Earlier this year, on January 6th, during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2020), Sony held their own event revealing some announcements about PlayStation in general. During the event, Sony let out some information about the new PlayStation 5 console. On March 18th, Sony held their own livestream, intended for GDC 2020. The livestream was a deep dive of some of PlayStation 5’s specs. [Read here to see the recap of the event.] On April 7th, Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 Controller. There were rumors that the PlayStation 5 Reveal is soon, and some reports were saying that PlayStation 5 would be revealed on June 3rd. Those reports and rumors were put to rest by Sony. Originally, Sony was scheduled to host a PlayStation 5 Reveal Event on June 4, 2020. Shortly afterwards, Sony dated the event for today – June 11, 2020. Sony just wrapped up that livestream, it was a strong showing….
The following was revealed during the event:
- Grand Theft Auto V (5)
- Spiderman: Miles Morales
- Gran Turismo 7
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Stray
- Returnal
- Sackboy: A big adventure
- Destruction All Stars
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Oddworld: SoulStorm
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- Jett: The Far Shore
- Godfall
- Solar Ash
- Hitman III (3)
- Astro’s Playroom
- Little Devil Inside
- NBA2K21
- Bugsnax
- Demon’s Souls
- Deathloop
- Resident Evil: Village (RE8)
- Pragmata
- Horizon Forbidden West (Horizon II)
And then, to close out the event, Sony finally stopped the teasing… and revealed the actual PlayStation 5 console…
To coincide with the reveal of PlayStation 5, Sony also revealed the PlayStation 5 “Digital Edition” console. That’s not all, Sony also revealed some of the accessories that will launch alongside the PS5:
- PS5 DualSense Wireless Controller
- PS5 DualSense Charging Station
- PlayStation 5 HD Camera
- PlayStation 5 Pulse 3D Wireless Headset
- PlayStation 5 Media Remote
No firm release date has been revealed. No price has been revealed, either. Sony says there’s more to come after this reveal. They won’t reveal everything at once. However, PS5 has a release window of Holiday 2020, and production of PlayStation 5 is already underway.
