When should Sony launch the PS6?

When should Sony launch the PS6?

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DenchDeckard said:
2, third party games hold no weight to people looking at platforms. If third party becomes the most important thing. Players will just go where those play best.
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Its amazing how people ignore this simple easy point. Years telling xbox fans that their PC strategy and lack of great first party exclusives was killing xbox, and now that Sony is doing the same shit its like it dosent matter at all "just because".
 
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Whenever they can make a compelling upgrade over ps5 pro at a reasonable price.

Generations are over so the conventional playbooks for console lifecycles no longer apply.
 
nial said:
Good reminder that PS6 hardware is set to be finalized in H2 2026, and the only thing you will get from a post-2027 launch is an outdated console.
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nial said:
Yes, it is written in stone, you can't compare a last-minute RAM change to a scheduled SoC tape-out with their co-development partners (AMD). We already know that the console is design complete, so as I said, too late to change plans.
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I have just stumbled across this report:
Launch date uncertain

Despite Sony's announcement, gamers will probably have to be patient for a while yet. Originally, a period of around seven years between two PlayStation generations was considered likely, which would have pointed to a PS6 release in 2026 or 2027. However, several insider reports now suggest that the launch of the new console could be significantly delayed.

An anonymous insider, known as "Detective Seeds" on X (formerly Twitter), assumes that Sony will not launch the console until late fall or winter 2029. According to him, the first developer kits will be distributed in 2026, with the official announcement planned for 2028.
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So it could well come down to outdated hardware
 
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Would 2028 make it the longest generation of all time? Is anyone confident that 4k60 is even a possibility? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't there games on the X and Pro that can't reach 1080/60 (render res)? I've seen path tracing comments that as far as I can tell, are not an attempt at trolling... Wish I had that optimism. I truly think the best way forward is streaming. It's the best hope for path tracing taking off at scale. Would be cool for devs to be able to target different hardware specs. Almost like in the cartridge days where they could put extra memory in the cart if they felt the cost was worth it.

Even if it is coming in 2028, the APU for that has to exist today, at least in prototype form. I don't think there in anything close to what people are expecting on anyone's desk right now.
 
I said 2028...but it doesn't matter because they will still be supporting PS4. I think that because the pro just released they should give it a few years of room as to not screw those hard-core fans
 
2027

Believe Jason Sudeikis GIF by Apple TV


At least I am confident that MS will try to beat Sony for 2027 like this with the 360 era of 1 year headstart.

Whatever that works on crush them like a bug is to be seen lol
 
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When they've got new tech that actually makes a difference. I'm getting pretty tired of these half-baked tech ideas that are marketed as game-changers and deliver very little.

SSD and DualSense haptics are a BIG step forward, no complaints there.

But other than that, the big PS5 marketing beats are

ray-tracing (sucks)
3D audio (nothing burger)
Adaptive triggers (exhausting on an extended play session)

Even something like 4K/HDR is barely an improvement. 1440p looks incredible already, and HDR I can't even tell when it's on half of the time, without speaking to how it's totally botched by most 3rd party developers.
 
asdasdasdbb said:
The PS6 isn't going to be a generational upgrade. If it was 2030, there would be a better chance of that.
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The SoC design is already done as per our own reliable insider… and one can always push dates out for even more progress. There's no end to that. I think a 4090 equivalent is plenty enough grunt to have a generational upgrade, especially combined with RT and AI upgrades.

Meanwhile, current gen hardware is already struggling to keep up with basic feature sets. They would hold back technical progress. There would be a cross gen period as it is for 2 or 3 years. I think 2028 is the right time to launch
 
My best guess is that they'll launch it in Spring 2028, but i would have liked to see one later this year if the useless Pro didn't exist. Five years per generation is plenty of time, and i kinda want this gen to be erased as quickly as possible, it's so bad.
 
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