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JRPGfan on 16 February 2025
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killer7 said:

The most likley launchtime for PS6 is late 2027.
1.) Sony THEMSELFES said, that the PS5 already is past its first half of its lifecycle. That was about a year ago in february 2024.

https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-entering-the-latter-stage-of-its-life-cycle-sony-says


2.) Sony in fact said that PS6 will also release when PS5 is still doing fine- what could be a notice of a PS3/PS4 like lifecycle at least for hardware production.


3.) If MS really launches a new Xbox next year, they have no other choice. Also Switch 2 releases this year.
2028 is suicide anything later than that ain't gonna happen. Mark my words!

Sony could be like Nintendo and just not care.
Honestly, I think you over estimate the amount of people that would jump ship for a faster console.

Developers would still choose to prioritise makeing sure games look great and run great on the PS5, as thats where the majority of consumers are at.
Theoritcally the xbox series x, is like ~16% faster than the PS5 (in practis (real world), its much less) ... and it does not matter to consumers.
Oftentimes games run better on the PS5, simply because its easier to program or optimise for (or because devs, spend more time doing so for it).

Lets say Xbox has a new console, thats 1,000$ and twice as fast as the base PS5.
You would get slightly more games running at 4k, and more heavy use of Raytraceing.

You would see them try to push graphics and raytraceing as "the reason" to upgrade.
Meanwhile, devs on PS5 would show the same game, running slightly less resolution, without raytraceing... and looking almost the same.
At that point all Playstation needs to do is give the PS5 a price cut. 

You would watch digital foundry videos of a Xbox Series X2 vs PS5pro... and the differnce would minimal.

Its too early to start a new gen, you need the tech to be ready and make a new gen worthwhile.
Trust me, consumers won't go for more powerfull hardware if the majority of its use, will just be for raytracing stuff.

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 16 February 2025