I believe it has been confirmed, yes. Someone uploaded the Ratchet and Clank gameplay trailer in 60 fps btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-TXghlLpc
It was confirmed? Do you know where?
I might be wrong but I don't think Insomniac have officially stated what timeline RA follows just yet - although someone posted a tweet saying it's post-Nexus and Insomniac liked it, which would be weird if that was incorrect haha, someone posted the screenshot on page 5 of this thread
Also Geoff Keighley just did a hands-on demo of Astro's Playroom to show off the new Dualsense controller - not a whole lot was really shown (although AP looks kinda neat though, Rescue Mission was really underrated imo) There was also an interview with Eric Lempel, the worldwide head of marketing at Playstation, where they actually talked a bit about Rift Apart!
Here's a link to the stream if anyone missed it, Geoff mentions Ratchet right at the 30 minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXl1vRD_lUk
E: "You take a great developer like Insomniac, and they found a way to say 'okay look, here's a game that could only be made on Playstation 5, on this generation, using this technology.' A lot of what you saw during the show, jumping through different worlds instantly, just can't be done in most cases. It needs new hardware, it needs new power, so that's something we're looking forward to."
G: "So that Ratchet game, like, couldn't be done on PS4, I guess if you did it you'd have to fundamentally change the kind of architecture and the gameplay of it?"
E: "You would have to change it! You would have to change the way the game works - it would be a different experience. According to everything Insomniac has told us, this hardware allows them to deliver on this vision. They could not make it - if they did, it would just be different. You'd be playing a different type of game."
A lot of this seems to be the usual promotional stuff, but it's still nice to hear a tiny bit more about Rift Apart - Geoff also seems to have those R&C Creaturebox vinyls behind him during the show, I think he's one of us!