Report suggests PS5 will launch November 13

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The PS5 will launch in mid November this year, just in time for Christmas spending, a VGC report indicates. 

Sources in development and retail told VGC that Sony has booked a week of “significant” marketing beginning on Friday November 13th - which might indicate the date of the console’s release.

VGC has also spoken to multiple retail sources, who said that a mid-November launch for the PS5 would match their expectations. That would mean it arrives in time for the year’s biggest games - Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla are all scheduled for the week following November 13th. But the console would narrowly miss the launch of Destiny 2: Beyond Light on November 10th.

PS5 pre-order registration opened yesterday, on an invite-only basis. Existing PlayStation users with a US address might get a chance to reserve their console early - though not, of course, to play it early. We suppose just knowing there’s a machine earmarked for you brings a certain amount of satisfaction - especially in a year of console shortages.

Jeremy Peel
Jeremy Peel

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