The worst kept secret in gaming will be acknowledged on Tuesday by Sony

PS5 designer Mark Cerny is to host a special technical presentation this week, as months of leaks and rumours finally come to a head.

Sony isn’t saying what their new online event is about but it’s very, very obvious to anyone that’s been paying attention. The PS5 Pro has been an open secret for well over a year now (especially after Sony themselves leaked it) and it seems that this Tuesday will be the point at which it is finally, officially announced.

The technical presentation will take place at 4pm BST on Tuesday, September 10 and will be hosted by PlayStation 5 architect Mark Cerny.

Although there’s no doubt that the PS5 Pro will be the primary topic of conversation it’s unclear whether anything else will be discussed, especially as the term technical presentation seems fairly narrow.

There’s no strong agreement on when exactly the PS5 Pro will be released but it’s widely expected to be either October or November.

Equally, it’s unclear how much it will cost, but it will certainly be a shock if it’s not north of £500.

What will also be interesting is how the upgrade console will be marketed, as it’s unclear how much Sony will promote it as improving frame rate and how much emphasis it will put on its new DLSS technology.

Despite all the excitement over the PS5 Pro, the last gen equivalent of the PS4 Pro only accounted for around 10% of all PlayStation 4s sold. That’s despite it having the selling point of properly supporting 4K resolutions, so the PS5 Pro may fare worse if it can’t carve a clear niche for itself.

Rumours had already suggested a reveal this month, with a State of Play a week or two after. That’s looking increasingly likely and would mean that Tuesday’s event is only talking about the hardware – although it may touch upon general 30th anniversary celebrations for the PlayStation brand.

However, not only does the PS5 Pro not yet have a clear selling point but no new games will be released alongside it, in order to demonstrate its new abilities.

Last week’s Astro Bot was the last first party Sony release of the year and is not itself a graphical powerhouse, which is a very odd position for the PS5 Pro to be in.

The chances of a new game being announced out of the blue seem remote, given there’s been no leaks to suggest such a thing, so it’s going to be interesting to see how Cerny talks around that issue.