E3: Reaction: Sony's Surprise PS5 Reveal Was a Stroke of Genius
Shock and awe.
We’ve been here before, haven’t we? I remember the halcyon days of 2013, when a less jaded Sammy and a much smaller Push Square quivered with anticipation as Sony announced the PlayStation Meeting which would later play host to the PlayStation 4. The event was revealed days after a cunning Kaz Hirai had told a business broadsheet that it would let its competitor go first. The company took the entire industry by surprise.
Success has perhaps whittled away at the Japanese giant’s sneaky side, but it proved today that it still has the sheer audacity to take gamers by storm: an unremarkable Tuesday afternoon and it provided us with our very first insight into the PlayStation 5. Microsoft, once again caught with its trousers around its ankles, hastily confirmed its E3 2019 press conference in the aftermath – everyone and their Phil Spencer-esque indie developer shirt had expected the team in green to move first.
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