Updates on COD 2019 Suggest PS5 NEXT YEAR

In a previous update by Sony, information suggested that the hardware developer wanted to give game devs time to adapt games to the PS4 hardware, and allow them to reach the upper limits of the system. This would mean that there would be no new Sony console until around 2020, which would mean that games would be staying on current-gen hardware for some time.

This was bad news for some and good news for others. While many fans were eager to see what games could accomplish on better and better systems, others were happy that they wouldn’t have to drop yet another $400 to experience the very best of console gaming. There were plenty of arguments to be made on both sides: Once again, on the side of those in favor of an early Playstation Five, there was a sense that continually upping the standard hardware in consoles would push games developers to keep up with tech maximums, pushing games further and further past a period where, during the long-running lifespans of the Xbox 360 and PS3, consoles were seen as ‘holding games back’ from their true potential of running at max-level PC hardware.  However those not in favor might again argue that better games can come in smaller packages, and the longer lifespans of the aforementioned two consoles had forced devs to try to develop more interesting and fun core designs rather than relying on visual pizzazz or scale to push their products for them.

In the past, it had seemed like those who wanted a bit longer of a wait were getting their way. But now, we’re not too sure.

A recent update by Express highlights a few new things coming to gaming, such as a few updates to popular Battle Royale title Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, which will feature a new weapon and a new, smaller map to cut down on the game’s infamously long dead time between player versus player encounters.

The article also featured information on Call of Duty. But not the upcoming title Black Ops 4 – according to the article, “Infinity Ward has posted a new job listing which looks to be for a position working on Call of Duty 2019,” and reports on the listing suggest that it will be for the game’s single player portion. This by itself is a fairly big deal, as it suggests that the next Call of Duty title will have a single player portion, while this year’s offering famously decided against such a feature to focus on the multiplayer experience.

In addition, the intel on the job listing also state that the unannounced Call of Duty title will be released on “multiple next-gen platforms,” which is a bit of a deviation from the way other job listings have stated in the past, as the Xbox One and PS4 are now considered “current gen” platforms. This suggests that the unnamed Call of Duty 2019 will be available on the PS5 as well as the yet-to-be-named next Xbox, which has been given the code name “Scarlett” inside of Microsoft studios.

Other rumors about the Playstation Five suggest a console that is capable of backwards compatibility as well as one that is only able to run digital games. And while the digitization of games may seem at first like a step back rather than a step forward, it will mean that the console will not require a disk drive, which frees up a considerable amount of space for newer, better hardware.

While full digitization of games may be poorly received at first, it may be accepted more heavily down the line and move on to become the standard of new projects. iPhones saw a similar trend with the loss of a dedicated headphone jack to allow for a larger battery back with the iPhone 7.

Stay on the lookout for more news about the upcoming Playstation Five gaming console, which will be headed into the hands of consumers either next year or the year after that.