It seems like I need 50 posts before I can create my own thread. This means I will post the leak here.
SPOILERS:
- Big digital Playstation event is planned for early/mid June.
- Sony will fully reveal the Playstation 5 there, they will present us the features of the DualSense (functionality, haptic feedback...), the new Create button will be explained, the new Playstation Assistant system will be shown (big part of the show) and plenty of other new features will be announced. The most important thing is that we will finally see the final design of the PS5. However, the price will most likely not be revealed.
Game announcements:
- New Gran Turismo game will be announced + gameplay will be shown. This will be one of the big PS5 launch games.
- Demon's Souls Remake will be announced + trailer will be shown. This will also be one of the big PS5 launch games.
- Silent Hill Reboot will be announced, Sony is teaming up with Konami to develop this (SIE Japan Studio is the main developer). They will probably only show a teaser for this one.
- New Call of Duty game (Black Ops developer) will be fully revealed, one of the big PS5 launch games. Playstation will extend their partnership with Activision, PS5 owners will be the first ones to have access to DLC content. This game will be available for PS4/PS5, the PS4 version supports a free cross-gen upgrade.
- New Crash Bandicoot game will be announced, coming to PS5 holidays 2020.
- Horizon 2 will be announced with a big trailer, release is set for early 2021. This game will demonstrate how powerful the PS5 is and how good the upcoming Playstation Studios games will look in the future. Seriously this will be the biggest thing at that event imo.
There will be more minor game announcements but these are the major ones I heard from my sources.
Originally, a similar event was planned for April 2020 but plans changed after the whole coronavirus situation. There is another event planned for August 2020, the price of PS5 will probably be revealed there.
Here are some other interesting things:
- Sony's initial plan was to release a Remastered version of The Last Of Us: Part II (4K/60FPS) for PS5 next year. The plan was to include a multiplayer mode in that version and resell that game again for $60 (Naughty Dog's excuse would be that the PS4 is to weak for the multiplayer mode). However, the announcement of Microsoft's smart delivery feature completely ruined this plan. Sony doesn't want to be seen as the greedy company, they had to change the plan. One possibility that I heard from is that The Last Of Us: Part II on PS4 could support a free cross-gen upgrade to PS5 but the multiplayer mode could still be locked to an exclusive PS5 version that will be released in 2021.
- Spiderman and God of War successors are in development for PS5.
- New crossover fighting game (similar to Smash Bros. and Playstation All-Stars) is in development for PS5. Many people have great hopes for this game and want this game to compete directly with Smash Bros. Sony is putting a lot of work and money in the development of this game (Nathan Drake, Kratos and Crash Bandicoot will all be playable characters in this game), however you shouldn't expect an announcment soon as this game is still very early in development. The aimed release right now is 2022 but 2023 seems more likely.
- Playstation Now will be revised in some ways for PS5. It will play an important role throughout the PS5 life cycle, this is the exact reason why we won't see full backwards compatible with PS1/PS2/PS3.