Sony is denying that the PlayStation 5 will be released in October, following a listing on an employment website that gave a release date for the system. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are due to be released in 2020, but neither Sony or Microsoft have given a concrete release date for their systems.
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 will be released during the 2020 holiday season, which gives a loose release window for the system. The fans are still wondering if the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X will meet their rough release dates, due to the current global climate. Nintendo is expecting shortages of the Switch over the next year and that’s for a system that has been available to purchase for years now. There are many people who are expecting the PlayStation 5 to be delayed, as there are concerns regarding Sony’s ability to produce enough consoles to meet the initial demand.
It originally seemed as if the PlayStation 5 might have been released earlier than anyone expected, as Nibellion on Twitter shared a link to a job listing for Sony Interactive Entertainment on the Rikunabi Next employment website in Japan. The position is linked to the production of upcoming PlayStation 5 systems and the listing mentions that the PlayStation 5 is planned to be released in October 2020.
A late October release date seemed feasible, as the console would be in the hands of players in the run-up to the 2020 holiday season. It turns out that the job listing was incorrect. Famitsu reached out to Sony for clarification regarding the job listing. Nibellion uploaded a new post to Twitter with an update to the original story, as Sony is claiming that the release date is an error on the part of the employment site. The original listing still claims that October 2020 as the release date for the PlayStation 5, as of the time of writing.
Microsoft seemed as if it was going to take the lead on Sony when it promised that the Xbox Series X reveal would feature gameplay, but it dropped the ball. The fans were furious when the Xbox Series X reveal trailer had little gameplay, with the snippets of footage that were shown looking on par with the Xbox One. The ball is now in Sony’s court and the PlayStation 5 could win over the audience with some exciting features and stunning gameplay footage. There are rumors that the PlayStation 5 will be revealed in June, so Sony could reveal the long-awaited release date for the system at an event within the next few weeks, but the October release date should only be considered as a rumor for now.
The PlayStation 5 is due to be released during the 2020 holiday season.
