Game news The PS6 in 2028? This is what seems most likely coming from Sony
Published on 02/22/2024 at 07:50
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It's been a year since the PS5 has become accessible to everyone – the end of the shortage requires – and now we're already talking quite seriously about the… PS6. According to an analyst, a launch in 2028 would be particularly likely. Explanations.
Towards a release in 2026?
Time flies, to say the least. In November this year, the PlayStation 5 will celebrate its fourth birthday. Already, yes! It must be said that with shortages, stock shortages and other problems caused by scalpers, the first years of the PS5 were difficult and it has only been a year since the machine was fully available, almost sounding like the start of a delayed cycle according to some.
However, make no mistake : Sony senior vice president Naomi Matsuoka recently declared that the machine was now in the “second half of its life cycle”. Comments shared following the downward revision of PS5 sales for the current fiscal year, recently revealed. Obviously, we have the right to wonder when the PlayStation 6 could be released.
Knowing that Sony has always been fond of seven-year life cycles, we would tend to say that this new console would arrive in 2027… except that with the delay due to the shortage, the schedule could change a little. “We expect the PS5 Pro to be released in late 2024, a year later than its PS4 Pro equivalent in its life cycle”says Omdia senior analyst George Jijiashvili to IGN. It continues with a first release date estimate:
With this logic, we believe Sony is looking to extend the lifecycle of the PS5, with the PS6 most likely launching in 2028.
Except there is, however, a… “but”.
2028, or maybe a little before
George Jijiashvili admits, however: it is possible that this release year will be postponed and that Sony will be in more of a hurry to release its new console. “Sony could decide to bring forward the launch of the PS6” for the simple reason that public demand for the PS5 tends to weaken. Moreover, the problem would be more general than that: according to him, “the console cycle as we know it has become increasingly blurred”not allowing a 100% safe exit window to be established.
Also speaking to IGN, well-known industry analyst Mat Piscatella of NPD, claims that 2027 would be a likely release year… but that the PS6 could easily be released later, or even earlier.
In short, it's still nebulous and moreover, talking about the PlayStation 6 seems quite avant-garde according to certain iconic video game creators. Sam Barlow, to whom we owe Immortality, to name just one, appears to be somewhat destabilized: “in terms of games, it feels like this generation hasn’t really started yet”, he said on Twitter. Difficult to contradict him when we know that certain titles continue to be released on both PS5 and PS4, the latter still having eleven years on the clock…
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