Summary

Sony has confirm that thePlayStation 5is entering the latter one-half of its life rhythm . Sony ’s latest cabinet only establish in November 2020 , and a newmid - generation model was released in November 2023with upgrade storage and a modular aim that allowed instrumentalist to add an Ultra HD Blu - Ray Disc Drive to digital - only adaptation of the cabinet at a later date .

UPDATE: 2024/02/15 09:12 EST BY GARRETT ETTINGER

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According toSony ’s Q3 2023 earnings report card , the PlayStation 5 will be entering the latter " half " of its cabinet cycle , not the latter " microscope stage , " which Bloomberg originally report . The PS5 was launched in 2020 .

As the average duration of a console generation is about 6 yr , this refresh made common sense three years after the cabinet ’s original launching . In an interview withBloomberg , Sony senior vice president Naomi Matsuoka state that “ looking ahead , PS5 will enter the latter stagecoach of its liveliness bike ” as the company expects the sales tread of the PS5 hardware " will start fall from the next financial twelvemonth " which begins April 2024 and run until the end of March 2025 .

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Clues from Microsoft documents in its attainment of Activision - Blizzard are pointing to when a Modern PlayStation console may be hitting the market place .

Players Have Yet To Experience The PS5’s Full Potential

Recent Current-Gen Only Games Have Just Begun To Fully Utilize Some Of The Console’s Selling Points

The PlayStation 5 , along with the Xbox Series X had a difficult launching , both releasing during the COVID-19 pandemic and having online - only launches as a result . This led to a combination of fabrication constraints cut the number of console being made , and scalper using bots to quickly buy many that did go on sale with the intent of resell them at incredibly inflated toll points . Therefore , many gamers did n’t win a current - gen cabinet until some sentence into the console generation when these issues were overcome .

​​​​​​While there were titles such as theDemon ’s Soulsremake that launched alongside the PS5 as a current - gen exclusive , others that were commercialize as vast selling point for the then unexampled - gen equipment , such asMarvel ’s Spider - Man : Miles Moralesalso receive PS4 exit , and thecross - gen release continued for yearswith other major PlayStation exclusives such asGod of War : Ragnarök . It ’s only been in late class thatplayers have begun to see more of what the PS5 ’s computer hardware can do , with PS5 exclusive title such asMarvel ’s Spider - Man 2using the SSD tooverhaul how profligate travel can workin an open - world game , much hit loading screens altogether and enabling players to locomote to any gunpoint on the single-valued function without the penury for specific waypoints .

Source : Sony , Bloomberg

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