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

[EricHiggin]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

EricHiggin said:

Would 10th gen be better off with a single PS6 home console SKU that costs $750 to $1000?

or

Would 10th gen be better off with PS6P leak range hardware, and possibly a home console in the PS5 to PS5 Pro range?

What matters most about the hardware is that it's seen as strong enough, for cheap enough, by the masses.

SNY at the end of the day wants to sell as much software as possible, and this handheld hybrid/home console route would be the best path to that.

Agreed, but the PS6P baseline performance will match PS5's. PS5 will be ancient by the time it launches and it won't be hard to achieve. It might have a weaker GPU but they will just use FSR4 to boost it up to the same resolution as PS5 games. 

Why release a PS6 home console that is in PS5 and PS5 pro range when those consoles already exist? Only explanation for that would be a PS vita TV style device that's super cheap, but Sony still needs a high end option. Overall, we agree though.

Depends how long PS5 gets supported for. I don't really see why it couldn't receive support for the entire 10th gen in this case, which probably means many PS5 owners will stick with their PS5.

For those who don't want a handheld, their only other option would be the higher end PS6 home console for likely $600 or more. Either that or a used PS5 if they can get their hands on one since many will probably keep their PS5. Unless SNY keeps making PS5's, which would seem odd with at least 2 different SKU's next gen.

A PS6 Vita TV style console makes a lot of sense in this case. Whether it be purely the handheld guts with the same performance, or beefed up to max out that performance, either would be better than not having that 3rd SKU.