The PlayStation 5 Professional appears to be inching nearer to an official announcement. Following leaks that stated the PS5 Pro would make its debut in September, Sony has now confirmed a PlayStation 5 “Technical Presentation” for September 10. The presentation will start at 8:00am PT (or 8.30pm IST) on Tuesday and can give attention to “on PS5 and improvements in gaming know-how.” Whereas Sony has not explicitly confirmed if the present would characteristic the PlayStation 5 Professional, the corporate will probably lastly reveal the existence of the upcoming console, that has been an open secret within the trade for a while now.
PlayStation Technical Presentation
Crucially, the technical presentation shall be hosted by Mark Cerny, lead architect of the PS5 (and the PS4, for that matter). It was Cerny who revealed and detailed the technical capabilities and design choices of the PS5 forward of the console’s launch over 4 years in the past.
Sony has confirmed that the stream shall be 9 minutes lengthy and broadcast in English on the PlayStation YouTube channel. The PlayStation dad or mum has supplied no different particulars on the technical presentation. You’ll be able to watch the presentation when it goes dwell beneath:
It is also value noting that Sony appeared to have teased the PS5 Professional forward of asserting the presentation. In its submit celebrating 30th anniversary of PlayStation, the corporate posted a picture that featured a spot-it-if-you-can forged of PlayStation merchandise within the background. Amid the acquainted contours of Sony consoles and PlayStation equipment through the years, you could possibly spot a sure PS5-like design that is not in official existence but — a PS5 seen from the facet, with three stripes operating throughout the facet plate.
The design matches up with a leaked design of the PS5 Pro. Final month, a dependable leaker claimed the PS5 Professional could be formally revealed within the first half of September. Along with the launch timeline, the leaker posted a sketch of the purported PS5 Professional, which featured an identical design to the PS5, however with three stripes on the facet plate.
The PS5 Professional has been an open secret within the video games trade for some time now, with rumours and studies revealing the anticipated {hardware} upgrades the console would possibly include. With declining gross sales of the PS5, Sony is predicted to launch the ‘Professional’ model of its current-gen console forward of the Vacation 2024 season. In its recent earnings report for March-June quarter, Sony stated it offered 2.4 million PS5 models, properly beneath the three million-mark that analysts had anticipated.
