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Kyuu on 03 September 2025
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Louie said:

From what I've read on gamefront, there will be three SKUs.

  • PS6 handheld, able to be docked, roughly 2/3 as powerful as a PS5.
  • PS6 budget console, same power as the docked handheld.
  • PS6 main console, focus on power, definitely more powerful than PS5 Pro. 

The handheld and budget versions are supposed to be compatible with PS5 games in some form. Overall, the PS6 will definitely replace the PS5. But the cross-gen factor will be even more important than it already is, the transition period will probably be even longer than during the PS4 to PS5 transition and there will be backwards compatibility it seems, which is great. 

As for myself, I'm definitely interested in the dockable handheld. My favorite PlayStation so far has been the PSP and I love hybrids. Embrace the choice, PS fans. Portability is amazing and adds way more value than it deducts by "holding back" graphics. 

"Holding back" was a valid concern until what happened this generation. The majority of AAA 3rd party games skipped the Switch. Major developers were forced to either hold back more capable consoles/PC by designing around Switch specs then scaling up, or designing around higher PS4~ specs then heavily tweaking a Switch version (which can be expensive), or simply skipping the platform altogether.

PS5 was ultimately held back by the PS4 and Xbox One (like more powerful PC's are traditionally held back by consoles and weaker PC's) since they're the systems it shared its high profile AAA games with. It was a disappointment that killed the sense of generations. The concerns around Series S were justified too, as nobody really expected the cross-generational period to last so long. Everybody thought it was going to be relatively cheap and possible to wow us with nextgen goodness because that was the norm before the PS5 gen.

PS5 proved that Sony launching a powerful device will not dictate the direction of the industry. At some point in the future, I expect mobile phones to be the base spec and everything else will be "held back" by them.

Last edited by Kyuu - on 03 September 2025