Insider Claims Sony Investigating PS5 Pro Specification Leak

[T0@st]

Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson believes that Sony PlayStation leadership will tighten up development conditions, following recent leaks pertaining to the technological underpinnings of the heavily rumored "PS5 Pro" home console. An IGN report and another Henderson-authored article posit that last week's revelations are "legit," according to their respective networks of industry moles. Apparently top secret information was extracted from a technical document—reports suggest that Sony sent this paper to its third-party development partners, alongside a new batch of development kits.

Industry experts think that (slated) repercussions could affect smaller development houses—Henderson tweeted: "as expected, Sony has launched an internal investigation into the leaked documents on Trinity as it leaked during a third-party rollout...Not sure on the implications yet as I don't think they can catch one individual, but Sony could reduce its third-party developer pool for new tech as a result." Rumors of a "mid-gen hardware refresh" have been swirling for almost a year and a half, but PlayStation bosses seem to be rattled into action (this week). Microsoft maintained a cool exterior following the leak of next-gen Xbox details, but that information emerged from unredacted court documents. Phil Spencer and his colleagues claim that future Xbox product roadmaps are in constant flux.



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[Event Horizon]

I used to think these leaks were deliberate. Seems like this one might have been undesired.

 

[TechLurker]

I know it's more likely Sony might do a different design style, but if their PS5P looks similar to that concept render that combines both Slim and OG design elements with the extra cooling vents 3rd party panels offer, I'd definitely go with buying one. It's the first half-step upgrade that looks better than the OG release.

 

[Vya Domus]

I used to think these leaks were deliberate.

Most are not deliberate, as they near the time of announcement and they start talking to third parties, like game studios, it's inevitable some of this stuff leaks.

 

[Minus Infinity]

Holey shit batman, Tom may have gotten some specs right for once.

 

[Guwapo77]

Tom-haters are having a hard time trying to comprehend what has transpired in the last 96 hours. Its ok tho...