I really really hope that's true. I cant wait to play demon's with a stable and faster framerate.

I highly doubt that. PS5 will come out three years after the release of Frozen Wilds. Even if they went into pre-production right after Zero Dawn came out, it'll be approximately three and a half years. It's gonna be a sequel, which potentially saves some development time compared to starting a new IP from scratch, but it's also gonna be a new console generation. That means, that a lot of work has to be put into updating the engine and reworking the assets.

I think a 4 year development time is being very optimistic, with 5 being more realistic, considering Guerrilla's goals will be pretty ambitious with this title.

I do think that we'll see at least a teaser before the launch of the PS5 though. Maybe even a gameplay demo at E3 2020. My guess for a release window would be early 2022.

@I_am_Batman
I have to disagree with your 2022 date. they didn't just start Frozen Wilds when they released the base game. they would have already started it months before while some of the devs polished and put the final coat of paint on HZD. Usually a game started from scratch, meaning building a new engine, takes about 5 yrs to make. in this case the foundation is already set and all they need to do is make another story and add new characters and bots.
i think it's either a launch title or an early 2021 title.

3 years is all they really need to make a sequel when they don't need to build an engine and come up with core mechanics.

The game released nearly three years ago.

Apple,
I've played it last year... That said the last Killzone game was 7 years ago and it wasn't the best it could have been so....

@Ultra
If developers are going to care about when every gamer played their games we will never get sequels... I'm sure someone is playing HZD today...

If they're doing motion capture now, than I don't believe this game will be ready at launch. There is lot of production involved, script, quests, open world, new hardware...oh boy.

@stanjara actually the motion capture studio in question does CGI reveal trailers. They did Mass Effect Andromeda and Cuberpunks CGI trailer. Could be prepping a reveal trailer.

@Stanjara

Mocap usually starts 12-18 months before a game goes gold. By then, they've finalized the story elements to fit in with the game play, so there is less need for reshoots, and less need to spend time recording stuff they won't use. It will also depend on the amount of mocap that needs to be done, but for the most part, time in the studio is only 4-8 weeks. Additional dialogue which may not need mocap is usually recorded 6-12 months before a game is considered finish.

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse