PlayStation 5 Launch Expected in 2022

Console launches used to exist few and far between, simply for this generation of hardware they merely keep coming, albeit in smaller steps. Nosotros've had the PS4, PS4 Slim, PS4 Pro, Xbox One with Kinect (and without), followed by the Xbox One Due south, the forthcoming Xbox One X, and let'due south not forget the Nintendo Switch.

And then what's next? Citing Wedbush Securities annotator Michael Patcher, Gaming Bolt says it'southward the PlayStation five. But I'thou sure nearly gamers volition exist glad to hear they take enough of time to salvage up for Sony'due south next panel.

Shawn Layden, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, recently confirmed to Golem.de that in that location will definitely be a PlayStation 5. It won't happen presently, but at that place will be one.

Patcher, who's well-known for his gaming predictions, believes Layden is beingness honest and that we will get another hardware generation from Sony rather than just rolling updates, such as the PS4 Pro presented. Only he's been a footling more specific with the launch timing. Patcher thinks the PS5 volition launch in 2022.

His timing prediction isn't just pulled out of the air, it'due south linked to 4K TV sales. Patcher believes Sony will merely launch the PS5 once the 4K Idiot box market place share reaches 50 percent in the US and 35 percent worldwide. That's about probable to happen in 2022, but could meet the PS5 launch pushed back to 2022 depending on when it falls.

Patcher also believes Sony already knows what the next hardware bike will be, that PS4 Pro and PS4 backward compatibility is assured, and that information technology will be all well-nigh 4K gaming. That last one is a given seeing as Microsoft is already pinning its hopes on 4K gaming for Xbox One Ten sales.

Launching in March 2022 sounds like the ideal time to me. The Xbox One X should be easy to beat on operation, there will be a good library of PS4 Pro games available, and Sony will have tens of millions more PS4/Pro owners to entice into upgrading knowing all their existing PS4 games will still work on the new machine.