Speaking to investors, Sony has said that it has yet to decide on the pricing and launch date for PlayStation 6 due to ongoing shortages in computer memory. President and CEO Hiroki Totoki even said that the company would consider "changing business models" for its next console. "We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console, or at what prices," Totoki said via a translator during an earnings call (as reported by VGC). "So we would like to really observe and follow the situation." Totoki said he expected short supply and high prices for RAM and storage to continue fo
This is a whole separate topic, really, but it’s worth mentioning here. Sony is widely reported to be working on a handheld PlayStation to compete with Nintendo’s Switch 2 as well as the Steam Deck, Xbox Ally, and other PC handhelds. The key question about this device is its level of compatibility with the PlayStation catalog. Full PS4 compatibility would seem to be a given, and most reports suggest the handheld will be able to run PS5 games too — if not necessarily all of them, or at the same quality as PS5. In fact, some level of PS6 compatibility is even possible, because the handheld is ru