PS5: what will the Sony PlayStation 5 be like and when will we see it?

By Steve Boxer

PS5 is an illusive beast – one that’s just as likely to be announced next year at E3 as it is to never see the light of day.

That being said, peering into our crystal ball in order to gain an insight into what we can expect from a PlayStation 5 may sound like an odd exercise given that Sony has just launched its first mid-cycle console variant in the form of the PS4 Pro and countless pundits are predicting the imminent demise of the old console lifecycle model as we know it.

However, now we’ve had a chance to get to know the PS4 Pro, and concluded that it feels very much a stopgap fuelled by quicker-than-expected uptake of 4K TVs, we would argue that it’s the perfect time to turn our thoughts to Sony’s next console.

When Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, was asked about the PS5, he responded that he thought the PS5 was a question of ‘if’ rather than ‘when’

Microsoft may be about to throw a spanner into the works of the console arms-race with its Project Scorpio (due in late 2017), but there are good reasons to believe that Sony is less comfortable …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming