Since the release of the PlayStation 5 Pro on November 7th, speculation has naturally shifted to the next generation of PlayStation consoles, most likely the PS6. Although it will undoubtedly be a considerable amount of time before we are able to know anything for certain about the PlayStation 6, this has not prevented a great deal of speculation and a few hints of possible information from making their way into the public domain.

I’ll summarize all of the most prominent rumors regarding the PlayStation 6 below, including possible specifications, price, and release date. For now, keep in mind that the release of this console is still far off. Meanwhile, explore the exceptional deals that Nintendo Switch is offering on Black Friday.

All of the information that we have gathered on the PlayStation 6 up to this point

PS6 design

What Sony decides to do with the design of the PlayStation 6 will be something that we will want to see. There was a lot of criticism directed at the PlayStation 5 for appearing to be a home appliance, and the PlayStation 5 Pro did not do much to change that perception.

There is a rumor that says that there will be two different versions of the console once again. On the gaming community Neogaf, a leaker by the name of Kepler, who has a reputation for spreading rumors about gaming hardware, stated that two distinct system on chips (SoCs) are now in the process of being developed.

PS6 specs

One genuine rumor regarding the PlayStation 6 is that AMD will once again be the company that manufactures the CPUs for the system. This is despite the fact that it is too early for any accurate rumors on exact specifications. According to a story that was published by Reuters in September 2024, Sony had pondered moving to Intel but ultimately opted to remain with AMD in 2022 in order to maintain backwards compatibility.

zhangzhonghao, a member of the Chiphell Forum, has asserted that AMD will power the PlayStation 6 with its forthcoming UDNA architecture. This architecture will combine CDNA (Instinct), which is designed for data centers, and RDNA (Radeon), which is related to gaming technology. According to Zhangzhonghao, Sony is still deciding whether to go with a Zen 4 or Zen 5 processor.

PS6 price

The price of the PlayStation 5 Pro, which begins at $699.99 or £699.99 for the base model and does not include a disc drive or stand, is likely to have surprised anyone who is considering adding it to their collection. The PlayStation 5 Pro is, in some sense, the most costly PlayStation that has ever been released. As a point of reference, the digital version of the PlayStation 5 began at $399, £359, or €399 respectively. A price of $399 or £349 was set for the PlayStation 4 Pro when it was first introduced in the year 2016.

We are not very optimistic that the PlayStation 6 will be more affordable because it appears that higher prices may become the new norm. Mat Piscatella, an analyst at Circana, provided an interview to GamesBeat in which he suggested that “higher pricing will likely have to be part of the equation” for the PlayStation 6. Rhys Elliot, a researcher at Midia Research, asserts that PlayStation is aggressively experimenting with its PS5 Pro pricing. Therefore, the price of the PlayStation 6 might ultimately be determined by the degree to which people are willing to accept the price of the PlayStation 5 Pro.

What is the anticipated release date for the Sony PlayStation 6?

The release date of the PlayStation 6 is probably going to be several years away. Considering Sony’s history of product releases, we anticipate a gap of seven years between each new model. The PS4 was released in 2013 and the PS5 in 2020. That would suggest a possible 2027 release date, but the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 held up the roll out of the PS5. The PS5 Pro was only released in 2024, four years after the original PS5. That compares to a space of three years between the PS4 and PS4 Pro.

The year most being talked about at the moment is 2028. That’s based on court documents relating to Microsoft’s bid to acquire Blizzard Activision. Microsoft suggested that 2028 was the “expected starting point” for next-gen consoles, which would presumably include the PS6 and the follow-up to the Xbox Series X.

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