PlayStation has been pretty tight-lipped about its next-gen console, with only its controller, logo and some spec details unveiled. However, we will finally learn (a bit) more about the PS5.

Jim Ryan, the President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, announced via a PlayStation Blog post today that a digital showcase about the games launching on the console will air next week. The event which will run for "a bit more than an hour" to introduce "the next generation of games" from various game studios.

While it was not clarified if we'll finally get our first look at the console itself or get more information about its pricing, Jim Ryan assured that this event is part of a series of PS5 updates and that after next week, they will have more to share.

The online PS5 event is planned for next Thursday, June 4, at 1:00 pm Pacific Time which will stream on Twitch and YouTube.

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UPDATE 1 (1st JUNE 2020):

pic.twitter.com/ZAY8StN0EU

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 1, 2020

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Sony have announced the June 4th event is postponed until further notice. More details to follow.

UPDATE 2 (8th JUNE 2020):

Many reports are coming in of users seeing pre-roll ads on Twitch for the PlayStation 5 event with an updated date of June 11th which puts it exactly a week after the original scheduled time.

This has now been confirmed by Sony.

See you Thursday, June 11 at 1:00pm Pacific time (9:00pm BST) for a look at the future of gaming on #PS5: https://t.co/9XJkXYProo pic.twitter.com/8EoN34UPdd

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 8, 2020

 

[Goku1992A]

When they first started digital games dumb me thought digital would be cheaper than physical. I mean they're cutting out the middle man they don't have to manufacture any discs so I thought for sure it'd be $10 cheaper at least and go down in prices faster. The opposite is true, physical is cheaper and go down in prices faster. That is why I prefer physical, if they would stop being greedy and make digital cheaper then I'll go digital.

You have to get the sales that is what I used to do on my PS4 they always have the game half off and etc... but overall I prefer the disk over digital. I feel digital you are leasing vs owning since you cant transfer the rights of the digital game to another account it is always stuck on 1 account. So let's just say you do something stupid and get banned then you lose your investment over digital vs physical you can just make a new account. They really need to find a way where you can transfer digital games to another owner.

 

[Jayinem81]

Amazon had almost every PS4/Xbox One game $49.94 at launch, while you get to pay $59.99 digitally.

 

[Goku1992A]

Walmart sell new games for $50 (if you are in the US) The digital game should be cheaper than physical because of the limitations. Another cool thing Sony should do is give you the option to stream your digitally bought game vs letting you download it on your HD. If they going to do next gen they need to do it right. Another good idea would be "complete remote play" meaning you can remote play your system and stream your entire library of games. If they cant do BC they should use that disk data install to give us a comparable digital verson of the PS1-PS3 game. If Sony can do all that I have no problem getting a PS5 first than an Xbox Series X later on because I'm heavily invested in Sony products VS Microsoft. I only own 3 Xbox One games and the rest is gamepass vs the 50 disks between PS3/PS4 games I physically have and the shit ton of digital PS4 games.

 

[ZoNtendo]

I never had a Playstation, this might change if the specs & the games are good

 

[xs4all]

Any bet they are going to spend the first half just talking about how many million triangles, then the second half, more triangles.

None the less, this will be interesting.

Reference:
Unreal 5 tech demo.

 

[Jayinem81]

I never had a Playstation

WAT

 

[Rahkeesh]

Still a white controller, just with barely any light on it.

 

[DANTENDO]

I never had a Playstation, this might change if the specs & the games are good

So you've never seen a trophy pop up - go youtube and experience the beautiful sound of one

 

[Bedel]

Nice! 3 and 4th of June will also be the Anime expo, and it's said to be streamed online this time, so it will be a nice day for people like me.

Edit: oooh I was wrong, anime expo is in July

 

[Teletron1]

I always found it incredibly weird to dump the whole entire game from the disk to the HD. If I wanted to do that I would have just bought digital the point of the disk was not to use that much of your HD space

things have changed game files will be reduced because they no longer need to have the same data written 5 to 10x to the custom ssd so the disc will be the download file and key , this whole console is about loading times in less than 3 seconds


I have a good number of digital games on my PS4 since they had some good deals in the past for games but the problem is my PS4 was the launch 500gb. Most of the space was taken up by the disk game installs I just dont understood why they dump the whole game vs how PS3 only took a percentage.

 

[Jayinem81]

Nice! 3 and 4th of June will also be the Anime expo, and it's said to be streamed online this time, so it will be a nice day for people like me.

Edit: oooh I was wrong, anime expo is in July

Nobody cares.

 

[Xzi]

Neat, excited to (hopefully) see what the console itself looks like. An Elden Ring gameplay reveal would be amazing too, but I'm not holding my breath. Confirmation that PS4 games will get a performance boost on PS5 would also be nice.

 

[Jayinem81]

This is my total guess what will happen price wise Two models

$599 - Plays PS1-PS5 games, maybe bigger storage
$499 - Plays PS4+PS5 games, maybe less storage

Only thing is , I just don't know if PS3's architecture can be added to any console.

 

[Bladexdsl]

nice to see there is actually a black controller. depending what games will be available at launch will determine if i get one at launch or not. price is of no importance only GAMES matter

 

[spotanjo3]

No questions for me. My brain is rest until they reveal everything next time. No bother to guess.

 

[Ericzander]

So you've never seen a trophy pop up - go youtube and experience the beautiful sound of one

My first trophy popped in December of 2015 and the rest is history.

 

[JFizDaWiz]

[redacted]

 

[64bitmodels]

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PlayStation has been pretty tight-lipped about its next-gen console, with only its controller, logo and some spec details unveiled. However, we will finally learn (a bit) more about the PS5.

Jim Ryan, the President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, announced via a PlayStation Blog post today that a digital showcase about the games launching on the console will air next week. The event which will run for "a bit more than an hour" to introduce "the next generation of games" from various game studios.

While it was not clarified if we'll finally get our first look at the console itself or get more information about its pricing, Jim Ryan assured that this event is part of a series of PS5 updates and that after next week, they will have more to share.

The online PS5 event is planned for next Thursday, June 4, at 1:00 pm Pacific Time which will stream on Twitch and YouTube.

SOURCE

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I never had a Playstation, this might change if the specs & the games are good

Same here- PS5 is going to be my first Playstation console as a nintendo guy. hope it delivers!!!

 

[pedro702]

I hope they answer the top questions

Is the VR Head Set going to be compatible with the PS5
Is the Vita still going to be relevant with the PS5
Is the Dualshock 4 Controllers going to be cross compatible
Do you still need to install data on the HD if you have the disk
How silent is the fan
How long is the controller battery going to last / how long does it take the battery to fully charge
How is BC Looking for PS3 games and Possible PS2 and PS1
Are more PS4 games going to be available on PS Now since the PS5 is launched
Are PS4 games going to be cheaper since PS5 is coming out or How much of an increase will PS5 games be

Much more questions but these are the important ones.

i van awnser you for the vita part lol, the vita was discontinued, you cant make even cartridges for new games since last year february so why would they add any vita thing since they discontinued the entire thing in 2019?

 

[yoyoyo69]

I'm confident it won't be worse than Xbox unveil.