According to analysts, PS5 could come on the market already in the coming year, despite the recent release of the PlayStation 4 in Pro. ...
According to analysts, PS5 could come on the market already in the coming year, despite the recent release of the PlayStation 4 in Pro.
Driven by the still partially unexpressed potential of cloud gaming (in Italy due to a non-top-notch connectivity) and the strong influence of mobile devices in video games, the new console output rhythms are inevitably shortening. This would seem to confirm the umpteenth forecast provided by industry analysts, in particular on PlayStation 5, the Sony next-gen console.
According to Damian Thong of Macquarie Capital Securities, the platform could make its debut on the market by 2018, or next year. This is despite the recent launch of the PlayStation 4 Pro. No official confirmation, of course, but the hypothesis is in line with what was predicted even in 2013. Thong is believed to be a rather reliable source: he was the first to speak about the arrival of the Pro and Slim versions of the PS4, well before a presentation by Sony. More or more likely rumors about the subject might leak from the pavilions of the E3 2017 event in the scene next month.
The console could be entrusted with the uncomplicated task of responding to Microsoft, which by the end of the year will launch the definitive version of Project Scorpio, evolution of Xbox One equipped with a very high computing power. Sony will also have to look at Nintendo's competition, which with the new Switch seems to be on track to replicate the enormous success that Wii has gained over the last decade, drawing on the experience gained with the Wii U bankruptcy project, especially in terms of Support from third-party developers.
At the moment, PS4 has managed to distribute a total of more than 60 million units worldwide, as reported in the last trimester published by the group. It is not possible to exclude a price cut practiced over the next few months so that it can further increase the quota.
