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PS5 Pro out this year and State Of Play in September claim insiders

by Markel

in Real Estate

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PlayStation State Of Play graphic — Is a State Of Play in the pipeline? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)

As everyone wonders when Sony will finally announce the PS5 Pro, rumours of PlayStation’s next State Of Play presentation have started to emerge.

Sony still hasn’t officially announced the PS5 Pro, despite a myriad of leaks, but it seems an announcement is lined up for sometime next month.

The company has already confirmed a bigger presence than usual at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, which takes place from September 26-29. Recently, an insider suggested the PS5 Pro, which was openly discussed by developers at Gamescom, could be revealed at the show.

Another insider, however, has since claimed Sony is ‘probably’ going to broadcast a State Of Play presentation ‘by the end of September’ – which could be where the PS5 Pro is revealed.

This is also what we at GameCentral heard last week at Gamescom, when an indiscreet developer revealed they were holding back their next big annoucement until September.

Speaking on Giant Bomb’s Game Mess Mornings, insider Jeff Grubb reaffirmed that he heard the PS5 Pro is still slated to come out this year, and that it could show up in a presentation next month.

‘Last I heard, this thing [PS5 Pro] is still coming out this year,’ Grubb said. ‘And more recently what I’ve heard is there is probably going to be a State Of Play, a Sony PlayStation State Of Play – not a Showcase – a State Of Play, by the end of September. It’s probably going to be late next month.’

While Grubb states that he doesn’t know if the PS5 Pro will be shown at the presentation, he speculates that it’s the logical assumption, adding: ‘I don’t know if the PS5 Pro is in the State Of Play, but where else would it be?

‘It could have its own thing. But I think State Of Play, end of September, and then you sell this thing beginning in October even, or maybe November.’

Grubb was previously proven accurate regarding the State Of Play event back in May this year, which debuted the first look at Astro Bot.

For the past two years, Sony has held a State Of Play presentation in September. Prior to that, in 2021, Sony held a PlayStation Showcase in the same month, when it officially revealed God Of War Ragnarök and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. As such, it’s very likely some sort of PlayStation event will take place next month, during or just after the Tokyo Game Show.

If the PS5 Pro is announced then Sony might be following the same release strategy for the PS4 Pro. That console was revealed in September 2016 and launched in November of the same year, so it’s possible the PS5 Pro could follow suit for this year.

A potential November launch would also make sense considering how thin the first party PlayStation 5 line-up is for the rest of the year, with the only major exclusive being Astro Bot next week.