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

[Kyuu]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Manlytears said:

You missed the part "...while belonging to the PS6 generation...".

The hardware needs to be 10th generation (PS6 generation). Otherwise, PS7 (if full backward compatible) would also be a PS6. lol

I didn't miss that part. I just don't believe in generations being an arbitrary time limit that ends when a new console is launched. 

If the PS5 is MORE powerful than the PS6 handheld (which we are certain it is because the power saving mode is just a compatibility layer for PS6P) then it's not backwards compatible is it? Backwards compatible is when new hardware runs games from weaker older hardware. The PS5 will probably run all games even better than PS6P does. Doesn't fit the definition of backwards compatibility. 

The PS6P will be more powerful than PS5 for new games. It (unless downgraded) will have more RAM, more advanced technology, and much better ML and RT hardware. For unpatched existing games, it'll be weaker than PS5. For furure games, it may be notably better.

Also, "power" alone doesn't decide support. The Switch 1 was a lot weaker than PS4 and yet several games available on Switch and PS5 skipped the PS4. And if Sony mandates the handheld as a PS6, developers will be forced to either support it or skip it together with the home console. Microsoft and Sony didn't allow developers to support PS4 Pro, PS5 Pro, One X, and Series X without also supporting the base system. This is why not a single game exists that is crossgen with only PS4 Pro or One X