The corona virus is currently shaking up the economy around the globe. Could this still have an impact on the planned release of PlayStation 5 this year? In this regard, Sony has now spoken again.
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Like Microsoft, Sony wants to present its new home console, the PlayStation 5, for Christmas 2020. But the coronavirus pandemic has been shaking things up for weeks. Does this affect the PS5 release plan after all? In a new statement, Sony has now officially given the all-clear! The PS5 should therefore be able to meet the time window of previous planning despite everything.
The new statements were made as part of the presentation of the 2019 business results. "Sales of PlayStation hardware are going in the right direction, sales of network services have increased. PlayStation 5 is still on the way to a launch in this Christmas season. And also in terms of software development there is also no major problems at the moment, "Sony appeased to investors.
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As a result, the topic was dealt with in even more detail: "As far as the release of PlayStation 5 is concerned, work is continuing on the launch planned for Christmas 2020, although there are various factors such as the home work of employees or the restrictions in international travel presented some challenges in terms of the testing process and the production chains. "
"At the time of writing, there have been no major problems in game development from Sony's first-party studios and partner studios," said Sony.
As part of a very long-winded and technical video presentation, Mark Cerny from Sony presented the specifications of the new PlayStation 5 in the stream. Get yourself a strong coffee beforehand – it's almost an hour with a lot of technical explanations.
