CES 2020 is a bit too early for either Sony or Microsoft to be showing anything substantial of their upcoming console releases. But that didn’t stop Sony President Jim Ryan from appearing on stage to announce the official logo of the PlayStation 5.
Shockingly it uses the same 3D PS symbol with the new PS5 abbreviation. Might as well stick with what works.
Ryan repeated the same PlayStation 5 features that Sony had previously revealed last year, including 3D audio sound, haptic feedback controllers, ray tracing and a solid state drive.
The keynote presentation also revealed sales numbers for the PlayStation 4, as well as active users and PS Plus subscribers. Since its release in 2013, the PS4 has sold 106 million units, making it one of the best-selling consoles of all time, ahead of the original PlayStation and Nintendo Wii, and behind the Game Boy/Game Boy Color.
Sony still holds the record for the number one best-selling console with the PlayStation 2 at around 155 million units sold.
Bolstering that impressive PS4 sales number are over 1.15 billion PS4 games sold, and 5 million PSVR units. The PlayStation network currently sees 103 million active users, over a third (38.8 million) of who are PlayStation Plus subscribers.
“I am very pleased to see that so many PlayStation fans value the unparalleled entertainment experience on PS4,” said Ryan. “This has been made possible by the support we have from our partners and fans since launching PlayStation in 1994, and I would like to truly thank everyone. We’ve consistently delivered innovative products like PlayStation VR, which has reached its 5 million unit sales milestone. There is much more entertainment experience to look forward to that the PlayStation ecosystem will provide that we can’t wait to share with our fans.”
The PlayStation 5 will launch this Holiday season.
