A brand new Bloomberg report has released to make a number of claims about the future of Sony's upcoming PS5 console, and the issues that have been plaguing it's manufacturing. As a result of the complications with production of PS5 units, it would seem that some Sony executives have reported that more than a few PS5 launch titles will likely be playable on PS4.

This likely comes as a safety measure to mitigate against the chance of not being able to ship enough consoles at launch during Holiday 2020, allowing players from the previous console generation continue to purchase new titles in the future. However, it should be noted that these reports claim to be coming from within Sony, although no sources were named and so this intel should be taken with a grain of salt.

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The safety measure of releasing games for both the PS5 and PS4 seems to be in response to fears that the Next-Gen console's release price might end up being a deterring factor for potential buyers. As the Bloomberg report claims, some component shortages may cause the price of the PS5 to rise, as certain parts Sony intends to implement into the console have a separate demand for other tech planned to release later this year. However, releasing games for current and Next-Gen systems at the same time is not completely unprecedented, as this situation has been the case for the PS2, PS3, and PS4 in the past.

Previously, games like Assassin's Creed 4 have released for both the PS3 and PS4 system, opening up the possible market for the game to be both new players on the new console as well as players who hadn't yet upgraded. With rumors pointing strongly to the likelyhood that the PS5 will offer backwards compatibility, this may even make working on launch titles easier for developers, as they can focus setting games up for PS4 and letting the system take care of porting. This could be good news for PS4 players that have been looking forward to the Next-Gen games, but are worrying about dropping the hundreds required for updating to a new system.

One positive note from the Bloomberg report seems to be that fears of the Coronavirus hurting PS5 production have been widely unfounded, as Sony reports that the outbreak has no bearing on the PS5. Hopefully, this should mean that there won't be a shortage of systems hitting store shelves later this year, although a shortage on components might still mean trouble for the growing price of the Next-Gen console.

PS5 is set to release in Holiday 2020.

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Source: Bloomberg