A few weeks earlier, a report surfaced online about Sony Interactive Entertainment registering a patent for cartridges. Since the hype about Sony's next generation gaming console is high, many quickly assumed that the cartridges are intended for the PS5. However, a new report claims that these cartridges are designed for something else entirely different and not for the PlayStation 5.
In a recent video from Sony, it appears that the heavily speculated PlayStation 5 cartridges are intended for Sony's Toio line of kids' toys and has nothing to do with console business of the Japanese gaming giant. The claim that the registered cartridge patent are meant for the PlayStation 5 seemed unlikely considering that Sony's Mark Cerny earlier revealed that the next generation gaming console would feature a 4K Blu-ray media. A new handheld PS5 console also seemed like a wild guess.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that the media talked about a Sony patent, particularly that of a cartridge. It can be recalled that last year, the gaming industry thought that PlayStation Vita was returning or the PlayStation 5 will use the cartridges in some way. The rumors were later proven to be incorrect when Sony revealed that the patent, just like what we have now, was intended for the Toio interactive game system.
LetsGoDigital first spotted the cartridge patent filing and made a render out of it. This is the same site that first reported the PlayStation 5 dev kit, which later turned out to be accurate. Considering the source, it is easy for people to speculate that the patent, the render, and the report are accurate.
Also, since the patent was filed under SIE, it confused a lot of reporters and writers. It is always never simple to deal with patents, especially those that do not always make sense. Sony Interactive Entertainment is not just solely for PlayStation as it also includes robotics and the Toio line.
This simply reinforces that fact that patents even legit ones come with loose links with gaming. It does not mean that since there is a patent filing a product is in the works or will soon be released to the public. Just like other tech giants, Sony has a habit of filing patents and trademarks, which most of the time are left as patent and never seen any development.
Meanwhile, Sony's CEO Jim Ryan confirmed that the PlayStation 5 would arrive sometime in the holiday of 2020.
