Summary
A recent statement made by Naomi Matsuoka, Senior Vice President of Sony, was as follows: “Looking ahead, the PlayStation 5 will enter the latter stage of its life cycle.” As a result, many people working in the industry speculated that this may indicate that the new PlayStation system would be announced sooner rather than later.
In light of the fact that Sony has not yet deviated from its naming policy, it is reasonable to presume that the PlayStation 6 will be the name of any future home console that we get.
PlayStation 6
Nevertheless, not only has the name not been formally verified, but neither has the concept of a PlayStation system of the following generation or even a PlayStation 5 Pro been discussed. In a strict sense, there is no absolute certainty, but it is very close to being a guarantee. At this point, speculation and the possibility of leaks have already begun to generate excitement; thus, let’s take a look at what the future of PlayStation may look like if the rumors are accurate.
PlayStation 6: Speculation on the release date
The year 2027 is the most significant indication that a PlayStation 6 (PS6) would, or at the very least, have been intended to be released at some point in the future. The following information was obtained from a court document that was officially issued by Microsoft as part of the purchase of Activision Blizzard: “By the time SIE launched the next generation of its PlayStation console (which is likely to occur around [redacted]), it would have lost access to Call of Duty.” Despite the fact that the date is obscured in this instance, detectives have made the connection between this and the agreement that Microsoft made with Sony to keep Activision Blizzard titles available on PlayStation platforms until the year 2027. Taking this into consideration, it would seem that Microsoft did not expect that a new PlayStation will be released until the year 2027.
When we consider the life durations of previous generations, we find that this time period is consistent with the life spans of those generations. To put it into perspective, the PlayStation 4 was available for seven years before the PlayStation 5 was released, and the PlayStation 3 was likewise available for seven years before its successor appeared. Because the PlayStation 5 was released in 2020, we would once again be in the midst of a seven-year console cycle by the year 2027. For sure, we wouldn’t put our money on the year 2027, but anything around the end of the year 2027 and beyond seems like a good bet.
PlayStation 6: The cost
With any degree of precision, it is not even feasible to provide an estimate of how much a PlayStation 6 will cost. Before we have any concrete information regarding the specifications that are included inside it, we are unable to even begin to run preliminary figures in order to determine how much it will cost. In spite of this, it is difficult to assume that it will cost less than $500 when it is released, if not closer to the feared $600 level. This is based on previous pricing and rumors about the specifications.
PlayStation 6: Specifics
Specifications for the PlayStation 6 are not exactly easy to come by. “With one hundred percent certainty,” Moore’s Law is Dead has declared that it is aware of the fact that Sony will maintain its cooperation with AMD to power the PlayStation 6 and PlayStation 5 Pro. Considering that this is the same chipset that is used in the PlayStation 5, it would make sense to remain with it since it would make things like backward compatibility and games that are compatible with many generations much simpler. There is a possibility that the PlayStation 6 may be constructed using the next generation of AMD CPUs, which is scheduled to be introduced in the year 2025.
Although there has been no information released about it, we have a strong suspicion that a new solid-state drive (SSD) will be incorporated in the PS5 since it was a significant push in the PS5 to practically eliminate loading times.
Particularly in the event that the PlayStation 6 is a digital-only system, we anticipate that it will have a storage capacity of at least one terabyte by the time it is released.
Insider Gaming claims that they have a document that has information on a highly special feature that is currently being developed for the PlayStation 6 and is referred to as PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). Depending on the information provided by Insider Gaming, this technology will purportedly make it possible for games to operate at either 4K at 120 frames per second (fps) or 8K at 60 fps. It is said that a less powerful version of PSSR will be included in the PlayStation 5 Pro, while the PlayStation 6 will make full use of the technology.
