John Kodera: “PS4 Is Entering The Final Stages Of It’s Life-Cycle.”

[celador]

i wouldn't mind a 2021 release, though i think holiday 2020 is best. the quote about crouching down makes me think they will have a quiet final year this time, unlike with the PS3 where their final year took Polyphony, Naughty Dog, Quantic Dream and Santa Monica out of the early PS4 years. Days Gone, Last of Us II, Death Stranding and Ghosts of Tsushima for 2019, release PS5 2020. That gives their studios a lot of time to really give the PS5 a great first 18 months, because a holiday 2020 would give

Naughty Dog - 1 year
Sony Bend - 1 year
Kojima Productions - 1 year
Insomniac (not first party, but Spiderman 2 will almost certainly be a thing) - 2 years
Media Molecule - 2 years
Quantic Dream - 2.5 years
Santa Monica -2.5 years
Polyphony - 3 years
Guerilla - 3.5 years

to make their next titles for next gen. Sony Japan is up in the air because they are more AA stuff.

I think hardware and software line up perfectly for 2020, not 2021.