Sony may be rethinking its plans for the PlayStation 6, and the ongoing memory crisis appears to be the main reason behind this.
The technology industry is currently dealing with major shortages and rising memory costs. Random access memory (RAM) prices have risen rapidly, and this is already affecting graphics processing units (GPUs), solid state drives (SSDs), and other devices. Now, it seems that due to the ongoing memory crunch, Sony may have to delay the launch of its next-gen gaming console.
According to a new report issued by the agency BloombergSony Group Corp. is considering delaying the launch of the next PlayStation device to 2028 or even 2029. This represents a significant change from previous expectations, which indicated its release in late 2027.
“Sony Group Corp. is now considering delaying the debut of the next PlayStation device to 2028 or even 2029, according to people familiar with the company’s thinking,” the report said. “That would be a major disruption to a carefully orchestrated strategy to keep users engaged between generations of devices.”
And she points Bloomberg Such a delay would disrupt Sony’s usual strategy in launching devices. Sony usually plans its hardware launches carefully to keep gamers engaged between different generations of gaming consoles. Delaying the PlayStation 6 by a year or two would be a big shift, but launching during a memory shortage could make the device much more expensive than Sony would like.
A previous leak had claimed that the PlayStation 6 is expected to feature 30 GB of GDDR7 RAM, which is 14 GB more than the current PlayStation 5.
