The PlayStation 5 (officially abbreviated as PS5) is a home video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 during a press conference on March 3, 2019, it was launched on November 30, 2019 in North America, and December 5, 2019 in Europe, South America and Australia. It competes with Nintendo's NX and Microsoft's Xbox 362, as part of the Ninth generation of video game consoles.