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News This RAM Crisis Is Looking Like a Nightmare for the PS6
RAMpage
It’s not been an easy generation for console manufacturers like PlayStation. Sony has had to contend with the coronavirus pandemic and the impact that subsequently had on supply chains. Then it’s had to deal with rising component costs and US tariffs. And now it’s navigating a RAM crisis. While word is the platform holder has...
News Destiny 3 Allegedly in 'Extremely Early Development', Could Be a Tentpole Title for PS6
But likely many years away
Rumour has it that Bungie has started preliminary work on Destiny 3, which if true would comfortably become one of Sony’s biggest releases for the PS6. The speculation comes courtesy of Colony Deaks, a known Destiny leaker and dataminer who’s revealed accurate information in the past. Writing on X (or Twitter), the...
Talking Point If Xbox Drops the Cost, Would You Be Happy Still Paying for PS6 Multiplayer?
Pay to play
Rumour has it that, with Microsoft's upcoming Xbox hardware, the company plans to drop the requirement to pay for access to online multiplayer. If that really is the case, Sony's PS6 could be the only next-generation console still charging for the privilege. Obviously we won't know for certain whether this will happen until it happens,...
News PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
Next-gen Xbox reportedly removing paywall
After offering online free of charge on PS3, the fact that access to multiplayer servers was tied into Sony's subscription service PS Plus upon the launch of the PS4 was always a quiet but contentious topic. The debate effectively died out after a few years, but it may soon flare up again, as it's been...
News PS5's Power Saver Probably Isn't Tied to a Next-Gen Handheld, But It's Intriguing All the Same
Whole world in your hands
We’re sure you’ve read a lot about PS5’s new Power Saver mode. The feature, added in a recent firmware update, has been positioned as part of Sony’s long-term eco-friendly initiative. A handful of titles have been updated to support it, including Demon’s Souls and Days Go
News PS6 Could Be Less Than Half the Price of Microsoft's 'Very Premium' Next-Gen Xbox
No brainer
We’ve already reported on how the PS6 – due out in 2027 – is expected to be less powerful than Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox, but that difference is going to come at a significant cost it seems. Earlier this week, in an interview with
"They can't do the same thing"
Conversations about the next generation of consoles have already begun, with lots of rumours about PS6 and its supposed arrival in 2027. However, many are satisfied with what current-gen machines are capable of, and the diminishing returns offered by new, technically more powerful consoles are becoming so minute that...
Talking Point PS6 In 2027 - How Do You Feel About Sony's Next-Gen Console?
Here it comes
Recently, PlayStation and AMD released a video in which they discuss new technologies in their joint venture, Project Amethyst — and it sounds as though Sony's next console will implement these innovations in its hardware composition. During the video, Mark Cerny says he hopes to bring the tech to a future console "in a few years'...
News PS6 Manufacturing Scheduled to Get Underway in Early 2027
Next-gen is coming
Sony will begin manufacturing PS6 in early 2027, ahead of a launch later in the year. That’s according to hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead, who claims to have seen documents confirming exactly when the console will hit the production line. While the YouTuber didn’t publicly publish those papers for obvious reasons, he...
News PS6 Release Date Touted for 2027, Cheaper But Less Powerful Than Next Xbox
Just two years away
To quote PlayStation console architect Mark Cerny in a recent AMD video, next-gen is just a “few years away”. And it seems the target – consistent with past console release cycles – is 2027. We’re beginning to get fairly regular and frequent leaks regarding the future format from a handful of sources, with KeplerL2
News PS6 Out 'in a Few Years' as Sony, AMD Discuss the Future of Games
"From Project Amethyst to the Future of Play"
Sony and AMD have today released a new video on the PlayStation YouTube channel that provides an update on the two companies' work on Project Amethyst, which sees them exploring the future of technology together. One part of this research shall result in the PS6, to which system architect Mark Cerny...
News PS6 May Go Uncontested as Rumours of Next-Gen Xbox Cancellation Force Microsoft to Comment
What would that mean for Sony?
The web is, perhaps tediously, once again awash with speculation of Xbox’s unclear future. A tough week for the Redmond firm – in which it raised Game Pass prices by 50%, causing its cancellation website to crash – has culminated in fresh speculation that its next-gen console may be cancelled. The source is not...
News Is This the First Tease of Next-Gen PS6 Graphics?
Kojima posts game engine render of Physint character
Developers like Kojima Productions are a handful of studios on the frontline constantly pushing the capabilities of video game tech and visuals, and Hideo Kojima may have shared a glimpse at the sort of graphical leap PS6 could provide. First-party project Physint is so far away from release that...
News Here's Your First Look at PlayStation's Next Big Thing, Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT
First cast members confirmed
Hideo Kojima has revealed the first poster for his upcoming espionage action game with PlayStation, which currently doesn’t have a platform attached but will likely launch on the PS6 and PS5. While there’s no release date or plot details confirmed, Kojima shared a brief update on the project’s status during a...
Rumour PS6 Will Have a Detachable Disc Drive, Much Simpler Design
Penny pinching
In an era of soaring hardware costs, Sony is working overtime to keep the price of the PS6 down. The company knows that it needs to actually get the console into consumers’ homes if it’s to repeat the success of the PS5 and the PS4, and it’s not going to achieve that with a $700+ system. There’s already been reports that the...
Rumour PS6 Handheld Device Can Be Docked Like Nintendo Switch 2
Dock dock goose
We've yet to hear anything official about PS6 and its supposed handheld companion device, but there has been lots of hearsay and "leaked" information flying around regardless — and the latest rumour is an interesting one. A recent video from YouTube channel Moore's Law Is Dead claims to have seen up-to-date documentation from tech...
News 'There's No Real Need for a PS6': Industry Veteran Weighs in on Next-Gen Debate
"Hardware is expensive"
There’s been an uptick in chatter about the PS6 of late, as various hardware specifications have purportedly leaked and Sony has started to openly acknowledge the existence of its next-gen console. This has sparked intense debate within the gaming community, with some arguing it’s too early for new hardware. On a...
News Marvel Tokon Will Be Supported into PS6 Generation and Beyond
"We plan to keep making the best experience ever"
Arc System Works is aiming to keep uber-exciting PS5 brawler Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls alive for at least 10 years, meaning it’ll almost certainly be supported into the PS6 generation and beyond. Speaking on stage at Evo this weekend, producer Takeshi Yamanaka said, as translated by PS...
Rumour Leaked PS6 Specs Reveal Affordable, Power Efficient Next-Gen Console for 2027
And a handheld that would outperform Switch 2
Hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead – who previously accurately outed the specs of the PS5 Pro – claims to have seen an internal AMD presentation from 2023 which includes a ton of potential information about the PS6. As he clarifies multiple times throughout the video, the specs were accurate as...
News PS6 Handheld Becomes More Legit with New PS5 Power Save Mode
Rumours spoke of new PS5 mode last month
The newly confirmed PS5 Power Save mode that'll be bundled into the full release of the system's next firmware update has lent more legitimacy to speculation surrounding a handheld device that'll accompany the next-gen PS6. Announced earlier today, Sony is testing an official Power Save mode for the PS5 that...
"This is not proprietary technology"
Sony is working closely with AMD on the PS6, and specifically on a technology currently codenamed Project Amethyst. This is a true collaboration between the two companies which has already borne fruit: the FSR4 upscaling tech in the latest line of Radeon graphics cards was create
News PS6 Still Years Away Despite Increase in Next-Gen Chatter
Mark Cerny working to a "multi-year" plan
Sony will have started work internally on the PS6 within weeks of the PS5's release back in 2020, but only in the last few months has it — along with Microsoft and the next Xbox — begun talking about its plans publicly. So far, we know that Sony is collaborating with AMD for the PS6's internals, and a...
News PS6 to 'Push the Boundaries' of Graphics, Doubles Down on Machine Learning
A new partnership with AMD
PlayStation and tech giant AMD have announced a new partnership of sorts, centred around the previously announced Project Amethyst — which is looking to push machine learning to new heights in regards to gaming. PlayStation console architect Mark Cerny recently met with AMD lead Jack Huynh, and the result is... Well, a...
News The Next Xbox Is a PC, So What Does That Mean for PS6?
The times they are-a changin'
In a strange, out of nowhere announcement today, Xbox has effectively announced its next-gen console. The confirmation comes courtesy of a video hosted by boss Sarah Bond, in which she announced a “strategic, multi-year agreement” with computer chip manufacturer AMD. Amusingly, Sony is also collaborating with the...
News PS6's Rumoured Handheld Is Getting More Tangible by the Day
Specced out
Tech experts Digital Foundry have compiled a fresh wave of rumours regarding PS6’s rumoured handheld option, which is looking more and more like a tangible upcoming product by the day. Despite being potentially years away, the speculation comes courtesy of KeplerL2, a highly reliable AMD leaker who revealed many of the PS5 Pro’s...
Rumour Until Dawn Dev's Unannounced Blade Runner PS6, PS5 Game Cancelled
Time... to die
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games was apparently working on an unannounced PS6 and PS5 game based on the Blade Runner universe — but the project has now been cancelled. According to a fresh scoop from Insider Gaming, the title entered pre-production back in September of last year, and the plan was to get everything up and...
News PS6 Can't Rely on Cutting-Edge Graphics, Sony Must 'Change Its Way of Thinking'
So says former boss Shuhei Yoshida
If the PS5 has taught us anything, it's that we're well into the realm of diminishing returns when it comes to pursuing better and better graphics in video games. Indeed, for generations, console manufacturers like Sony have used graphical fidelity to sell systems — but abundantly clear improvements are becoming...
News New Batman Game Appears to Be Targeting PS6
It begins
With development cycles so long these days, and the PS5 generation already way beyond its half-way point, it’s perhaps not a surprise to see developers beginning to think about next-generation consoles like the PS6. It’s certainly something that’s on the mind of UK studio Rocksteady, as a new job listing for a Senior Core Engine...
News Xbox Creator Believes Content and Experiences Are More Important for Consoles Than Graphics
As Microsoft goes third-party
Microsoft says it wants to beat the PS6 on hardware capabilities, as it slowly but surely begins to bring all of its software to multiple platforms. But in an interview with Videogamer, Xbox creator Seamus Blackley has argued that the key to selling consoles is original content, as technological advancements hit...
News Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Sony 'Can't Get Away' with a PS6 That Has No Disc Drive
Company has an obligation and responsibility
Beloved ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden doesn’t believe Sony can “get away” with an all-digital PS6. There has been concerns, since it released the PS5 Pro without a disc drive included, that the Japanese giant may be abandoning physical media. To be fair, it’s released all of its major...
News Xbox Boss Wants to Beat PS6 on Hardware Capabilities, Not Necessarily Games
"Let’s build innovative hardware that people want to use to play"
The gap between the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 is growing dramatically, and there’s a good chance it’ll get even bigger in 2025. Microsoft, in response, has effectively ripped off the band aid and is in the process of rebranding as a third-party publisher. Last week, boss
Rumour Next-Gen AMD Tech to Power Supposed Sony Handheld as Well as PS6
UDNA architecture for PlayStation GPUs
An otherwise fairly dry rumour has brought up the possible existence of another Sony handheld gaming device. A Chinese hardware leaker who goes by zhangzhonghao has posted some supposed information about Sony's next-gen PlayStation consoles, which are already rumoured to be a handheld machine as well as the...
News Tech Experts Reckon PS5 Pro Could Help Pave the Way to PS6
An important stepping stone
Everyone’s got an opinion on PS5 Pro, whether they’re optimistic about the device or irritated by its $700/£700 price point. But there’s an interesting analysis piece published by tech experts Digital Foundry today which argues the supercharged system could lay the foundations for the PS6 – and that will benefit...
News Prospective PS6 Purchasers Would Consider a Portable Model
On the go
Sony may be considering two models of the PS6: a traditional stationary console and a handheld. Reports emerged earlier this month that the platform holder is developing two systems-on-a-chip (or SoCs) with its long-term partner AMD, suggesting there may be two versions of its next-gen console. While any talk of handhelds is speculation,...
Rumour PS6 Could Span a Console and Handheld Device
Sony allegedly has two chips in-development
It seems like we’re slowly reaching that point in the generation where PS6 speculation starts to pick up pace. Earlier this week a report from Reuters revealed Sony had explored a potential relationship with Intel to manufacture the chip for its next-gen console, but ultimately opted for AMD once again...
News PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
Intel lost chip manufacturing contract
Sony is already hard at work on the PS6, a Reuters article has revealed. The exclusive report delves into the story of Intel, and how it allegedly lost the contract to manufacture chips for the next-gen machine. Talks between the two tech giants purportedly took place in 2022, with AMD ultimately winning the...
News Could Sony, Hideo Kojima's Physint Be the First Announced PS6 Game?
He even says it's for the "next generation"
Considering that Kojima Productions is nowhere near the biggest developer in the world, it seems absurdly busy at the moment. The Japanese team has Death Stranding 2: On the Beach slated for 2025, it's collaborating with Xbox on OD, and now there's a new IP in the works funded by Sony. That is a lot of...
News Xbox Boss Wishy-Washy on Whether The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Come to PS6, PS5
"It's so far out"
Microsoft has consistently reiterated that Bethesda games will come to PlayStation on a case-by-case basis, but while it admittedly continues to support live service efforts like Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls Online on Sony’s consoles, we’re slowly beginning to see that won’t be the outcome for new projects. The recently...
News Sony 'Can't Risk' Sharing PS6 Details with a Microsoft-Owned Activision
Conveniently ignores Bungie and San Diego Studio
PlayStation bigwig Jim Ryan has said that Sony would not risk sharing PS6 details with a Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard, as it claims this would hand its direct competitor highly sensitive information. Innovations like the DualSense and hardware specifications are crucially important to new...
News Shocking: Sony Has Plans for PS6
Releasing beyond 2027, supposedly
In a move that's sure to shake the Gaming Nation to its very core, Sony has basically confirmed that it has plans for a PS6. This shocking revelation comes courtesy of a report from Sony to the UK's competition regulators, in which the Japanese giant continues to outline why it thinks Microsoft's yet-to-be-closed...
