Sony CEO Says PlayStation Hasn't Fixed a Release Date for PS6 Yet - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 August 2026 / 6,594 Views
Sony CEO Hiroko Totoki in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal revealed PlayStation hasn't decided on a release date yet for the PS6.
Multiple analysts are predicting the PS5 will launch in 2027, however, they added due to the component shortage that could change and the release for the console could be pushed back.
"Totoki said the company still hasn't fixed a date for PS6’s launch," reads the article.
The component shortages and increased prices for storage and memory due to the building of AI data centers are an issue for Sony and Totoki said, "Considering that importance, we need to take some action. Otherwise, we cannot survive in this landscape."
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I'll give you one: never.
Don't need an digital only system.
I’d be happy to see the end of PlayStation and Xbox hardware. They could just keep making games for PC.
That said... the situation would be terrible for users unwilling to learn about or deal with the intricacies of PCs. Nintendo as the only console! A nightmare... being forced to put up with Nintendo's terrible hardware, software, storefront and services!! Wrost timeline for console gaming!
Nintendo switch 2 hardware is great for the price you get it for and no wants an overpriced PC just for gaming..it's not worth it
If PlayStation and Xbox cancelled both PS6 and Helix (respectively) Switch 2 might go up a little in price and Switch 3 (or whatever it will be called) would probably be $800-$1000.
Consoles absolutely need competition in the console space and not just from PC and mobile.
I agree with the majority, except regarding Nintendo games, their games are the best you can find if you aren't focused on shooters.
I'm fine with Ninty games, they are ok. The problem is OS (software), hardware, store front, market pratices, prices...
Almost everything aside from "the games" is bad on Nintendo.
Game graphics peaked at PS4 & Xbox One era.
Loading times peaked at PS5 & Xbox Series era. Quick Resume is awesome & Microsoft exclusive technology.
The only technological leap in PS6 & Xbox Helix era will only be hair rendering, path tracing, AI accelerators (for FSR Diamond & smarter AI NPCs or in-game AI Agents).
120fps only matters for competitive gaming, 60fps is already enough for single player games, loading times already nearly instant. I don't think game graphics can evolve that much now, diminishing return era continued.
Xbox's strategy like Xbox Play Anywhere is the only thing that will matter next gen, but I don't think Sony will follow that because Sony doesn't have PC store, unless they buy Epic Games which I doubt
You wouldn't have survived the PS3/360 era.
This isn't 2012 anymore. I had a PS3 and moved on.
Look mate, It isnt 1996 either. But a game doesn't need to be 60fps to be playable, its definitely nice and I prefer it, I brought a pretty recently new PC for that luxury however I always find it wierd of a conversation when people say anything under 60 isnt acceptable when 90% of console generations has been this way.
Once you get used to 240fps, you don't want to go back
Once you get used to 480fps, you don't want to go back
Of course. More fps is always better. What are you trying to say?
My 6k pc runs cyberpunk.at 600fps, once your used to that i never wanne go back to slow 120fps
If you are used to 600 fps s movie probably looks like a powerpoint presentation for you now.
Hell, 30fps if perfectly fine for most genres. Only a few genres even need 60fps, let alone anything higher. I'll trust you on the competitive gaming, but for single player or just regular multiplayer 30-60 is all anyone ever needs. The obsession with super high frame rates these days is weird. I could care less if a game is at 30 or 60 unless its a fps which does actually require 60 for camera panning to be smooth and without blur, or some really fast game like a racing game.
Quite honestly, if they are going to do anything they need to consider a less powerful unit/upgrade over other recent iterations to save on costs so people can actually buy it. The PS5 isn't exactly slacking in power and the graphical difference between gens isn't worth the cost, Nintendo has shown this and the fact games like RDR2 or Horizon still look great today (even if the difference between 1 and 2 were noticeable). Interactivity is the key, make it unique and worth buying. I think Sept 2028 seems likely as long as ram costs come down.
Also, typo in the post. "Multiple analysts are predicting the PS5 will launch in 2027"... will edit my post once corrected.
From what MLID was saying (no idea how accurate he is) this is exactly what they were planning on doing. The issue is that's still a very expensive system. I think they just need to release in 2027 and expect a slow start similar to PS3. Hope prices for hardware eventually come down during the gen so they can drop prices like people expect and then people will start upgrading in mass.
"system where the games look mostly the same just better image quality?"
That's where the interactivity comes in. Remember, PS consoles aren't (or weren't) just about more power, they come with something extra each time, as in the actual reasons to upgrade. CD to DVD to blu-ray and online to media sharing to the dualsense. Time to give up on the idea of a (massively) more powerful system and go for something that will entice people because it's got something about it instead. You know, like Nintendo.
But that kinda makes the case, why do they even need a next gen system at this point? The differences between the console gens has gotten so small due to diminishing returns of graphics being hyper realistic since the PS4 gen, if they are now gonna have to go for less of an upgrade because of chip prices, the difference is gonna be completely negligible to most gamers. Even PS5 to PS4 is not a big difference, I mean what was it load times and lighting effects were like the big selling points lol...for a whole generational upgrade.
Honestly they should just focus on selling more software for their 100million install base for a few more years instead of putting out a barely even noticeably more powerful system for probably like $800+.
Well they are also doing a handheld. I do wonder if they plan to delay PS7 after this though. Usually they start planning the next console right away. I wonder if they hold off on planning that for a couple of years.
All I will say is get the handheld out as soon as possible.
Gonna keep my hype low on this, likely to be a $700-800 handheld and base PS5 level power
I think it'll better than PS5 with improved image quality (but lower internal resolution), RT capacity and better ML functionality for gameplay (NPCs & physics) & new OS features.
Hard to gauge price, but I do suspect Sony will take a bigger hit on it than the home console
Can you blame them?
Even with long development times and a massive userbase on PS4 I'm sure the soft plan for years was a November 2027 release date to keep the pattern going from PS3 to PS4 and PS4 to P55.
Pretty sure they now are targeting November 2028 or November 2029 with a stretch date of November 2030.
Tariffs and AI have destroyed affordable prices for video games and some other things.
Without a disc drive option it’s dead to me whenever it releases!!!
2028 is my guess or perhaps 2029. Although the tech is already ancient by that date.
I am guessing the original plan was November 2027, but with the shortages it might get delayed to sometime in 2028. I'd expect Sony is more willing to delay the release than Microsoft is.
The tech is already ancient on release, however computer hardware might not advance as fast as we want anymore because prices of components are going up not down. A big part of computer technology getting stronger that quickly was also that you got twice the amount of power for the same price every so often. Now it is basically the other way around for memory at least.
Yea ps6 wont be "ancient" hrck even ps4 isnt ancient. Graphics have almost not improved since like 10 years that much.
I think 2027 is still the target date. PS has a place in line. They can't lose their place and then just hop back in whenever they want. With the way things are going with AI it doesn't work like that anymore. I think they still come out in 2027 and just plan for slow adoption. Hope prices come down in 2028 or 2029 and then drop the price of the console. Also there is no guarantee prices drop in 2028-2029 so holding the hardware back could accomplish nothing at all. Hell prices could keep rising.
That is a possible strategy with scalability of games getting better (though not always easy). At launch, they could get a few million units sold to enthusiasts and know the first few years that between holiday seasons adoption would likely be the worst of any PlayStation home console.
Keep Sony games on PS5 with maybe one or two exceptions for the first 3 years.
Don't see why they would release next year, even if AI hadn't ruined the costs. Considering how enormously expensive a next gen console would be given chip costs I don't see any reason anyone would launch a system for another probably 3 years.
We've only hand a handful of titles built only for ps5. It's taking longer than ever for a proper first party title.
When mark cerny spoke of " time to triangle" being significantly better, that was all bullshit, game dev time has not improved.
At the current rate, ps5 can go another 10 years and we'd still be good. Maybe lower the prices of Vr headsets and vr gaming can go further and add to the life span.
Graphics can't get any better, and the cancellation of physical games can't be any more idiotic.
Well this just isn't true. Console gaming is always a good step behind PC graphics. Graphics can 100% get better.
Uh.....No.
Games trying to be realistic are still a good deal away from looking exactly like real life and stylized games can still advance a lot. For example the next 3D Mario should look great but it'll be far from as good looking as the Mario Galaxy film.
A year delay seems the minimum. Sure, they could launch at high price and drop later after launch, but it's not clear that would sell more than just selling more PS5, and would kind of kill the vibe for new product (i.e. people complaining it's not worth the price etc)
New memory vendors like CXMT would be their best bet, but there is uncertainty if US will escalate trade restrictions or even 3rd party sanctions on Chinese memory producers. A block on imports to the US would be bad enough, but if there is fear that companies could be penalized for even dealing with CXMT to supply consoles headed to non-US markets, that would basically lock in high prices. Yet strangely I see little pushback here from gamers, who seem to just passively accept that prices will stay high forever, ignoring how US policy is sanctioning Chinese memory producers and reducing supply.
I don't think they can push it by 2 years, there is development cycles etc. and the price for components won't get lower until a few years, so it's kinda not the best to wait too long either.
