JohnVG said:
Sony cannot launch any PS6 before late 2028 (at least): Many of its studios barely launched anything or anything at all for the present console and they also decided to launch that (stupid) Pro revision in the market 2 months ago.
MS would have to launch its next console by late 2026 at max. Series is totally stalled in sells, and MS decided (accurately) to not go for a "Series Pro" but for a cheaper digital version of X for users who do not care about physical media. Holding on Series until 2027 will be TOO much time lost. I'd be very surprised if they tried to enter the 10th gen with physical hardware.
A new MS console by 2026 will relent the PS5 sells in US, and it will get a huge time advantage against PS6. Remember, those consoles are just capped PC revisions... so, a Pro revision fucks you up because all the games have to work well with the original model, a sustancially worst machine, and you can't exploit well the new hardware in the games. A new generation has not this problem, and you can go for it with no fears. And 2026 seems a very nice date to do it,
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I'm sorry but this isn't 2005. People are tied into the ecosystems now and jumping is a massive endeavour, as long as Sony does Back compat in the same way the ps5 did then people will wait for the ps6 especially since the ps5 will be playing Xbox games and since they'll be waiting for them anyway. Very likely the days of MS as a console manufacturer are over with the 9th gen, they'll still have cloud streaming and what not but no hardware, people stuck in the xbox ecosystem who dislike this will be forced to migrate to PS or PC or give up on gaming.
