Sony is Reportedly Considering Delaying the PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 February 2026 / 7,017 Views
Sony is reportedly considering delaying the launch of its next-generation console, the PlayStation 6, until 2028 or 2029, according to a report form Bloomberg.
The article discusses the current shortages with RAM due to the amount being used for AI data centers, which has caused the price to increase dramatically in recent months.
The report is citing sources that are familiar with Sony's strategic thinking that claims "Sony Group Corp is now considering pushing back the debut of its next PlayStation console to 2028 or even 2029."
The article also claims Nintendo is considering raising the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year. Though, Nintendo and Sony did not respond to requests for comments from Bloomberg.
The report also says the RAM shortages won't improve any time soon as Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing says "this structural imbalance between supply and demand is not simply a short-term fluctuation."
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November 2028 has always been my prediction to begin with
Same. I was always thinking that just with the general slowdown in transistor density and performance leaps with technology. You want the leap to PS6 to be as meaningful as it can, and waiting 8 years just makes more sense.
Developers are still catering to the PS4 so many have not even really tapped into the power of the base 5, let alone the 5 Pro. It was wrong of Sony to try and push the Pro out when they did if the leap to 6 is likely to be even less than a leap from 4 to 5. Diminished returns... they can only really add more memory and some minor tweaks to the CPU/GPU. Once you have achieved 4k 60fps (and 120fps) you can't really get any better in terms of performance. So they will need to turn their attention to the finer details of things, the stuff you don't really notice because its not the main draw of the scene. Reflections and shadows... that sort of stuff. The big graphical leaps are pretty much gone, its all about refinement now with each iteration of RDNA or RTX.
Imho, this date is excellent. 2028-2029 is perfect for PS6.
...."The article also claims Nintendo is considering "praising" the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year." Nintendo is so full of themselves tsk tskk jk I know its a typo.
Delay to 2033!! I don't care for new system, just give me games.
But if the consoles stay the same for thirteen years, the games will stay the same for thirteen years, relatively speaking. Things will get stagnant etc.
But you might be right. Maybe it's just my generation. After all, I was gaming through the 80's and 90's, and that was a time marked with vast technological improvements and innovations, so maybe we're just spoiled.
They only stay "the same" on a technical level, but imagination is pretty much unlimited, and only few people play games for the looks and the looks alone.
I see thirteen year cycles not even as something bad, because it means developers get more time to hone their skills -> same output at higher performance = lower cost.
And software has a chance to improve to further reduce cost.
I think we should refrain from graphical upgrades until we can get them at the same or lower cost of a ps4 game.
I think we should consider that innovation is not waiting on more powerful hardware.
NIntendo innovated with physics driven gameplay on TOTK and Donkey Kong Bonanza that could of bee done on a PS4, let alone a PS5 which could handle these things at native 4k60... Hardware is not the problem, creativity is. And I genuinely think new hardware would just distract from this reality that games need to be more sustainable, smaller and more distinct from one another.
Take right now the amount of 3rd person hack and slash games being announced, its crazy, they all play the same lol
Hardware USE to drive innovation, which was my point. We USE to get innovative hardware. We USE to see these massive technological advances every four or five years, which then allowed the games to advance. Because think about it. If the SNES had lasted thirteen years, and that's the only system we had to game on, we never would have gotten SM64 in 1996. We would have been playing the same 2D platformers the whole time. We needed the hardware to advance in order to inspire people, to ALLOW for a game like SM64 to be created.
That isn't happening anymore, and what you're asking (people to just suddenly come up with ideas while being bottle-necked by old tech) is impossible. If the tech stays the same for 13 years, everything else is going to stay the same. You're going to be seeing the same things, hearing the same things and playing the same things, over and over and over again, ad nauseam forever amen. It's just how it is.
Now, if that’s fine with you, then that’s fine with me. Like what you like. But it’s not fine with me, because that’s not what I like lol.
Innovation is literally not what anyone was ever looking for when buying a new playstation, just more powerful hardware, but diminishing returns etc etc, PS4 games still look good and PS5 looks great, and the console isn't struggling to run the latest games to my knowledge, so the lack of interest in next gen has nothing to do with innovation.
There is believing, and then there is the desire to believe. Vastly different things.
Why does it says delayed, as Sony has confirmed 2027 already? They havent, for 2028 to be delayed.
Internal Delay, what they have set as a target within the company
It isn't the same thing a formal external delay
For example... the Steam Machine was obviously delayed even though we were never given a release date
yea, but the year wasnt known. So by saying 2028 it means they confirm their internal year as 2027
For the first couple years of the PS5 most of the games were cross gen with PS4. I feel like they haven't fully made use of the system. Furthermore, the hardware market right now is total shit because of AI. Its the worst climate to release a new console.
i would postpone with the xbox stumbling, no need for a new system
Ps5 still selling well. Main competitor is struggling. Ram prices/AI datacenter issue. Bad start to console cycle because of covid. Customers still feel like there's a lack of must have titles. Tariffs. High possibility of global recession occurring now/soon. I see no reason to rush into the next gen.
2028 is too soon, IMO. While I know there are still big technological leaps happening, the reality is that they are becoming harder to see in video games. There's just no need to launch a new gen now.
Also, the machines need too much RAM relative to the cost, and games will be too big considering the high cost of storage space. Also, we're not seeing big leaps in internet bandwidth at the consumer level, so even bigger games coming across the same bandwidth will make for a worse experience downloading them. Also, streaming is just barely good enough right now (and I live in Northern VA, I imagine it is far better for me than most), so I think that part of the market is not ready for bigger games.
Since there is no need for a ps6 in the first place, as the ps5 has yet to justify its existence, I'd say the delay should be at least until 2030
Good, no need to rush since most developers haven't fully utilise PS5 and there still millions of PS4 and thousand of xblock 1/ series haven't migrate to PS5 yet, plus I still got 100s of games to play! It also helps that obsoletebox is exiting the console business ☺️
Delayed it one thing. How much is it going to cost considering that nowadays 32GB of DDR5 RAM costs almost as much as PS5?
I actually like that this gives a bit more room for Xbox to re-establish itself in whatever niche its aiming for. I want there to be healthy diversity in the industry
I'm not at all sorry to hear this, considering I only recently got a PS5, so this means it won't be outdated so quickly. That said, the RAM price situation really sucks.
I would be surprise if the PS6 gets release before 2030 as prices of RAM and SSD have exploded and not many people are in hurry to pay over 1000$ for console, especially in socio-economic context in which more and more struggles to pay the bills and even food.
Not even 2030. The generation is only just gearing up with NSW2 also having extended this console life cycle by another 8 to 10 years.
Costing between 1000 to 2000$ and pathetic quality games(based on how few good native games are on PS5) the PS6 should never release.
Delaying to 2028? What? I thought that was the main target. Where they aiming for a release next year?
I feel like this exact article has been a written several times now
We keep hearing this and articles saying "Nintendo might raise price of Switch 2" over and over by media websites or analysts, even after Nintendo said they aren't doing that because they have secured deals.
And, neither is to do with Sony or Nintendo. They need to change articles titles to "AI is screwing things in the gaming industry." and release this daily until they get bored. They'd get more hits.
