Talk of the PlayStation 4 NEOย was heard well before E3 2016, and Sony did notย address theย rumors surrounding the new consoleย duringย their E3 press conference. Now, though, leaked information regarding the projectย is leaking fromย left and right, and the more Sony attempts to conceal this information the quicker it seems to flow. Either the PlayStation 4 NEO is one of the worst-kept secrets in the video game industry, or there is some kind of weirdย marketing strategy responsible forย all of this.
This pastย weekend, the NEOโs price, as well as its expected release date, found its way to the web thanks to an early productย listing from Amazon Spain. It was quickly removed once news outlets started to get wind of this information, but not before we could see that the “intended”ย release date of the NEOย isย October 13, 2016. The retail priceย listed by Amazonย Spainย was 400 euros, which is roughly equal toย 440 USD. It isย worth noting, however, that the standard PlayStation 4ย also launchedย at 400 eurosย in Europe, but it was still priced at 400 USD for its November 2013 North American release date. In the wake of all this news, Amazon Spain then announced that the listing was an error and the date was actually meant for the PlayStation VR. In a statement made to PC Magazine, an Amazon spokesmanย claimed “a poor choice of wording has led it [the date] to being misreported as NEO”…hmm, okay.
It gets better.ย To make matters even more spoiler-y, documents have leaked that supportย anย October release of Sony’s new console. The first panel states, “All PlayStation 4 titles released October 2016 or later should support the original PlayStation 4 system and the NEO system.” Below is a list of PS4 NEO Internal Documents:
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If the PlayStation 4 NEOย is indeed gearing up for an October release,ย we can be expecting an official statement relatively soon.
