I saw several reports on how the region-locked PS5 came about, and wanted to provide some context:
- The source is a TV Tokyo segment named Journalist Insights, equivalent to a newspaper column.
- The “insights” were from the reporter’s own unnamed source(s), not Sony’s official disclosure.
- It’s unclear to me if certain points, such as the unit being loss-leading, were speculations by the reporter or his source(s).
- Kinji Abe, the journalist, has had some exclusive scoops in the pasts, and won awards for his reporting. So even though the info is unofficial, it might be credible.
It’d help the readers if game journalists can vet the source and provide context for information originated overseas.
[Originally posted on 2025-11-18 Pacific Time]
