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[Dalbajobas]

Unfortunately it will probably last until "30-31 with new consoles coming in "28. It's becoming more and more like PC's but still with all the negatives and extremely limited.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I can see a PS6 launch in Spring of 2028. I can't see them chancing a launch in the holiday window in 2027, it probably won't be ready. With all of the economic uncertainty, I don't think Sony is rushing into making any decisions unless Microsoft decides to prioritize a huge push back into the first party console market. It seems like for the foreseeable future, they're happy to let third parties handle this while Microsoft maintains the software platform, and maybe releases a high end device.

 

[Labadal]

Ps5? I want it to be untill 2030, but I think it will be late 2027-early 2028.

Switch 2? I want it to be 2030+.

 

[Ziglax]

Diminishing returns have reached a point where "hardware generations" don't really mean anything anymore.
I'd be surprised if the console market model survives for more than a decade. Eventually standards will rise (they are more or less already there, just under different brands), all software (games) will be made compatible with it, and it'll be better for everyone. Gatekeeping software behind hardware to sell more hardware only benefits companies.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Despite being disappointed in the games, especially from American AAA third parties, I think it should go on for some time.

Covid caused huge set backs to game development and we've only just started to see the end of cross-gen.

More than happy with my PS5 Pro, just need more games that make full use of it's potential now.

PS6 may as well launch in 2030 for all I care.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Barely any point in keeping traditional generations with how things are going. Just give us new consoles every five years and do cross-gen.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Barely any point in keeping traditional generations with how things are going. Just give us new consoles every five years and do cross-gen.

That's kind of the opposite.

Putting out new hardware sooner defeats the point. R&D costs money, getting up to economies of scale costs money...

Generations for what their worth simply need to be stretched longer, it's our very expectation of new hardware so quickly that makes generations less meaningful.

If the PS6 launches in 2030, we'll have a far greater sense of a generational leap than had it launched in 2027, 2028, or even 2029.

The PS5 Pro should effectively extend this generation an additional year or two, especially if PSSR takes on greater advancements. The question in my book isn't how many units can Sony sell for PS5 but whether they can convince people to upgrade in earnest from PS5 to PS6.

 

[PeteBull]

I don't wanna see another console until we're approaching the turn of the decade, everything is still releasing cross gen, what's the point to even release anything sooner?

Base ps5 has terrible rt and ai upscaling capabilities, if/when sony wanna go with rt as a standard they need new much more capable mashine in those 2 scenarios- thats one reason but there is more.

2nd reason is- xbox gonna launch their thing likely in 2027(and announce/reveal it probably in 2026, that will affect ps5 sales too, sony will have to respond by 2028 latest).

3rd reason is switch2 launch, its strong enough to get most last/current gen multiplats(even if some of them like SW:O look extremly bad), but there is no way it will be able to get ports of next gen games with raytracing being default, its simply not strong enough- that way sony will gatekeep most next gen multiplat games from switch2.

Fourth and fairy obvious reason, and we cant deny it no matter what:

 

[Goalus]

Microsoft should reveal the PC Hybrid Xbox in 2027.

Next gen starts when that happens.

 

[BlackTron]

I respect your religious beliefs but if Last Days were an indication of when to halt advancements then they should have a long time ago. Because past affairs were far more catastrophic and far more people died. You can just keep going back in time to look at conflicts that were much worse than the state of affairs today and I'm sure at every stage there were people calling it the end times because of all the bad signs. Japan even got nukes dropped on them. We've already seen it all. Doesn't mean nothing will happen, but a poor state in the world doesn't seem to be a very reliable indicator of exactly when. I wouldn't stop buying green bananas and I wouldn't stop investing in tech R&D either just because history repeated itself.

I think PS5 has another solid 5 years in it especially with Pro. They should clamp down on games for the second half. But definitely plan on getting the PS6 ready meanwhile.

 

[Trilobit]

Unfortunately it will probably last until "30-31 with new consoles coming in "28. It's becoming more and more like PC's but still with all the negatives and extremely limited.

If I don't sell my PS5 I can see myself using it during the whole PS6 gen and then just getting a PS7 if it seems good.

 

[Spyxos]

Much longer than the usual 7-8 years. I still don't really have the feeling that this generation started at all.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

The rule of thumb for a new generation of consoles is that they're released because the hardware technically reaches the limits of technology... Not the dumb and stupidity of Playstation to release it every 6 years.

 

[killatopak]

we've barely scratched the surface.

Also, I would like to have a bigger jump next gen and with the amount of progress in tech nowadays, it'll take more time to realize what I want in a good pricing package.

 

[Neff]

Switch 2 isn't current gen. It's the first next gen console.

This

 

[UltimaKilo]

It will either by holidays 2027 or 2028, all depends on how mature/pricy will be new 3nm tsmc production node.

3nm architecture in 2028 would be a disappointment.

 

[PeteBull]

3nm architecture in 2028 would be a disappointment.

U gotta take all things into consideration, current streetprice cheapest model 5090 is over 2,9k usd, and card is still made on 5nm process:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Specs

NVIDIA GB202, 2407 MHz, 21760 Cores, 680 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 32768 MB GDDR7, 1750 MHz, 512 bit

www.techpowerup.com

Few months old ps5pr0 is much smaller die and is made on 4nm.

AMD Playstation 5 Pro GPU Specs

AMD Viola, 2350 MHz, 3840 Cores, 240 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 16384 MB GDDR6, 2250 MHz, 256 bit

www.techpowerup.com

Not saying ps6 wont make it to launch by holidays 2027, just saying there will be plenty competition for that node, obviously 60xx series from nvidia, rdna5 from amd, likely new cpu from both intel and amd too, so there is not so small probability sony will delay ps6 launch a year where it will be easier to get those 3nm dies from tmsc at more reasonable prices.