Prediction - PS6 will not be designed to replace the PS5.

[firebush03]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

firebush03 said:

Wait, are rumors saying Sony’s planning two separate models? I thought it was a hybrid system, or something akin to the Portal (i.e. not its own system as much as it is an accessory). That’d be an interesting decision…so something like XBSX (PS6 Home) and XBSS (PS6 Portable)? With how expensive tech is getting, this approach makes sense. Otherwise, PS6 is gonna have an entry point of >$1,000USD. A weaker handheld sitting around $500-650 would certainly do well esp if its significantly stronger than Switch 2.

Wouldn't make sense to only launch a hybrid that is weaker than the PS5 Pro and call it the PS6. Would be difficult to make the handheld more powerful than PS5 and impossible with the PS5 Pro.

Who’s to say they need to make it more powerful than PS5? I’d argue that Sony should be focused on keeping the price down. PS6 will not hit 100mil if it prices out consumers. They could simply make a handheld that is exactly as power as PS5 but with the assistance of technological advancements from over the past 5y to keep costs down at a similar output. They could just pull what they did with PS5 games at the start of the gen, engaging in some fine tuning so as to allow game to be playable on weaker (PS4) hardware.

That said, if PS6 is backwards compatible AND there exists a home console variant alongside a handheld capable of playing PS5 games, then PS5 has effectively been replaced. I don’t see there existing a market for PS5, and I don’t think Sony wants there to be a market, following Sony’s track-record of curtailing past gen hardware sales following the controversy of PS2-PS3.