Prediction: PS6 won't sell over 50 million units lifetime.

[Cerebralbore101]

Kyuu said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Any PS6 that is weaker than PS5 Pro is a PS6 in name only. If Sony were to release a PS6 with the specs of a Vita would you be back in this thread years later to claim my prediction was wrong? Or would you have the sense to admit that such a device is in no way a PS6? 

If it's built around the same architecture as PS6 and shares its compete library (including distant future exclusives), then it's a PS6.

The specs don't matter. The handheld will have some features and specs that are more advanced or better than a PS5 Pro (more RAM, RDNA5, Zen 6) and others weaker than a base PS5. You can't expect a handheld to beat the PS5 Pro performance overall though. Are you suggesting that we should combine it with PS5 or just treat it as its own thing?

Regardless of how you want to count it it's obvious that selling a certain amount of combined console/handheld SKUs is not the same amount of success as selling the same number of dedicated home console SKUs. 

For example: Selling 35 million Xbox Series X units in a world where Series S doesn't exist is much more successful than selling a combined 35 million Series X and S units. 

Edit: Also is a device that plays all PS6 games at 540p and 20 FPS still a PS6? How about one playing at 240p and 10 FPS? Where's the cutoff? 

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 04 July 2026