

MS and Sony many be forced to downsize Specs wherever possible.

@themcnoisy
Idk I feel they are being much more 'direct' so too speak, more straightforward and open. More individuals involved and speaking.
I'm a fan of the non BS approach haha

@rjejr Play Station Proerer

i'm way more pumped for the next PlayStation but i also am pumped for the next-gen Xbox as well, love being a gamer that has so many diverse options with the switch as well.

@Gmork___ Proerer

I like to add an i, makes it easier to pronounce

Proier (Pro-ee-er)

Their slogan could be:
The Playstation Proier,
it's like the PS4 Pro,
but more costlier.

It's very disappointing how this console will be the last of it's kind said by Sony.

@rjejr Well, given that Sony stayed with the consecutive numerical for PlayStation 4, even when the number “4” is considered bad luck in Japan (like the number “13” in Western culture) would support the idea that they aren’t going to abandon convention now for the 5th iteration.

“We wanted to make sure that the PlayStation fans had clear and unambiguous information from us instead of garbled nonsense third and fourth hand.”

I like this statement a lot. Despite being tight-lipped, they knew that the rumor mill would get out of control and I like the openness.

And you push square clowns were saying sony has gone arrogant being silent!

@Th3solution I'm not saying for certain they aren't going to call it PS5, I'm asking if in all of these conversations and articles with words coming out of Sony executive's mouth have any of them at any point called it PS5, b/c all of these articles are written like that's the word they are using when I can't ever find THEM Saying it, only US. So the door is left open a bit.

I mean why don't they just say PS5 if that's it's name, why the big mystery? Why have a graphic that says "NEXT GEN" instead of PS5?

What I'd love from Sony is for them to do a single event where we know everything and then it's release is within 6 months. I feel that would be the most effective way to do it these days.

@AFCC The same info was on the BBC news site, the Guardian newspaper and site, and loads of other mainstream places like the Sun. I do enjoy E3 but the vast majority of people who are going to go on to buy a console don't even know what it is. It's more for the hardcore gamers and media. The average guy only hears about any new info from mainstream outlets - or their more geeky friends - anyway. I think Sony have eventually realised that.

@Th3solution I think people really overstate this. Sure, one way to pronounce 4 is "shi" which is how you say "death" too, but they're written totally differently, 死 vs 四. Plus, people usually say "yon" for 4. There's that idea that Japanese hospitals don't have a 4th floor, but check on Wikipedia and it says "citation needed", so I'm not too sure about that. Also think about all the Japanese game series that happily have a 4th number entry, like FF, RE or SF. Japanese people do make a connection, which is why they say yon rather than shi, but its not like they're scared of it.

@rjejr It's a marketing thing, and also a dramatic thing. If the first time they confirm the name is when they show the logo, better still the console itself, it has a special kind of impact. I can see it now: "You've heard about its power, its wide range of games, its revolutionary features, now its time to see it for yourselves. We're proud to officially unveil the future of gaming, the PlayStation 5."

The PlayStation 5 logo is projected onto a screen, then some really awkward looking guy comes out and places the console itself on a plinth, hoping to god he doesn't drop it.

@Matroska I think they will think otherwise when news with Microsoft conference games will be all over the place and no one talks about Sony. Unless they do a really good State of Play next week

@Matroska Good explanation. But really, if they ar ejust going to call it the PS5, I think it would be easier for all these talking heads to just say it, then save the logo reveal for the presentation fo the box itself.

If - and big if these days - it is actually presented live at an event rather than during a Youtube video. They aren't at E3, and these State of Play videos makes me think maybe they dont' want to pay for live events. Though I suppose it's possible they do it at one of the many shows in the EU in Germany or Paris. (I always forget the names) I think waiting for a PSX in December is too late.

But if it is simply called PS5, you explained why the wait.