PS5 exclusives will not be on PS4 confirms Sony, as CEO hints at price

We’ll finally be seeing some PS5 games next week, and PlayStation’s CEO is convinced that they and the console will launch on time.

It feels like forever since we heard something official about the PlayStation 5, but Sony is finally ready to deliver some next week with an event that will reveal the PS5’s launch games.

At the same time, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has also spoken with GamesIndsutry.biz to talk about the challenges Sony is facing and the future for the PlayStation 5.

There have long been concerns that the new console could face a delay, but Ryan confidently states that it will launch this year and that the company’s first party titles are all on schedule too.

As for the console itself, Ryan didn’t provide much in the way of new details and, with the upcoming event dedicated to the games, we likely won’t hear much about it for a little while longer.

However, he did confirm that Sony wants to ‘give the PlayStation community something new, something different, that can really only be enjoyed on PS5.’

One of Microsoft’s biggest selling points for its Xbox Series X has been its Smart Delivery feature, allowing owners to buy either the Xbox Series X or Xbox One version of a game and get the other version for free.

Sony, meanwhile, has no interest in doing something similar, according to Ryan, ‘We believe that when you go to all the trouble of creating a next gen console, that it should include features and benefits that the previous generation does not include.

‘And that, in our view, people should make games that can make the most of those features.’

‘It is time to give the PlayStation community something new, something different, that can really only be enjoyed on PS5’, he added.

This could be what Sony needs to have an edge over Microsoft come the launch of the consoles. Microsoft previously confirmed that the Xbox Series X would have no exclusives until 2022, meaning Xbox One owners won’t need to jump to the new console just to play the new games.

This is the opposite of Sony’s approach, although third party titles, like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, will be on next gen and current hardware for both Sony and Microsoft.

When asked about pricing, especially given many countries could be facing a recession, Ryan provided a vague hint that the console will be sold at the ‘best possible value proposition.’

‘I think the best way that we can address this is by providing the best possible value proposition that we can. I don’t necessarily mean lowest price. Value is a combination of many things.

‘In our area it means games, it means number of games, depth of games, breadth of games, quality of games, price of games… all of these things and how they avail themselves of the feature set of the platform.’

Ryan also admits that, in the long-term, Sony could face some steep challenges, but he is at the very least confident in what the company has in store for consumers this year, saying: ‘I don’t see anything to worry about in the games that we’re about to show you.’

The PlayStation 5 is scheduled to launch in time for Christmas this year.

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