Sony Confirms PlayStation 5…Sort Of

I’m sure most of us knew it was only a matter of “when” and not “if” PlayStation 5 would ever see the light of day. Rumors have swirled for years about the PlayStation 4′s successor- what it will look like, what features will be included- but it wasn’t until earlier this week that Sony finally confirmed that a next-gen console was going to be the company’s next move in the games industry. There was just no mention if this console would, in fact, be called “PlayStation 5”.

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Sony’s CEO Kenichiro Yoshida simply explained, “At this point, what I can say is it’s necessary to have a next-generation hardware.” Despite this vague confirmation that a new system is on the horizon, everything is still pretty tight-lipped at this point and probably will be for a while, as Sony is still riding the success of 2017’s major releases like God of War, Detroit: Become Human and Marvel’s Spider-Man.

With that in mind, it’s difficult to say for certain what a next-gen console for Sony will actually look like. In comparison to Microsoft, which sees a promising future in cloud-based gaming and streaming for future Xbox hardware, Sony’s stance on the subject has been a little muddier, and the company hasn’t been vocal about building its next console around these features.

As the PlayStation 4 has been a massive success this generation, Sony could very well play it safe next gen and simply enhance the features that made the PS4 and the Pro powerhouse consoles.

Tori Morrow

Tori is originally from Rapture but now she lives in Chicago. She enjoys open world RPGs, a good narrative-driven game, and is probably the only person still watching The Walking Dead.