{"id":45877,"date":"2018-10-09T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T08:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=45877"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:48:10","slug":"sony-president-and-ceo-kenichiro-yoshida-hints-at-playstation-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/sony-president-and-ceo-kenichiro-yoshida-hints-at-playstation-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida Hints at PlayStation 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with Financial Times, Sony president and CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, insinuated that &#8220;Next Gen&#8221; hardware is the need of the hour for Sony. Yoshida, without naming the &#8220;next-gen hardware&#8221; PlayStation 5 said that &#8220;At this point, what I can say is it\u2019s necessary to have a next-generation hardware&#8221;. Yoshida&#8217;s response came in after he was asked about the spectacular rise of the $70bn global smartphone gaming market.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few years, we have seen the enormous evolution of mobile gaming. Thanks to the evolving capabilities of the modern day smartphone, the mobile gaming landscape\u00a0has changed significantly and can even be argued that Smartphone gaming is a direct competitor of console gaming. Although most of the popular games are free of cost on smartphones such as PUBG and Fortnite, the immense revenue these games bring in terms of micro-transactions and advertisements cannot be overlooked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45880\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X.jpeg\" alt=\"PlayStation 5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X-1140x760.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X.jpeg\" alt=\"PlayStation 5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fortnite-on-iPhone-X-1140x760.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> Fortnite on iPhone X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inside Sony, there have been some rumors about a possible gaming tablet that might be in the works. The idea behind the tablet is that it would connect to multiple devices as online streaming of games becomes more widespread.<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to PlayStation 5, according to industry analysts, Sony might not depart from the basic platform that they have established with the PS4, &#8220;Sony would likely seek to use this successful PS4 platform as long as possible,\u201d said Kazunori Ito, an analyst at research firm Ibbotson Associates Japan. This tells us that the new console may not actually be all that different from its predecessor in terms of basic functionality.<\/p>\n<p>As to the\u00a0question of when can the next PlayStation be expected, according to industry analysts, the answer seems to be the year 2020. Industry experts have been adamant about this point because they think 2019 is the year when Sony strengthens their cross-platform\u00a0gaming feature.\u00a0\u201cToday, the communities around some games have evolved to the point where cross-platform experiences add significant value to players,\u201d John Kodera, who heads Sony\u2019s PlayStation business, recently wrote on the company\u2019s blog. \u201cThis represents a major policy change for SIE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier we did an article about a rumor that Sony is planning backward compatibility for its next console (PlayStation 5). You can read all about it<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/rumor-sony-is-planning-backward-compatibility-for-ps5-allowing-you-to-play-all-previous-console-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is it, for now, leave us a comment below and tell us what you expect of the PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview with Financial Times, Sony president and CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, insinuated that &#8220;Next Gen&#8221; hardware is the need of the hour for Sony. Yoshida, without naming the &#8220;next-gen hardware&#8221; PlayStation 5 said that &#8220;At this point, what I can say is it\u2019s necessary to have a next-generation hardware&#8221;. Yoshida&#8217;s response came in after he was asked about the spectacular rise of the $70bn global smartphone gaming market. 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