The PS5 and Xbox Series X launch dates have been revealed in a brand new report. At the second of publishing, Sony has not supplied a launch date or a launch window for its next-gen PlayStation console past the vacation 2020. Meanwhile, Microsoft has supplied a extra slim launch window of November 2020, however that is all it is mentioned to this point. According to latest rumors, each console makers will announce launch and pricing data subsequent month. In the in the meantime, a brand new report has surfaced on-line that has doubtlessly spilled the beans for each.
According to VGC, which cites quite a few growth and retail sources, each consoles are going to launch inside weeks of one another, similar to the PS4 and Xbox One did. The report notes the Xbox Series X is presently slated to launch throughout the first week of the month, which seemingly means it is releasing on November 6, as consoles now usually launch on Friday. However, it is attainable it might launch a number of days earlier on November 3, which is a Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the report claims the PS5 will launch someday in the course of the month, so seemingly the next Friday, which is November 13. Again, a Tuesday launch is out of the query, so it might drop on November 10, however that is much less seemingly. The center of the month might additionally imply the next Friday, November 20 as properly.
Perhaps hinting on the latter date is VGC’s declare that Sony has reportedly “booked important advertising and marketing spend” for the seven days after November 13. You’d assume it will do that the week earlier than the console’s launch, not the week after.
Unfortunately, that is the place the salient particulars finish. And it is vital to notice that all the things right here just isn’t official data, which implies it ought to all be taken with a grain of salt, as a result of even when it is 100 % correct, it is also topic to alter.
That mentioned, as all the time, be at liberty to depart a remark or two or 26 letting us know what you suppose or hit me up on Twitter @Tyler_Fischer_ and let me know over there. What next-gen console — if any — will you be selecting up this 12 months?
