After months of anticipation, rumors, and delays, Sony will finally host the long-awaited official PS5 game launch event on June 11 Dubbed "The Future of Gaming," the Thursday afternoon event will focus on the titles that will be available on Sony's next-generation gaming console later this year The focus will be on the titles that will be played on Sony's next-generation game consoles, which will arrive later this year

Sony has yet to reveal much in the way of specifics about what the PS5 launch party on June 11 will entail, but reading between the lines of the company's official announcement reveals some pretty solid hints: what to expect, and what not to expect, from the PS5 June event What not to expect is as follows

This sounds obvious, but there will be a lot of games announced at Sony's June event According to Sony's announcement article, the showcase will run for over an hour and will feature "the best of the industry from innovative studios around the world" Sony also calls out that "both large and small studios" are busy creating games for PS5, so expect to see a variety of titles, from AAA titles to indie titles In addition to already announced games such as "Assassin's Creed Valhalla" and "Madden NFL 21," there could be a mix of surprise big-name third-party titles and smaller indie games

For those disappointed by the lack of actual gameplay at the May 7 Xbox Series X event, Sony may offer an antidote: according to VentureBeat, the company is aware of the poor reception to Microsoft's first Series X gameplay showcase and wants to focus on "PS5 games that actually work on real hardware"

Hopefully, we'll see some truly meaty gameplay clips that show how things like SSD loading and ray tracing will benefit next-generation games seen in action

Sony made no specific promises about PS5 exclusives at its June PS5 event, but VentureBeat reports that first-party titles are likely to be in the mixWe'll soon hear more about the sequels to "Horizon: Zero Information on sequels to "Dawn," "Spider-Man" and "God of War" should be coming soon, but Sony may want to space these announcements out rather than reveal everything at the same event Also, with rumors of a PS5 version of "Bloodborne" floating around, perhaps this event will be a chance to announce a sequel or enhanced port of From Software's popular action RPG

Sony's blog post makes it clear that the June 11 showcase is a game-focused event, and does not suggest that any hardware will be revealed at the show It is a bit odd that we have yet to see a gaming console that Sony plans to release in the next few months, but perhaps the company is saving its designs for a future showcase

Sony has already shown off the PS5's innovative dual-sense controller, a two-tone black and white design with advanced haptic feedback in addition to adaptive triggers that can faithfully reproduce the sensation of shooting a bow and arrow or driving down the road As some PS5 concepts have imagined, the final PS5 console is expected to have a similar design language to the DualSense

See above Sony appears to be focusing solely on game announcements at the June event, and previous reports have suggested that both Sony and Microsoft are playing a waiting game before finalizing a price the PS5 is rumored to be priced around $500, and some experts believe that the Xbox Series X may drop as much as $100 to compete with Sony, and PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan said that the PS5 would not necessarily be the "lowest price," but would offer gamers "good value" overall

Also, the PS5 is expected to launch at the end of 2020, but an official release date will not yet be announced at this event In his blog, Ryan writes that the June event is "part of a series of PS5 updates" and that he expects the showcase to gradually provide more information about Sony's game console from now through the end of the year This is much like Microsoft's "Xbox 20/20" strategy, which will provide new information in a series of monthly Xbox Series X live streams