PlayStation to skip E3 2020, Xbox remains involved

The Playstation logo at E3, one of the biggest events in the gaming industry calendar, in Los Angeles, California, June 2017. — AFP Relaxnews

With the PlayStation 5 launching later in 2020, Sony's console brand will "participate in hundreds of consumer events across the globe", just not the once-dominant Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Sony Interactive Entertainment will be absent from video games' Electronic Entertainment Expo for the second year on the trot.