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The quicker the AI bubble bursts, the better.

It would be interesting to see what percentage of the people who have a Portal and PS+ Premium don't have a PS5.

Capcom generally reveals release dates 4-6 months before launch so if it releases this year, I think either a March/April event (like a Partner Showcase or State of Play) gives a July/August release date or it appears at SGF with an October release date.

I think it's about mouse mode. The Switch 2 version had some content locked behind the Joy-Con 2's mouse mode and I doubt Xbox minds having content locked behind keyboard + mouse because that's where the Xbox platform is headed.

@AverageGamer Apple is a digital only ecosystem meanwhile Sony and Nintendo have the safety net of physical games. I think if anything, the regulators trying to force Apple to allow 3rd party stores indirectly confirms PS6 will have some form of physical media.

I don't think so. If PS6 is releasing in 2027, they'd be sharing news in Spring 2026 anyway to inform their investors about the next fiscal year like what they did about PS5 news in April 2019.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/04/sony_has_just_revealed_the_ps5_not_launching_this_year

If PS6 isn't releasing in 2027, I don't see Sony saying anything to be honest. Just keeping up the PS5 focus and taking advantage of that Wolverine + GTA6 combo.

The tease could be about a Switch 2 port and amiibo. Capcom's supporting the system extremely well so I'd be really surprised the game doesn't come to Switch 2.

I wasn't planning on buying another Xbox anyway considering I only use my Series X for 1 game nowadays but this really doesn't look interesting. If I wanted a gaming PC, I'd buy a gaming PC.

I kind of wonder if GTA6 is breaking trends and releasing day 1 on PC considering the supposed console refocus pivots from both Sony and Microsoft happened around the same time. If people can buy on Steam, that means if they want to they can completely skip the PS/Xbox ecosystems.

@Max_the_German I get the feeling they'll massively price hike software and/or subscriptions using GTA6 as cover. It'll be like that time in 2021 when Xbox tried increasing Gold from $60 a year to $120 a year.

I really don't see PC players moving over to PS5 because of this. Seems it's more about preventing PS4/PS5 players from upgrading to PC instead of PS5/PS6.

It came to mind that the Mega Man DLC for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds might be here.

I think GTA6 news inbound very soon is the reason why Insomniac revealed Wolverine's release date last week.

The slowdown was noticeable post-TLoU 2 in April and with no sign of Astro Bot, it did seem like Sony was changing strategy.

Sony’s comments in February does make me think the new strategy is something like $90 base games and $100 a year PS+ Essential.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/02/sony-will-offset-soaring-ram-prices-by-further-monetising-ps5-players

@StitchJones @PuppetMaster I was thinking that Sony might be the publisher of a potential Switch 2 port like what happened with the Helldivers 2 Xbox port.

Death Stranding for Switch 2 perhaps?

@Jacko11 It could be that GTA6 news is inbound imminently (trailer 3 + preorders?), Sony randomly dropped Ghost of Yotei’s release date last year shortly before GTA6 was delayed to 2026.

Absolutely idiotic move by Hermen Hulst to shut down Bluepoint. Playstation has a gold mine of legacy games trapped on old hardware that is ripe for remaster/remake opportunities. You could've had Bluepoint working on those.

I'm not sure whether they'd make the handheld digital only or use a different storage medium like carts/UMD but the home console I think will have a disc drive at the least for PS4/PS5 backwards compatibility.

For me it's about the handling of remasters/remakes and pricing.

PS5 and more recently Switch 2 has shown that when new hardware arrives, last gen remasters/remakes get prioritized over prior generations. For example instead of Infamous remasters, PS5 got a Ghost of Tsushima remaster. Instead of a New Super Mario Bros. collection (DS/Wii/3DS), Switch 2 got a Super Mario Bros. Wonder remaster.

That starts all over again when the PS6 releases like you'll likely see TLoU 2 Remastered remaster. That's boring, it's much more exciting when options are running out and you have to delve deeper like how the PS5 God of War Trilogy Remake means God of War 1+2 are finally on the platform.

As for pricing, people here have already talked about at length how the RAM crisis will make the console itself really expensive but I think PS6 will also normalize $80 base games (Nintendo will take all the flack because they started it with Mario Kart World).

I think consoles should aim for around a 10 year lifespan like the ideal time to release PS5 would've been November 2022 (9 years).

This discussion of "Will Sony port [insert game] to Xbox?" will continue endlessly simply because of Helldivers 2 being brought to Xbox last year.

A good comparison is how Banjo coming to Smash Ultimate and Ori being released on Switch in 2019 resulted in a lot of discussion about whether Halo was coming to Switch and Master Chief being a playable fighter in Smash Ultimate.

This was one of the best PS events of the PS5 era, they did an amazing job with both announcements and pacing. Most excited about MGS Master Collection Vol. 2.

It'll be interesting to see if they can follow it up with the already teased Spring PS event.

I wonder if they count remakes as new titles? If so Persona 4 Revival is for sure one of the 4.

@RoomWithaMoose There was a PC demo in June 2025 and a Switch demo in August 2025. PS5 didn't get that demo.

Couldn't it mean different things like for example:

• Massive announcement for beloved saga - Gears of War E-Day coming day 1 to PS5
• Shadow drop - Fairgame$ beta

I think the next news will be in the usual late May/early June Sony event. Gives Rockstar time to decide whether GTA6 needs to be delayed again (the delay announcements happened in May/November) and then once that's decided, it's safe to announce Wolverine's release date.

@somnambulance I got the impression it was a repeat of the Metroid Prime Federation Force situation. Co-op multiplayer game gets announced for franchise known for epic single player experiences at a time when the last single player game was around 5 years ago (4 in the case of Horizon) and the future of single player is completely unknown.

I'm predicting the 2026 Sonic game is announced here. Generations reveal (January 2024) and CrossWorlds gameplay debut (February 2025) were both early in the year State of Play announcements.

@Bez87 We already know what Bluepoint and Bend were doing, live service games that got cancelled in 2025.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/01/sony-cancels-bluepoint-bend-studio-ps5-games-one-being-a-live-service-god-of-war-title

Interesting about the length, either this means there's a lot of announcements or there's some lengthy segments like the 10 minute Marvel Tokon one in June 2025.

@Lysterao I think they'll prioritize CoD for October so that leaves Fable in September and Gears in July/August if they stay on track for 2026.

@LogicStrikesAgain I thought you were saying 3rd party only SoP was impossible because of the past and I was just pointing out that 3rd party only SoP has happened in the past.

@LogicStrikesAgain There's been some 3rd party only State of Plays like August 2020 and October 2021.

@LogicStrikesAgain They did say back in September that Wolverine was being shown off in Spring so it might be February is a 3rd party only State of Play followed by April/May having a big Playstation Showcase.

@Max_the_German Maybe Sony's expecting GTA6 to cause PS5 console shortages? A warning to buy now because you may not be able to this holiday.

Maybe the February State of Play reveals native PS3 games?

@Lysterao The last showcase was May 2023. The live service focused one where they announced Fairgame$, Helldivers 2, Concord, Marathon and Destiny 2 Final Shape.

I think Nintendo or Sony will announce it in a February event.

I think it’s going to be in the next Direct like how Lost Crown was in the September 2023 one. With Switch 1 support seemingly rather limited in 2026, a reminder this game exists would be a way to help show that the platform is not yet being abandoned.

@lordzand I doubt it’s this but if Sony made a new rewards program where you got PSN credit for obtaining platinum trophies, people would be able to profit off buying these easy platinums.

@Oram77 I figure Starfield in March/April and then Fable in June.

@LogicStrikesAgain I think Sony should’ve gone the other direction. Instead of making a more expensive tier (Premium), have there be a cheap $20 a year tier whose added games are just the PS1/PS2/PSP classics.

It’s interesting the pacing of Ridge Racer releases. They added the N64 game to NSO in January 2025, the release of the original Arcade game in June 2025 and now the PS1 game is coming to PS+ in January 2026.

New game incoming perhaps?

I think a lot of how Sony approaches this year will depend on whether they do move PS6 away from 2027. PS5 did get announced in April 2019 so if PS6 is coming in 2027 it would probably be announced in Spring 2026.

But if it is coming later, I could see them do a big PS showcase in May/June rather than usual SoP to take advantage of the GTA6 hype to help push PS5 more.

The trend for Persona releases since the Xbox/SEGA deal in September 2021 has been announce at Xbox events and be day 1 on Game Pass. So I think Persona 6 will be announced once the Xbox/SEGA deal is over. Maybe the deal ends in September 2026 (5 years) and then Persona 6 gets announced at State of Play or TGA for a 2027 release?

@OldGamer999 An important thing to take into consideration is whether people trust the current GTA6 release date. The more Rockstar delays the game, the less believable their set release dates are and that would have an effect on PS5 sales as the people who want a PS5 for GTA6 can just skip the console.

PS5 sales will get a massive boost whenever GTA6 has a stable release date.

This surely must be where they’re announcing Avowed for PS5?

@Ken_Kaniff Every Developer Direct so far has had games not present in the announcement image. 2023 had the Hi-Fi Rush shadow drop, 2024 had more info about Visions of Mana and 2025 had the combo of Ninja Gaiden 2+4. So there’s likely 1-2 surprises.

I wonder if the list would change over time if Sony took some inspiration from Nintendo and created a PS+ tier that’s only like $20 a year, NSO is a lot cheaper than the current PS+ and Game Pass tiers.