Sony PlayStation 5 event postponed in respect of ongoing protests

Sony planned to launch the PlayStation 5 on June 4 but has decided to postpone the event. In a simple statement released on Twitter, Sony said, “While we understand gamers worldwide are excited to see PS5 games, we do not feel that right now is a time for celebration and for now, we want to stand back and allow more important voices to be heard.” 

The company defers holding the launch for its next-generation console as numerous protests against police brutality and racism are happening in the US, Canada, and other parts of the world. The protests were sparked by the death of the American George Floyd in the Minneapolis police's hands. 

Sony PlayStation’s holiday Twitter promo might be teasing the PS5

The Twitterverse is abuzz following Sony’s release of its free 2018 winter holiday theme for the PlayStation 4. One eagle-eyed Twitter user suggests that Sony might have just teased the PS5 in the theme. Mike Peterson points out the the “S” in “Holidays” is different from the “S” in “PlayStation.” From the looks of it, these are different and the S in PlayStation does look like a number 5. Sony’s own Shawn Layden responded cryptically to comments about Sony having “good things on the horizon” by saying “See you in the new year.” But as other Twitter users point out, this could also just allude to the fact that this Christmas is the fifth holiday season the PS4 is on sale. For now, we won’t know. And it looks like we’ll have to wait until 2019 to find out more. You can see the holiday theme in action and the contested letters (or letter and number) in the video above.

Source: T3