CES 2022: Sony Reveals PlayStation 5 Logo

Sony's press conference at CES 2020 earlier today had us hoping for at least a video showing off the design of the PlayStation v, but that didn't happen; instead we got to see a new electric concept car from the company. The closest we got to hearing anything almost the upcoming console from the Japanese behemothic was the reveal of the PS5 logo, and spoiler alert, at that place are no surprises there.

The PlayStation 5 logo revealed by Sony is almost exactly the same logo equally we've seen with PlayStation four. It uses the same font and merely swaps out "4" for "5". While the company didn't talk much about the PS5 other than the logo itself, information technology did give out some sales numbers for the PS4 and the visitor'southward virtual reality gaming solution — PSVR.

Co-ordinate to the company, information technology has sold over 5 1000000 units of the PSVR since its launch dorsum in 2016. That's not a huge number by whatever business relationship. To put information technology in perspective, the PlayStation 4, which launched in 2013 has sold over 104 million units, making information technology the second best selling gaming console behind the PlayStation 2, which sold 158 million units in its lifetime.

CES 2020: Sony Reveals PlayStation 5 Logo, Claims 5 Million PSVRs Sold

Coming back to the PlayStation v though, Sony may be keeping its console nether wraps fifty-fifty though Microsoft showed off the design of the Xbox Series Ten at The Game Awards, but nosotros have been hearing some information effectually the upcoming console from the Japanese giant.

Sony said at its CES 2020 presentation that the PS5 will come up with 8K graphics, ray tracing capabilities, SSDs for faster speeds, and will also be backwards uniform with the PlayStation four, all of which is great. Nosotros're likewise expecting to run across a custom AMD chip inside the PS5, along with a custom AMD GPU.

The PlayStation 5 is expected to launch later this twelvemonth, simply we are hoping to hear more details and hopefully go a proper unveil at E3 2020 in June this year.