PlayStation 5 releasing Holiday 2020, Sony confirms

PlayStation also stated that it is "reconsidering" the PS5 controller with a number of new features.

The PS5 is released in Holiday 2020 alongside the Xbox Project Scarlett, has confirmed PlayStation, and also announces that the next-gen console is officially called the PlayStation 5.

"The name of our next-generation machine is "PlayStation 5" (PS5), and that the release is scheduled for the year-end sales season of 2020", said President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan on a new post at the PlayStation blog.

Sony also wants to reinvent the PS5 controller. One of the most important goals for Sony, Ryan continues, is to reconsider the DualShock. 

The two major innovations, the first is an improved emphasis on haptic technology to replace the rumbling currently available in the DualShock 4, and the second is the addition of adaptive triggers.

"With haptics, you truly feel a broader range of feedback, so crashing into a wall in a race car feels much different than making a tackle on the football field," Ryan continues. 

"You can even get a sense for a variety of textures when running through fields of grass or plodding through mud."

Ryan notes that developers can program the resistance of the L2 and R2 triggers, in combination with the haptic technology that is placed in the rest of the controller. According to Sony, developers can use this to give players "more realistic actions" than ever before. 

"Developers can program the resistance of the triggers so that you feel the tactile sensation of drawing a bow and arrow or accelerating an off-road vehicle through rocky terrain. 

Combined with haptics, this can produce a powerful experience that includes different actions simulates better "Game makers have started receiving early versions of the new controller, and we can't wait to see where their imagination is going with these new features that they have available," says Ryan.

Finally, Ryan also reiterated that Ghost of Tsushima will be released on PS4 despite assuming that the Sucker Punch game would be a next-generation title that would place its unconfirmed release date sometime in the next 15 months. 

A new Wired report on the PS5 is also expected later today, so we will update this story with more information as it arrives.