In the aftermath of Project Helix’s announcement yesterday, notorious hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead has reiterated he believes the PS6 will launch in late 2027.
There’s been a lot of speculation recently suggesting Sony may push back the unannounced platform, potentially into 2028 or beyond. Some of our readers felt the manufacturer should wait as long as 2030, feeling the PS5 hasn’t reached its full potential yet.
Rising RAM and storage prices have repeatedly been cited as the reasoning behind the rumoured delay, but MLID – who claims to have seen various manufacturing documents – believes it would cost the company more to pull its contracts with manufacturers like TSMC.
In the past, the snoop has stated he’s seen evidence of the PS6 being readied for manufacturing in Q2 2027, and he repeats that information in his latest video.
He does propose a delay into early 2028 could be possible, as that would allow it to build up inventory and honour its existing contracts. But he doesn’t believe it’ll launch much later than that.
As for the console itself in comparison to Project Helix, he hypothesises that it’ll be significantly cheaper than Microsoft’s machine, but slightly less powerful overall.
He says the PS6 will have enough muscle for 4K, 120fps gaming, and reckons with PSSR 3 and dramatically improved ray tracing, it’ll be more than adequate for most needs.
While the new Xbox is expected to push better visuals and graphics, he expects it to be priced anywhere from $1,000 to $1,200. Microsoft has effectively confirmed it’ll allow third-party storefronts to be installed on its machine, which will also limit its ability to sell the system at a loss.
Obviously all of this is just speculation, and only Sony knows exactly what’s going on behind-the-scenes.
The reaction to rumours of the PS6 being delayed were met with enthusiasm earlier this year, yet there seems to be genuine excitement for Project Helix arriving as soon as possible.
It’s a bizarre contradiction as far as we’re concerned, so it’s going to be really interesting to see how this all shakes out once we have more concrete information on both machines.