PS5 price and release date reveal: how to watch today’s PlayStation 5 Showcase PS5
Finally, after numerous retailer ‘leaks’ and minor marketing beats, Sony revealed the official PS5 price and release date during today’s PS5 Showcase live stream. Scroll down if you missed it. You can also check out our PS5 Showcase live blog for insight on everything we learned as it happened.
The loose ends were tied up by the live stream, and we learned that the PS5 will land on November 12 and November 19, depending on where you live. Sony also showed off games like Final Fantasy 16 and Hogwarts Legacy for the first time.
The PS5 Showcase was finally Sony’s moment to put everything on the table about the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition, following Microsoft’s reveal of every piece of info it had on the Xbox Series X and Series S launches last week. This was likely Sony’s final attempt to make a big pitch before the consoles release in late 2020.
Want to watch today’s PS5 Showcase? If you missed it, scroll down.
How to watch the PS5 Showcase
The PS5 Showcase has ended. Watch it below.
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If you want some informed commentary to go alongside the PS5 livestream today, then check out our accompanying reaction stream that we ran during the presentation. Key members of the TechRadar offer their expertise on what went down:
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PS5 Showcase: what we expected before the event
The most pressing information we’re expecting from the PS5 Showcase is an official confirmation of the PS5 price and release date – as well as information on PS5 pre-orders. This is the last piece of the puzzle for Sony, and follows Microsoft doing its own confirmation last week for its new consoles.
We’re predicting the PS5 to be around $499, with the PS5 Digital Edition potentially coming in at $399 – but, considering Sony has emphasized “value” over “price” when it comes to next-gen, that could be wishful thinking. We’ll just have to wait and see, but we’re hopeful it’ll compare well to the Xbox Series X.
The PS5 release date, on the other hand, is somewhat easier to predict despite Sony only confirming the PS5 will release in “Holiday 2020.” As consoles have always released in November, and the Xbox Series X is coming out on November 10, we’re expecting the PS5 to release sometime in mid-November – leaving enough time for gamers to get pre-orders in and to give a good run-up to the Christmas period.
It’s worth noting that Sony hasn’t officially confirmed we’ll be getting PS5 price and release date information during the showcase, but with Microsoft having laid its cards on the table with the Xbox Series X (and Xbox Series S) price and release date, it looks like the game of chicken between the two companies could finally be over. Plus, it’s already pretty late in the year for Sony to be revealing this information, based on previous console launch roadmaps.
What Sony has confirmed, though, is that the PS5 Showcase will “feature updates on the latest titles from Worldwide Studios and our world-class development partners”, meaning that we’re going to be getting some updates on previously confirmed PS5 games, which may include the likes of Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Horizon Forbidden West – and we’re expecting the company to finally unveil the PS5 launch line-up.
In addition to these confirmed titles, we’re also expecting some potential surprise announcements for unconfirmed PS5 games, with rumors pointing to a Silent Hill reboot reveal. Speculation has also pointed towards Final Fantasy 16 coming to PS5.
That’s a lot to cram into today’s 40-minute stream, so we’re not sure how much of this we’ll get, but it’s going to be an interesting show.
Finally, after numerous retailer ‘leaks’ and minor marketing beats, Sony revealed the official PS5 price and release date during today’s PS5 Showcase live stream. Scroll down if you missed it. You can also check out our PS5 Showcase live blog for insight on everything we learned as it happened. The…
