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News hardware & software 17 April 2019, 15:11

PlayStation 5 Launch at the End of 2020?

Unofficial reports about the potential release date of PlayStation 5 have surfaced on the web. It seems that the console will not be available in stores until the end of 2020.

After first details on the technical specifications of PlayStation 5, we have news for you about the potential release date of a Sony's new console. According to Digitimes, citing a reliable source, the next device from Sony will not debut before the end of 2020.

The reason for this is that the AMD processor (equipped with eight cores produced in 7 nm Zen 2 microarchitecture) wich is to be implemented in the console, will be ready no earlier than in the third quarter of 2020 (i.e. from July to September). We can therefore assume that PlayStation 5 will hit the shelves at the earliest around December next year.

PlayStation 5 Launch at the End of 2020? - picture #1
With AMD's GPU, PlayStation 5 will take advantage of ray tracing technology.

Let's remind that in addition to the CPU and graphics chipset (a special version of Radeon Navi, which supports ray tracing technology) from AMD, the new Sony console will have an ultra-fast SSD, which will affect not only game loading times, but also the speed at which the game environments will be rendered. In addition, the hardware will be compatible with games released on PlayStation 4 and will also work with PlayStation VR goggles.

  1. PlayStation - official website
  2. AMD - official website

Christian Pieniazek

Christian Pieniazek

Started working with Gamepressure.com in August 2016. Although the Game Encyclopedia has been his pride and joy from the beginning, he also writes for the Newsroom and the Editorial section. Gained professional experience through a now-defunct service, in which he worked for almost three years. Graduated in Cultural Studies at the AGH University of Krakow. Runs his own business, jogs, cycles, loves mountain hiking, is a fan of nu metal, is interested in space, and of course, enjoys playing games. Feels best in action games with an open world and RPGs, although won't turn down good racing or shooting games.

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