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Sony has postponed its PlayStation 5 event, where it was expected to reveal new details about the console, amid protests across the US.
The hour-long event had been scheduled for 4 June, but Sony said holding it would be inappropriate given the protests engulfing the country.
“While we understand gamers worldwide are excited to see PS5 games, we do not feel that right now is a time for celebration,” Sony wrote in a tweet.
“And for now, we want to stand back and allow more important voices to be heard.”
The event was largely expected to focus on the games that will arrive when the console is launched towards the end of this year.
“The games coming to PS5 represent the best in the industry from innovative studios that span the globe,” PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said in the announcement. “Studios, both larger and smaller, those newer and those more established, all have been hard at work developing games that will showcase the potential of the hardware.”
Mr Ryan had noted that the event would already be strange, given it was being held online amid lockdowns.
“A lack of physical events has given us an amazing opportunity to think differently and bring you on this journey with us, and hopefully, closer than ever before,” Mr Ryan had written. “This is part of our series of PS5 updates and, rest assured, after next week’s showcase, we will still have much to share with you.”
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Police spray mace at protestors to break up a gathering near the Minneapolis Police third precinct after a white police officer was caught on a bystander’s video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital, in Minneapolis
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A protester holds a sign with an image of George Floyd
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Protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd
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A protester throws a piece of wood on a fire in the street just north of the 3rd Police Precinct
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People in other US cities also protested the murder, like Los Angeles
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A police officer lobs a canister to break up crowds
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A protester is treated after inhaling tear gas
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Two police officers stand on the roof of the Third Police Precinct during a face off with a group of protesters
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Protesters outside a Minneapolis police precinct two days after George Floyd died
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Protesters run from tear gas
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Demonstrators gather to protest in Los Angeles
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Police remove barricades set by protesters
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A fire burns inside of an Auto Zone store near the Third Police Precinct
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Flowers, signs and balloons are left near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the spot where he died
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A policeman faces a protester holding a placard in downtown Los Angeles
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A couple poses with a sign in Los Angeles
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 27: A man is tended to after sustaining an injury from a projectile shot by police outside the 3rd Police Precinct building on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd’s neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said, “I cant breathe”. Floyd was later pronounced dead while in police custody after being transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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A protester reacts after inhaling tear gas
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Protesters use shopping carts as a barricade
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Protesters clash with the police as they demonstrate against the death of George Floyd
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Police spray mace at protestors to break up a gathering near the Minneapolis Police third precinct after a white police officer was caught on a bystander’s video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital, in Minneapolis
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A protester holds a sign with an image of George Floyd
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Protesters demonstrate against the death of George Floyd
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A protester throws a piece of wood on a fire in the street just north of the 3rd Police Precinct
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People in other US cities also protested the murder, like Los Angeles
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A police officer lobs a canister to break up crowds
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A protester is treated after inhaling tear gas
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Two police officers stand on the roof of the Third Police Precinct during a face off with a group of protesters
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Protesters outside a Minneapolis police precinct two days after George Floyd died
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Protesters run from tear gas
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Demonstrators gather to protest in Los Angeles
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Police remove barricades set by protesters
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A fire burns inside of an Auto Zone store near the Third Police Precinct
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Flowers, signs and balloons are left near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the spot where he died
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A policeman faces a protester holding a placard in downtown Los Angeles
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A couple poses with a sign in Los Angeles
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 27: A man is tended to after sustaining an injury from a projectile shot by police outside the 3rd Police Precinct building on May 27, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd’s neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said, “I cant breathe”. Floyd was later pronounced dead while in police custody after being transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
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A protester reacts after inhaling tear gas
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Protesters use shopping carts as a barricade
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Protesters clash with the police as they demonstrate against the death of George Floyd
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Sony is just the latest company to postpone a launch event amid the protests. It came shortly after Google announced it would delay its Android 11 reveal, for the same reason.
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