From Sony they are aware of the intangible consequences of COVID-19 in terms of production and movements in the calendar.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) can change the plans of absolutely all companies. With the world of electronic industry production almost paralyzed, the video game sector may see its calendar turned upside down and Sony, aware of the situation, has announced in a statement that the PlayStation department is closely studying what is happening: there may be delays .
"Sony is carefully monitoring the risk of delays"
Although the official website for PS5 clearly indicates that PlayStation 5 will hit the market "in late 2020", the software itself may be affected; both in terms of first party and third party companies. "Sony estimates that there will be no material impact on the business of this fiscal year," they indicate, referring to the video game and network services segment. The fiscal year ends on March 31 and, apparently, the products that were to be dispatched for this month were not intervened due to the stoppage on international airways due to the pandemic.
PS5 will come out in 2020, except for major cause.
However, “Sony is carefully monitoring the risk of delays in scheduled video game production from both first-party companies and third-party studios and other partners; mainly in Europe and the United States ”. A good account of this has given both Square Enix and Capcom with Final Fantasy VII Remake and Resident Evil 3 Remake, both planned for April and with more than possible supply problems in physical format in western lands.
The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima, upcoming releases
The Sony statement does not go into detail specific names, but its release schedule for the coming months is well known: The Last of Us Part 2 on May 29 and Ghost of Tsushima on June 26. At the moment, none of them has disclosed a possible delay in their estimated release date on PS4, but as Sony indicates: everything is subject to change.
Analyst consultancy DFC Intelligence believes that it is possible that both PS5 and Xbox Series X will be released in 2020 despite everything, but with very limited units if the coronavirus worsens and prevents industrial production from resuming.
