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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

As well as the current difficulty of securing enough chips and setting a reasonable price point, there are other reasons Sony might choose to wait before releasing the PS6. The PS5 has sold well, on par with the PS4, but it has done so in what appears to be a shrinking overall market for dedicated home consoles. The adoption rate for the current generation has been slow, with the biggest games like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft still very playable on older hardware. Lengthening game development cycles (also impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic) mean that current hardware feels underexploited; G

It’s too early to predict the pricing for PS6, not least because the RAM crisis is driving rapid increases in the cost of consumer electronics. For this reason, Valve is currently unwilling to set a price for the Steam Machine, a device that it expects to launch this year. That being the case, it would be foolish to predict how much a PS6 will cost in 2028 or beyond. That said, be ready for the console to cost more than previous generations, due to demand for microchips as well as inflation and general economic factors. Earlier generations of PlayStation saw their prices reduced over their lif

It’s very hard to say what games PS6 will have at this point, not least because of the potential delay to its launch. Although games planned for PS6 are almost certainly already in development, most developers — Sony itself included — will be keeping their options open in terms of platform while they wait to see when the new console will arrive. Here’s an example: When Sony-owned developer Insomniac was hacked in 2023 its future development roadmap leaked, including proposed dates for Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 in 2028 and Marvel’s X-Men in 2030. Who knows if these dates remain accurate — a 2025 Ve