Sony have put to bed any rumours of a forthcoming PlayStation 6 launch following a question by a journalist in their latest earnings call.
“We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console, or at what prices,” said Sony president and CEO Hiroki Totoki via a translator.
The current high cost of RAM and components is the factor here. “Looking at the current circumstances, the memory price is also expected to be very high FY 2027, because there will still be a shortage of supply. So under that assumption, we must think carefully what we will do,” he said. “We would like to think about various simulations, including changing business models to come up with the best solution and strategy.”
He also stated that there would be no further increases to the PlayStation 5 as for the rest of the calendar year 2026 Sony has acquired the necessary volume of materials it needs and has “to a certain extent agreed on the price itself”.
“However, ” he concludes, “I can confirm the PS6 will be the size of a large dog and will be shaped like an unfurling spring Tulip.”
Fine, I made that up, he didn’t say that – but it probably will be.
There have been almost daily rumours about the PlayStation 6, the latest ‘leaked‘ specs are: Custom AMD Zen 6 architecture, RDNA 5 graphics, dedicated “Neural Arrays” for built-in AI upscaling (PSSR 2.0). and 32GB of DDR7 RAM. Given that 32GB of DDR5 RAM currently costs over £400 you can see why Sony is holding off selling a new console.
The PS6 is said to have the codename of Orion, but there is also a second console, Project Canis, which is a handheld device built around Zen 6c CPU cores, RDNA 5 compute units, 16GB of LPDDR5X memory. This device is said to be backwards compatible with PS4 and PS5 games.
As it appears the PS6 is now not going to be out until 2027 or 2028 then even if all those leaked specs are true, they are probably going to change.
For a little fun, and as by the time the PS6 is out we will be ruled by our AI overlords, I asked them what they thought the PS6 would look like. I wasn’t far off with my unfurling tulip joke.
Source: VGC
