Finally, the PS5 Pro could arrive much sooner than expected. Gamers have been preparing for months for the imminent announcement of several consoles, including the Nintendo Switch 2 and the mid-generation Xbox Series. But the one that is most talked about is undoubtedly the next PS5 Pro. Sony has not yet shared anything about it, but leaks and rumors around its performance already elevate the machine to the rank of the most powerful console on the market.
However, the mystery remains about its release date, its price or even its design. Most analysts say the PS5 Pro won't arrive until March 2025 at the earliest, favoring a late 2025 launch. But the console could arrive well before then, says Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming. The journalist, well-known for the quality of his information, explains that the PS5 Pro could arrive a year earlier, in November 2024.
Games in development
Indeed, the development kits are in the hands of the studios. This means that games specially created for the console are on the way. Tom Henderson goes on to say that developers can submit their PS5 Pro support requests to CertOps, a certification platform, until July 30. Additionally, all PS5 game applications that are made after September 15 will have to support the PS5 Pro.
Taking all of these clues together, he says, indicates that Sony hasn’t given up on releasing its console by October or November 2024. The end of the year is a tradition for Sony’s console launches, and Henderson says it’s unlikely that the company will wait another year to do so. However, the game launch announcements don’t quite add up. done.
PlayStation the king of bluff?
Several months ago, Sony declared that no major game from a known PlayStation license would be released during this fiscal year, which ends in March 2025. In addition, the latest financial report predicted a decline in PS5 sales for the rest of the year, which would not correspond at all to the launch of a new machine which, on the contrary, would significantly boost sales.
All this may be part of a well-oiled marketing strategy, but we doubt that PlayStation will rely on a third-party game to promote its next console. This is a technique generally favored by Xbox, with Sony preferring to focus on proprietary games such as Spider-Man, God of War or Horizon.
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