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On the occasion of the cancellation of E3, due to the pandemic of COVID-19 worldwide, many of the marketing plans and launches in the video game sector dates have moved, beyond the announcements expected in Los Angeles from June 9 to 11. Industry analyst believes some next-gen consoles will launch earlier than predicted
Daniel Ahmad, from Niko Partners, recently commented on social networks that in this particular case, due to the coronavirus, plans could change at any time for the current situation. Therefore, the public should stick to assumptions until the contrary is confirmed. But he claims that "some (announcements) will now be much earlier, and others much later."
Regarding the presentation of the consoles and their games, the analyst commented that "the first sample of next generation console / games will also be much sooner." Possible presentations are already being rumored in May; VGC has confirmed that a source is talking about an official presentation of PS5 next May.
In the case of XboxPhil Spencer revealed the next generation console last December, during the The Game Awards. Sony has taken a more conservative stance on PS5's marketing plans, with the goal of not distracting the public from the exclusives of Playstation 4 that the company has yet to launch, as The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima.
Anyway, in April the new PS5 controller, DualSense, which received more than 4 million likes on social networks.
Source: VGC
