On March 8, foreign media TweakTowm found some intriguing import records showing that Sony sent thousands of development kits to the United States, and the goods were marked as "video game consoles (prototypes)". The shipment was sent from the United Kingdom to Norfolk, Virginia, in November 2021, in four cardboard boxes weighing 694 kilograms.
Generally speaking, Sony PS consoles are made in China, norfolk in addition to some of Sony's service centers, basically do not have any Sony-related facilities, so the start and end of this batch of goods look more mysterious. As for why Sony wanted to ship the more than half-ton cargo to the United States, TweakTown did not disclose more details.
Many console players are very interested in this mysterious cargo and put forward conjectures. They believe that the shipment may include a prototype of Sony's PS5 upgrade, the PS5 Pro, or a prototype of the PSVR 2. Not only that, but there are also early engineered versions of the PS5 that players believe to be.
If the guess holds, Sony may have sent the PS5 Pro to the United States for testing, which means that the upgraded version of the PS5 is expected to be released to players. Of course, the above are some of the speculations of players, not necessarily with high authenticity.
Xiao Lei speculated that if there is Sony's new prototype in this batch of mysterious goods, it may also be indispensable to the PS5 Slim version, after all, sony does not have any new game consoles to compete with Microsoft Xbox Series S, and not all consumers like the PS5 huge body, compared to the PS5 Pro, slim version should be more popular.
According to management, PS4 Pro was launched three years after the release of the PS4, if Sony has the idea of upgrading the PS5, then we still have the opportunity to see the PS5 Pro released next year, it is said that the enhanced version of the PS5 is equipped with a more powerful AMD processor, a more solid thermal stack, so the volume will be further increased.
At present, sony is facing a shortage of supply, PS5 has been in a state of shortage, in order to ensure the supply as much as possible, the official also castrated the PS5 heat dissipation material, although the performance does not have much impact, but consumers are certainly not happy to see the reduction.
Now Sony is also planning an upgraded version of the PS5, but it is difficult to promote in the absence of cores, and even if it is released, it is a continuous shortage. Xiao Lei believes that the most important thing at the moment is to let players buy the original price of PS5, and then consider the new version.