Helix will play pc games so it has to be more powerful to run windows in the background which makes it more expensive

Will it run steam games? like the existing handhelds do. steam game prices are very tempting

@trev666 please don't write something if you have zero knowledge of something.

PS6 could cost between $1000 - $1600.

There's your headline Sammy, not one that attempts to make it a win because Xbox...

Gotta say 'only' 200 bucks cheaper for a rumoured much less powerful machine doesn't sound too good.

@trev666 co-pilot integration will guarantee that it’s performance will take hit,

“Unrevealed console costs $200 less than other unrevealed console.”

@Redefaul its widely known Helix will play pc games and has a larger die size than ps6

I know they've said recently that they won't subsidize consoles but if Sony wanna keep hold of the people they have they need to get PS6 out for well under a grand.

What does Snoop Dogg know about this?

Another 600 comment article coming with everyone arguing with each other.

How about we just wait until the consoles are fully revealed, specs and all, before we start making comparisons cause right now it's just speculation and he said she said antics.

We know both consoles will be expensive due to the current trends of electronic components.

Charlie's dog or the rapper?

Unless SONY has already locked down a substantial Inventory of Components, there is no way to tell if this will be true between now and the "eventual" release of PS6 or HELIX for that matter. But Snoop' would know, I guess

@Decoy_Snake If they get this out for $999 or under it would be challenging looking at the recent BOM numbers. Didn’t they state recently that just the RAM and NAND storage alone will cost over $680 USD per unit. They’ll need to subsidise the unit if they want any meaningful sales. It’s a tough sell even at $799 I think.

Video games are my main hobby, and I could not have less excitement for the PS6 than I currently do. I imagine it will be years before I even feel like I might need an upgrade in that regard. Good luck, Sony, you're going to need it if you think you're successfully launching the PS6 any time soon. Emphasis on "successfully".

@GASEOUS

My thoughts exactly.

$200 less, so it has a 1Gb smaller SSD? lol

Microsoft will just introduce a "Helix S" that holds back the entire generation.

That’s not a surprise. Sony have always been better than Microsoft at getting manufacturing costs low.

Still not interested in either of them though, unless they can get me interested as a collector.

@Damage99 you joke, but if the cross Gen period lasts as long as we think it will, the Series S could be holding out both this AND next gen.

Pretty sad when $999.99 is a bargain for a next gen console.

1600 for the 6 would be brutally absurd. Going from 500 to 1600 is too wild to even think about it

Ok, so $1000 I could see as an enthusiast console with an exciting games library.
But $1600 for a base console is madness. It's just madness. There is no way that machine gets the mass market appeal required for a AAA video game to sell enough copies to be profitable, not unless those games are dramatically more expensive than they are now.
Which means devs are either going to see massive failures happen, or continue targetting current console hardware for years to come.
I get that the PS5 is getting to the end of a reasonable length console generation, but the whole point of consoles is to affordable hardware to play video games on. Targetting that and coming up with a $1600 machine is madness. I sincerely hope that is Sony or Microsoft are genuinely looking at this road, they see sense before it's too late.

I’m glad to be aging out of gaming.

There’s very little else I’m happy about growing old but console gaming has had like a good 30-40 year run that I got to enjoy and that’s not nothing.

From here on out it’s just hardware that’s too expensive to play cheap AI slop. No thanks.

We just ignoring the fact that Sony will most likely subside the console too? Could well be $3-400 cheaper.

All guesses and personal opinions... NO ONE knows and that IS a FACT! NO ONE outside Sony or Microsoft know what deals they have in place for components, what prices they have negotiated, or how much they will if at all subsidise the new consoles by.