JAKARTA - In fact, Sony will launch the PlayStation 5 (PS5), 4 June. However, due to the many solidarity actions and protests that sparked the death of black citizen George Floyd, Sony was forced to postpone the event.
Through its Twitter account, Sony PlayStation announced that it was forced to postpone the launch of its newest console until an undetermined time. Although the reasons for the delay were not clearly stated, the narrative and the #BlackLiveMatter hashtag used by Sony refers to the events of George Floyd's death in Minnesota, USA.
"Although we realize that many gamers can't wait to see PS5 games, we feel this is not the right time for a celebration. And for now, we want to refrain from letting more important voices be heard," wrote Sony via his account. His Twitter, Tuesday, June 2.
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- PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 1, 2020
Initially, Sony intended to show off a number of games and their latest console PS5, on June 4. The PS5: The Future of Gaming event will also be broadcast online, aka live streaming, via the official PlayStation channel on Twitch or YouTube.
The reactions from the fans were quite diverse where some of them could tolerate and say that this decision was the right one to take. However, not a few people feel disappointed because somehow the announcement of this event was brought by Sony a few days ago when this tragedy had already happened in America.
Some sources say that Sony will announce the latest schedule for this event soon, so for the moment fans seem to have to wait a little longer to look forward to the big surprise they are waiting for.
Not only Sony PlayStation, a number of events were also forced to postpone their schedule due to protests and riots that spread in other major cities in the United States. Even so, big media and technology companies such as Google, Twitter, Instagram and Apple also voiced their support for anti-racism.
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