What is the earliest release for PS6 that you would be fine with?

What is the earliest release for a PS6 that you would be okay with?

  • 2027

  • 2028

  • 2029

  • 2030

  • 2031 or beyond

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Rumors and leaks regarding a next generation PlayStation release are heating up again, even as there is some sentiment among the enthusiast community that this current generation of PlayStation never quite got going.

But capitalism demands a schedule, and that schedule will be met. At least, that's what I would ordinarily think, but there's just so much stuff muddying the waters with the PS5 right now: the tariffs thanks to the current U.S. administration; the PS5 architecture that doesn't work scale well to economies of scale and resultant price drops; the rise of portable gaming; the dominance of PC gaming; the exponential increase in dev costs and times; Sony's well documented development struggles on the PS5; the implosion of Xbox leaving Sony without any immediate pressure from competition; the global economic stage not necessarily supporting a big expensive new console release

That's a whole lot to think about. I honestly don't know how I would even begin to square that, so I am not asking you what you think the best release time frame would be, but rather, what the release time frame would be that you would be most fine with.

Obviously, for the purposes of this discussion, PS6 and PS6 portable are being considered as part of the same overall "PS6 generation".
 
Tomorrow

It's been 5 years and the pro isn't interesting me and my pc needs upgrading, if it released tomorrow I'd get one. Give me more power
 
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They can release it whenever they want. I'm not buying until there's a must have release exclusively on that new console.

Which by my expectation is probably 3/4 years from release. Maybe never.
 
Before knowing about ps6 portable my answer would have been late enough to have a generational power jump.

But now that they are going the nintendo route, i don't really care, even the best console is gonna be chained down by a fucking portable.

So i guess my final answer is just fuck sony :messenger_pensive:
 
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2028 would be ideal, but I'd be stupid enough to buy one tomorrow providing it had an optional disc drive.

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Voted 2027 coz we already got info about nvidias 60xx series cards launching early 2027, which means tsmc will be able to provide sony with 3nm dies for holidays 2027, the only problem is- it will be hella expensive so dunno if sony wont decide to push it back to 2028 for better price/cost savings.

We already got plenty multiplat games that got huge framerate issues on all 3 big stationary consoles(xsx/ps5/pr0) so we can clearly tell limitations of zen2 cpu and 10-12tf gpu(those 18tf of ps5pr0 arent same as ps5/xsx tf coz even in official cerny pr0 presentation he mentions up to 45% faster rendering, if those 18tfs were same it would be up to 80% faster rendering instead ;p- we talking here actual games/real world scenario).

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AMD Playstation 5 Pro GPU Specs

AMD Viola, 2350 MHz, 3840 Cores, 240 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 16384 MB GDDR6, 2250 MHz, 256 bit
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In terms how terrible ps5 gpu is compared to desktop pc gpu market:
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AMD Radeon RX 6700 Specs

AMD Navi 22, 2450 MHz, 2304 Cores, 144 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 10240 MB GDDR6, 2000 MHz, 160 bit
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Ps5pr0 isnt better than this even if we include worse pc optimisation vs ps5pr0 which usually happens ofc(380$ streetprice)
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Specs

AMD Navi 44, 3130 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 16384 MB GDDR6, 2518 MHz, 128 bit
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I put 2028 but honestly, I could go as far as 2030. I worry a new generation will just make budgets and dev cycles even longer, with completely diminishing returns.

I remember playing Witcher 3 on PS4 and imagining how good it could look and run on better hardware. Whereas I've barely played a game which felt like it was taking full advantage of PS5, let alone being constrained by it.
 
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Existing PS5's are going to have to start failing for a new x86 AMD PlayStation to really sell.
Sony could diversify their gaming by adding DualSense to the PS2 and selling those.
A PSN-enabled PS2 that doesn't have any modern distractions ('online games', DLC, subscription services, ads('News'), trophies or game updates) would be incredibly disruptive.
PlayStation needs a console capable of existing entirely inside of its own proprietary universe fueled by exclusives, outside of the common multi-plat gaming universe of Switch/Xbox/PC gaming.
 
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Man who gives a shit about the PS6 at this point? PS5 is barely, BARELY in third gear at this point.

WHERE ARE THE GAMES
 
If not for the pro I would have been fine with 2027 but since that is a thing and they are still struggling to release first party games, they could push the ps6 to 2029 and I wouldn't mind. I think it will release in 2028 though. 2031 is just too long.
 
They are only starting to release current gen only games now, so releasing the PS6 in just 2 or 3 years would only create more work for devs and it's potential wouldn't be achieved so soon because of the crossgen curse.
Let devs get the most out current gen before adding more consoles to the mix.
 
The way the industry is going, the way PS5 is going what reason is there for a PS6 so soon? Even Switch 2 needs a direct, soon.

Life is expensive, the games are becoming expensive and uninteresting, there's so much free stuff on mobile that folks are clearly happy with, we still probably won't get locked FPS, so what is the point?

PS5 barely feels like middle of a gen in terms of quality. We still don't have Kingdom Hearts 4, for Nomura's sake, man!
 
i don't really care when they release it, for the first couple years of the ps6 cycle everything will be crossgen anyway. at this point i wouldn't be surprised if every game released for ps6 is also getting a ps5/ps5 pro version until the end so it's more like buying a new graphics card, you can upgrade whenever, it doesn't really matter because you are not missing out on any games
 
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i don't really care when they release it, for the first couple years of the ps6 cycle everything will be crossgen anyway. at this point i wouldn't be surprised if every game released for ps6 is also getting a ps5/ps5 pro version until the end so it's more like buying a new graphics card, you can upgrade whenever, it doesn't really matter because you are not missing out on any games
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Cross gen isn't going anywhere. Game scaling down to handhelds is a requirement now.
 
From what I understand next gen might anyway not make that big of a leap because of the handheld restrictions, so devs need to get back to their former A-game anyway to get more power out of what PS5 offers. Wherever the devs went that could make run PS3 games and eg RDR2 on the PS4, we need those masters back, or new ones, and not more TF for the current devs that can't actually handle Unreal and stuff, due to either lack of skill or too little time given by the publishers.
 
Holiday 2028 likely allows for enough of a technical leap to warrant a new generation of consoles.

Partially due to the pandemic, we have not yet seen developers fully utilize current gen consoles but that should be ending next year.
 
Mark Cerny already hinted it will use RDNA5, which is rumored to release in 2026.

Any release date after 2027 would mean you are getting an outdated device from the get go.

Why would you want to wait for the same spec you would be getting in 2027, in 2028 and beyond?
 
2026 seems way, way too soon. We know they're still going to try and put out Wolverine and Interstellar. I don't think anything else is really known yet.

That means the absolute soonest is 2027.
 
I'd buy one tomorrow honestly.

Don't give a shit about exclusives. If you do at this point, that's on you.
 
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Earliest? November 2027.
Latest? November 2027.

But I'm getting the PS6 Portable, of which I wish for Sony to mandate support on every single PS6 game ever released.
 
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They want to sell you GTAVI for the PS5 first.

Then it's PS6 time and buying GTAVI again.

So not too early but 18 months after GTA VI comes out sounds about right so 2027 xmas. Possibly mid year 2028.
 
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I think it'll be 2027 as it's more a factor of when PS5 stops selling. A little later wouldn't surprise me as this has been an odd generation with price increases instead of price drops.
 
Diminishing returns. We have PS4 level type of graphics on PS5 so I don't see why we should get another console when we don't have many PS5 level games yet.
 
I need to see a PS5 generation defining game first. To me the issue isn't the console and more about the games.
 
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To me, it's not about the calendar date, it's more about "what can the PS6 deliver to me that PS5 isn't delivering?", and there's very little evidence to support the idea that new hardware is needed. In fact, there are still new PS4 games coming out, and MOST of the big PS5 exclusives are also playable on PS4.

So I'm in no rush.
 
If the technology is ready in 2027 (zen 6, UDNA, 3 nm, etc...) then that will be the year, waiting another year is foolish to get the same thing at the same price.
 
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