
There is a hearsay doing the rounds on-line that claims Hideo Kojima himself is teasing the PS5 Professional — the upgraded console that Sony is supposedly set to launch later this 12 months. With further September State of Play rumours swirling, it is simple to grasp why this newest bout of hypothesis appears to have caught on — however we’re struggling to position any significant religion in it.
All of it stems from a photograph taken by Kojima’s assistant. The picture exhibits him sitting at a desk, enjoying what’s presumably a improvement construct of Demise Stranding 2: On the Seaside, with a DualSense controller in his palms. Nothing too out of the odd there, however keen followers have been fast to level out an object on the appropriate of the image, which is roofed by some type of black sheet. It is clearly the PS5 Professional, and that is clearly some type of mad Kojima-style tease (regardless of it not being posted on his personal account to start with).
Now, granted, you have to ask why Kojima’s getting his picture taken with this blanketed object in clear view. If it’s a tease, then it makes some sense — however then it seems like we’re all leaping the gun. Does it actually matter if it is the PS5 Professional? It is pretty widespread data that the dev kits are on the market and have been for some time — you’d assume that Kojima’s fairly conversant in the gadget at this level.
Mainly, we’re saying that this could possibly be the PS5 Professional dev package — that may clarify the duvet — however we might be shocked if there’s something extra to this story.
Demise Stranding 2 is because of launch in 2025, whereas, as talked about, the PS5 Professional is closely rumoured to be dropping earlier than this 12 months is over. Nonetheless, it is not loopy to think about that Kojima’s subsequent journey could possibly be used to advertise the supercharged system over the approaching months.