It seems like only yesterday Sony was announcing the PS4

Video games analyst Michael Pachter has weighed in on the current PlayStation 5 rumours and claims 2019 is the earliest to expect it.

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At least one person doesn’t think there’s much chance of the PlayStation 5 being released this year, as infamous games industry analyst Pachter suggests 2020 is more probable.

Such is Pachter’s reputation that some will take his comments to mean a 2018 launch is more likely than ever, but he’s not always wrong and does have a lot of important industry contacts.

Website Wccftech asked him about recent PlayStation 5 rumours that stated a release this year or next was what Sony is currently aiming for.




According to Pachter though a 2018 release has a ‘very low probability’. Instead, he suggested that 2020 has a 75% chance of being the release year, followed by 2019 at 25%.

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What’s perhaps most interesting is that Pachter doesn’t dismiss a 2018 launch out of hand, as others might have before this most recent round of rumours.

Despite all this though there’s not been a single hint from Sony that a new console is anywhere near ready. And if it was out this year it would surely have to be shown at E3 in June – and there’s no sign of that either.

Pachter was apparently not asked about the less controversial rumour that claimed developers already have development kits for the PlayStation 5.

If that aspect of the rumour is true then that’s very early to be getting them, if the console’s not due out until 2020. But that’s good, and would hopefully mean a larger number of high quality launch titles than the PlayStation 4 managed.

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