PS5 Is Launching Next Year at Sony’s Own Event
3 Possible Reasons Sony Is Skipping E3 2019
The launch of PS5 is the boldest theory for Sony’s decision to skip E3 2019, but it might well be more plausible than it initially sounds.
For one thing, we’ve heard rumblings from Sony about the future of the brand moving forward. Weeks ago, the company issued its first official confirmation that new hardware was certainly on the way, stamping out any notion of an extended PS4 lifecycle in the same vein as the PS3.
Not that the PS4 is that young; it recently celebrated its fifth year in production, which would make a 2019 PS5 launch the same length of time between the PS1, PS2, and PS3. Only the economic crisis of the mid-2000’s extended the PS3’s lifecycle beyond the six-year norm.
What’s more, we’ve already established the list of upcoming first-party software, while it certainly looks compelling, is starting to slow. Does it not make sense that the generation is winding down, then? Doesn’t The Last of Us Part II as a swansong for the PS4 not sound about right, and are we really sure that Death Stranding isn’t a PS5 game?
It certainly doesn’t seem outside the realms of possibility that Sony would drop some trailers throughout the year to keep us informed, and then run a full-scale PS5 launch event. Post E3 would make the most sense, possibly around September, with a console launch date set for the holiday period.
