Rumor: PS5 announcement coming mid 2019 and more info at PSX 2019

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BraLoD said:

Kyuu said:

Skipping E3 2019 very much confirms the obvious: PS5 not launching in 2019.


For specs, I'm not a tech geek, far from it, but Navi being power efficient implies to me that Sony knows what they're doing. I imagine Microsoft's next console will be significantly more capable (50%+ advantage on most fronts) because Sony is possibly designing PS5 as a highly shrinkable platform for a portable SKU to be ready in 3 years post launch. It's a different sense of "hybrid" than Nintendo's concept, but will ultimately appeal to a similar demographic without sacrificing their own playerbase. I'm just not completely buying the idea that Sony is ignoring Switch's global appeal or the state of traditional home consoles in Japan.

I wonder if we'll start hearing about Sony forcing third parties to make a "1080p/30fps~ configuration" for every PS5 game right off the gate.

Can't really agree with that.

Sony doesn't benefit a bit from having a considerable weaker and cheaper device to run the same games on a lesser way portably.

Vita was essentially that, and nobody wanted to play Vita's Uncharted when they had PS3 Uncharted.

Sony and Nintendo audiences are quite different, Sony will gain nothing letting MS step up the whole triple A market to be able to have it portably, and that's what Sony focus on, deliver the highest possible quality to their systems.

The thing would just end up being another Vita, abandoned by everybody after 1 year or 2.

If Sony is planning a side system its definitely a second VR headset, stronger and able to run high quality games smoothly (as higher framerates are needed for better VR experiences), without the need of a powerbase as the PSVR does, likely way earlier in the PS5 cycle (maybe even at launch) and completely focused on taking advantage of their new tech.

About Japan, PS4 is doing just good there and its a massive beast worldwide, honestly it's more likely Sony doesn't even weight it that much rather than shaping a whole secondary system towards it.

I was wondering if it's possible for Sony to make a PSVR2 where the screen can be removed from the headset to become a  portable console .