The official release window remains Holiday 2020.
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A job listing from Sony Interactive Entertainment says that the PlayStation 5 will be released in October 2020.
As pointed out by Nibel on Twitter, a listing on the NEXT jobs website for a role in the SIE Materials Department says that the successful applicant will work “with the design department and the quality assurance department to create the PlayStation 5 scheduled to be released in October 2020.”
Previously, Sony has only specified Holiday 2020 as a release window for the new console. October would be slightly earlier than expected for that window, so it may be that this is a mistake, but the listing itself does appear to be offical (although there’s no date listed on the page for when the listing was posted).
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IGN has contacted Sony for comment, but received no reply at time of writing.
Previous reports has said that the outbreak of COVID-19 is unlikely to delay the console’s planned release, but could lead to scarcity of materials needed to build the console. Those same reports said Sony could limit production due to a higher launch price point than PS4.
After a long period of silence, we’re beginning to learn more about PS5 – we’ve seen its full specs, how they compare to Xbox Series X, gotten a look at its new controller, the DualSense, and we know a few games coming to the system. For a full round-up, here’s everything we know about PS5 so far.
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