Sony confirmed that it is working on a new PlayStation console

Sony has officially confirmed that it is developing a new console PlayStation. No details yet, but wait for the release is likely to have more than two years.

"At the moment I can say that the new generation of the device, we need to" - said President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida, in an interview with Financial Times.

While there is no evidence that the console will be called PlayStation 5. Release date Yoshida also not named. But if you believe that the head of Sony Interactive Entertainment John Kodera said in May, held out no sooner than two and a half years, counting from the date of today.

The next three years we will prepare for the next step - sit down, then to jump even higher.

John Kodera, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Financial Times, citing sources familiar with Sony's plans regarding the new console, wrote that the console can not be very different from PlayStation 4 - including in terms of iron. Previously, the company has released a more powerful PlayStation 4 ProWhich is likely to perform something of a bridge between the two generations.

At the moment, PlayStation 4 - the most successful company hardware platform with the release of the PlayStation 2. She has sold more than 81.2 million units worldwide, and has already surpassed the sales of the third numbering prefix.