PS5 leak reveals some of the console’s last remaining secrets

[Chris Smith]

• Leaked PlayStation Store code reveals the PS5’s last remaining secrets.
• Sony has hardly revealed everything there is to know about the new PlayStation 5 consoles in its virtual press events so far.
• The source code leaks address PS4 backwards compatibility and explains some of the PS5 features that Sony hasn’t revealed.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 events this year were hardly exciting. One might argue that the novel coronavirus pandemic ruined Sony’s PS5 marketing plan, but other tech giants adapted to the new conditions just fine. After the boring PS5 hardware event in March, it looked like Sony went out of its way to avoid talking about the new consoles. The PS5 design dropped via a trailer at the end of a virtual event focusing on games. Sony only addressed the design well after the show, and it provided little details about it. For example, we still have no idea how that storage expansion slot looks like, and storage will be a significant issue for some gamers.

When the time came to reveal pricing and release date information, Sony repeated the design reveal. The company listed the pricing structure and release dates at the end of a “press conference” that focused on games again. After the event, Sony addressed preorders, using Twitter, and a regular press release to not really reveal anything useful to gamers. Sony seems to be so confident that the PlayStation’s clout around will help it sell the PS5 that it didn’t even reveal the new user interface or new software features planned for the PS5. And Sony is partially right. The existing PS5 stock sold out. But it’s unclear how many consoles Sony had on hand for preorders.

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