Sony set to release PlayStation 5 in February

Sony is rumoured to be set for the release of PlayStation 5  in February 2020 and it looks like the rumor is picking up more and more steam.

A huge leak a few days ago said that Sony would hold the press conference on February 5th, at which point it’ll also start taking PS5 preorders. Since then, two more insiders have come forward to sat that the PlayStation 5 launch will indeed take place in February.

First up, it’s Waypoint’s Patrick Klepek who tackled the matter during a new episode of Waypoint Radio (via ComicBook):

Probably next month will be both the — presumably the Xbox and PlayStation events will not be too far behind one another, that would be my guess. So that’ll probably both happen next month. I haven’t heard much about what Microsoft’s doing, so maybe they’ll be quiet until E3. But a lot of Sony stuff next month for sure.

Sony confirmed a few days ago that it’s not coming to E3 2020, seemingly suggesting that the PS5 launch will happen before this year’s major gaming event. Sony, however, has yet to send press invites to the media for the event that’s rumored to take place in New York City in just a few weeks.

While these are just rumors, they both come from sources that have been reliable in the past. We only have two more weeks in January, so Sony will have to send out invites soon for the PS5 keynote if it’s indeed scheduled for early February.

David Jaffe, the former developer best known for his work on God of War and Twisted Metal, has stated that the much rumoured PlayStation Meeting said to reveal the PS5 is “less than four weeks away”, seemingly corroborating information previously leaked last year.