PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has said that the coronavirus pandemic has not changed Sony’s price plan for the PS5.
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Talking to BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, Ryan would not confirm a price, but did state that the pandemic had not changed PlayStation’s pricing plans. He also believes COVID-19 will not impact distribution of the console.
“It’s obviously introducing a level of complexity any business would prefer not to have to deal with,” he said. “But we’re feeling really good about the supply chain, we’re going to launch this year and we’ll be global.”
While he notes that hardware engineers have been unable to get to China to complete their work on finalising prototypes, Ryan states that “everybody’s just rolled their sleeves up and got on with it”.
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Sony has been quiet about the PS5 for some time, but will finally show more from its next-generation console on June 4.
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Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com PS5 Price Has Not Been Affected by COVID-19