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that PS6 hardware is set to be finalized in H2 2026, and the only thing you will get from a post-2027 launch is an outdated console.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So it could well come down to outdated hardware
 
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Well, i asked an AI once and it predicted 2028, while base on previous system i guess 2027, so robly around that time
 
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

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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.
 
I'm good with 2030 but anything earlier would be great as well, I always buy it on launch day anyway #PlaystationSlut
 
2030 is my choice, I want back the time where devs were optimizing their games to the hell with a fixed hardware.

Just look at the NES, compare Mario Bros 1 to Journey To Silius or Batman Return Of The Joker, the gap is so incredible for an identical hardware.
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Same story for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Gears Of War 3 is just graphically incredible like The Last Of Us.
 
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When we start seeing cyber punk 2077 2. Or maybe when Witcher 4 is ready to release in a few years to make use of the new tech.
 
if riding that 2nm node, 2027 is enough time for tsmc/samsung to increase yields/make things cheaper
maybe 2028 if waiting for good launch games
 
After the mass transition to x86 architecture I expected console generations to become shorter since they no longer feature unique architectures.
 
MayauMiao said:
I don't see any reason to launch PS6.

What will next gen has to offer to justify the $1000 cost?
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A new PS console has to bring something new to the table in order to sell: AI and RT (path tracing). That tech would also have to be reasonably priced since it would have to be marketed to a mass audience. But looking at what AMD is currently offering in their most expensive graphics cards, there's nothing there that would be a sizable upgrade of the PS5 Pro. It would make current games run better at higher resolutions with more RT but nothing more.
 
nial said:
Anything beyond 2027 is wishful thinking at this point.
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Sony had competitive pressure with the 360, xb1 and series launches. Without them the ps2 generation would have run longer, ps3 may have ended up with two Cells like Crazy Ken imagined etc.

With Xbox series absolutely crapping the bed sales wise, there's zero competitive pressure on the ps5 right now. Everything that would have come out on series will be available for ps5 owners. Apparently half the ps4 users are still sitting happy with content still being released, and with higher cost of entry this gen that's not surprising.

Imo ps5 is just warming up and they could easily extend to 2030 and end up at 160 million plus units.
 
Brucey said:
Sony had competitive pressure with the 360, xb1 and series launches. Without them the ps2 generation would have run longer, ps3 may have ended up with two Cells like Crazy Ken imagined etc.

With Xbox series absolutely crapping the bed sales wise, there's zero competitive pressure on the ps5 right now. Everything that would have come out on series will be available for ps5 owners. Apparently half the ps4 users are still sitting happy with content still being released, and with higher cost of entry this gen that's not surprising.

Imo ps5 is just warming up and they could easily extend to 2030 and end up at 160 million plus units.
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Sony acknowledges the need to bring new products to the market in a consistent basis to keep momentum up. PS5 selling as well as it's doing right now in 2030 is pure delusion.
In a recent interview with Famitsu, Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform Business Group CEO Hideaki Nishino spoke about the future of PlayStation, and reveals that the release timetable for the PS6 won't be affected by the lifecycle of the PS5.
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Nishino believes the PS5 will be around as long as the PS4. He doesn't, however, think that it makes sense for the company to push future console releases back because of the success of its current line-up.
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"We believe that PS5 will have a long lifecycle, just like PS4," said Nishino. "However, I don't think it is right to delay the timing of the launch of the next product that incorporates new technology because of the long time it will take."
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"The tming for the launch of new hardware is related to the time frame in which technology evolves and the time frame in which we can implement that technology," he said. "Therefore, I think it is important to offer new products while people play those currently being used and to expand the total number of games we offer."
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gamingbolt.com

PS5 Won’t Affect the Release Timing of PS6 – PlayStation CEO

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nial said:
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It's to soon.
Many consumers on various polls etc aren't satisfied with this generation this far.
They just released a Pro model.
Likely will be to costly of a console for the tech they are using to release in 2027/tarrifs(?)
Still got at least a few big titles releasing which will move a bunch of consoles.
 
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