Personally I don't like the idea of the leak where SNY goes with just a handheld and console for PS6, because I find it unlikely that SNY is going to heavily subsidize the home console. To me that says you're going to get something like a $399-$499 handheld and $599 or higher home console.
Now that can work, if they make a PS5 Super Slim, and sell it alongside PS6 for the entire gen, for something like $399, but if they drop support for PS5 sometime during next gen, then I don't like the only 2 new SKU solution. I'm not paying $599 for a home console, and I don't want a (dockable) handheld or the compromises that come with it, no matter the price. I'm not alone in that viewpoint either. That also would mean no PS hardware purchase next gen for me, which means another brands hardware, or a PC, where my third party games will no longer be purchased through PS. Only their first party, when they seem worth it, if they get around to making them.
Unless SNY reaches deep into their pockets and were to offer the next step beyond PS5 Pro performance, with a $499 PS6, in which case I can live with that and would purchase a unit as soon as I could get my hands on one after launch.
PS1 - ! - We must build a console that can alert our enemies.
PS2 - @- We must build a console that offers online living room gaming.
PS3 - #- We must build a console that’s powerful, social, costs and does everything.
PS4 - $- We must build a console that’s affordable, charges for services, and pumps out exclusives.
PRO -%-We must build a console that's VR ready, checkerboard upscales, and sells but a fraction of the money printer.
PS5 - ^ -We must build a console that’s a generational cross product, with RT lighting, and price hiking.
PRO -&- We must build a console that Super Res upscales and continues the cost increases.
