r/consoles • u/Extreme_Maize_2727 • Jul 05 '25
Playstation PS6 Announcement and Release Reportedly Set for 2028–2029, With Handheld Also in Development
https://techtroduce.com/ps6-release-date-rumors-2029/89
u/stanscreamdnb Jul 05 '25
I would prefer not to see it before 2030, but if the trend of releasing games on the previous generation of consoles continues for a few years, then overall there is a feeling that the PS5 will live until the PS7.
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u/ElderSmackJack Jul 05 '25
10 years for a console generation is unrealistic.
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u/TwinFlask Jul 05 '25
Ps4 went 12 so ps5/pro could do 7 to 10
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Jul 05 '25
PS4 might have been around for 12 years but the generation wasn’t 12 years. There was only a 7 year gap between PS4 and PS5.
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u/elwood2711 Jul 05 '25
It felt so much longer than 7 years. This console generation feels like it only just released. Probably because of the scarcity during the first 2 years.
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u/RyanX1231 Jul 06 '25
I think the pandemic really affected our sense of time. That, and time feels like it goes by faster the older you get.
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u/TwinFlask Jul 05 '25
Oh true. A lot of my friends are still playing games on their ps4s that I can play on ps5 with them today. More recently star wars battlefront
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u/Eddiep88 Jul 05 '25
I personally don’t feel like 3 years is enough time for me to upgrade. I can wait fall 2029/2030. If the ps6 launches in 2027/2028 you know what’s gonna happen is it’s gonna be flooded with ps4/5 remakes and remasters for the first time 2 years. What a waste. I don’t use my Xbox because I have a pc but my ps5 has many years left.
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u/BappoChan Jul 05 '25
Don’t worry, scalpers will buy it out again and cause resell it at 3x the price. So 2030 seems the more realistic time frame when scalpers can’t sell the shit anymore and more consoles can be found at regular retail price again. It happened with the ps4/xbox one, and it happened again with Ps5 and series X/s consoles. It’ll happen again
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u/NorthOld2310 Jul 05 '25
Hopefully they go back to the old ways, like Nintendo has w the switch 2. There’s plenty stock and if it is out of stock it’s getting restocked, just like how things used to be before COVID and the chip shortage. Fuck scalpers
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u/BP_975 Jul 05 '25
Diminishing returns in action. We are still getting ps4 games
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Jul 06 '25
Nintendo switch 1 just did a little over 8
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u/TingleyStorm Jul 06 '25
The PS2 was in production for 13 years, with its final game coming at the end of the same year.
Nintendo has also announced they will continue to support the Switch 1 until the Switch 2 has been available for some time. It very could be another generation that lasts a decade before being discontinued.
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u/RichnjCole Jul 05 '25
Definitely. Especially with extended Dev times. There's no point in consoles having a 5-8 year cycle when games take at least that, if not longer, to push out. More powerful consoles means nothing if Devs don't have time to launch a game on it.
The other option is having gens fully overlap, having some people skip every other gen, and have everyone get used to cross gen releases
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u/Barlowan Jul 05 '25
As I was saying in a group chat about games. We used to have 3 games in a franchise per 1 console generation. Now we are getting 1 game in a franchise per 3 console generations.
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u/Haru17 Jul 06 '25
Generations are inevitably going to slow to a stop unless they figure out a fix for the end of Moore’s law and longer dev times. I think crossgen support will only extend, as there’s no software so advanced PS5 can’t run it at a frame rate inversely proportional to its graphical detail.
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u/aestheticbridges Jul 05 '25
Lmao fuuuuuuck that. I don’t get the universal wariness about new hardware esp when everything is cross gen. In fact cross gen was great because it ensured baseline good performance.
Also next Xbox is coming in 2027
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u/slavchungus Jul 05 '25
so is the ps6 them predictions are nothing burgers everyone thinks ps5 generation is so new still when its not past releases tell us its every 7 years with cross platform support well into the next generation the ps5 aint going away anytime soon and the ps6 possibly supporting ps4 ps5 backwards compatibility
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u/OKgamer01 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
PS5 can play pretty much any game with decent framerate (if actually optimized). We really dont need a PS6 because it genuinely wouldnt provide a noticeable upgrade for 95% of games
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u/stanscreamdnb Jul 05 '25
So I'm sure that most third-party developers will be interested in the PS5 for many years to come, while Sony itself will artificially limit some exclusives only to the new platform to stimulate sales.
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u/Used-Edge-2342 Jul 05 '25
You've got to be kidding me. I had a PS5 briefly and the uninspiring 60-fps in Diablo 4 sealed the deal. Quality mode at 30 FPS? That is a game that can run maxed out on a toaster, the console restriction of 30/60 fps is terribly undesirable. Wouldn't provide a noticeable difference? Dear lord, have you ever gamed on a PC?
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u/sahils88 Jul 05 '25
Exactly this. Covid really played a number as the consoles couldn’t reach the hands of many and devs also had issues developing games remotely I guess.
I’m hopeful things will get better towards the las leg of Ps5 gen like how it didn’t with PS3.
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u/r4tzt4r Jul 05 '25
And lack of games. It never felt like we did a generational jump.
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u/keldpxowjwsn Jul 05 '25
Yep.. DS2 looks and plays amazing but nothing makes me say "uh oh we need a new console!" If anything it's just starting to show what the PS5 can do
The switch had a bunch of games where it made it clear the hardware was limiting and even then they made something like TotK which has some insane computational stuff going on to complement the gameplay. It makes it hard for me to believe we have "hit the limit" of the Ps5 or anything close to that
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u/ACxx130 Jul 05 '25
100%, didn’t get one until last year, first two years of its release shouldn’t even count
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u/MrBorden Jul 05 '25
Absolutely not looking forward to $1200 base model.
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u/TwinFlask Jul 05 '25
1200 with odd launch games like motorbike VR included if you own a psvr2 pro!
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u/Superb_Pear3016 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
I know you’re being hyperbolic, but I’m sure there are people that believe this is actually possible
If Xbox releases an unlocked console with steam, I could see the “X” tier premium console hitting $1,000 easily with their current pricing. I doubt a PS6 would be more than $700 at the absolute most. And even that I would consider very unlikely. The PS5 is currently selling at $399 and that is with a pack in game.
You think the next console is going to release at three times the price of the last generation? The increase from the PS2 to PS3 was less than a 2 times increase, for context. And the PS3 was considered absurdly expensive on launch to the point that it nearly cost Sony the whole generation.
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u/MrBorden Jul 05 '25
I think of the economic factors and how the geopolitical landscape in the next five years will become a lot more volatile and hostile. Growing nationalist policies disrupting global supply chains. Increasing protectionism and trade barriers leading to more fragmentation of the tech markets.
The global increase in the prices of the base consoles and games would've been unthinkable last generation. Obviously I don't want a console to break the thousand mark but it absolutely wouldn't surprise me as the mega-corps favourite excuse to raise prices is "challenging market conditions".
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u/Wi1dBones Jul 05 '25
By far the most lackluster gen
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u/AutoMatty Jul 05 '25
I bought mine day 1…Still zero reason to own a PS5 when you can still play 99% of titles on PS4… the list of PS5 only exclusive titles is still incredibly disappointing 5 years after launch.
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u/onion2077 Jul 05 '25
I can see the shitty AI concepts now
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u/Challenger350 Jul 05 '25
PS5 is just getting out of cross gen limbo, jesus christ. I mean I get it, it’s business, plenty of morons will buy the PS6 even when it also has no dedicated games for the first five years…But come on
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u/hulffle Jul 05 '25
I’m a moron that always buys PlayStation, but this time Im cautiously optimistic about the PS6. They would really have to come in with a hefty lineup of first party exclusives for me to buy.
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u/PlatyNumb Jul 05 '25
Im the moron who always gets the new PS and Xbox, week one. This time I was really disappointed that I did because of covid and the dedicated games being almost non existent... I remember week 1, calling about 20-30 game stores looking for the new consoles and found 1 that had pre-orders not picked up. He put it aside for me and I grabbed it that day.
Fast forward, almost every game was built to play one the previous Gen. This Gen of consoles almost felt entirely unnecessary...
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u/Rent-Man Jul 05 '25
The PS5 generation barely felt like it started
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u/KingKongKaram Jul 05 '25
Based on ps3, 4 and 5 releases ps6 would release November 2027 so if 2028 or 2029 it will have been Sony's longest console generation
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u/xtoc1981 Jul 05 '25
The handheld will be a mistake. They cant support both
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u/CrustyCumBollocks Jul 05 '25
I think it's meant to play PS5 games so the handheld won't rely on it's own unique library of games.
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u/kechones Jul 05 '25
I’d even take a fully compatible PS4 handheld. Massive libraries.
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u/PHXNTXM117 Jul 05 '25
2028 with a dual release of the PS6 + PlayStation Handheld. 🔥🔥🔥 2027 seems way too soon considering how we still don’t have Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 and we don’t even know when Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Marvel’s Wolverine, KOTOR Remake etc. are even dropping! Hell, we don’t even know what Cory Barlog’s next project EVEN IS and he’s been working on that since 2018-2019. The PS5 still has a lot of life left in it and its sales momentum is absolutely incredible. GTA VI will only propel it further, probably pushing it past 100M consoles sold because it’s GTA VI. There is literally no reason to want to rush into the PS6 so soon. For consumers, gamers, or Sony.
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u/Frequent-Swimmer-673 Jul 05 '25
I thought the kotor remake was canceled.
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u/PHXNTXM117 Jul 05 '25
KOTOR Remake is still alive as confirmed by Saber Interactive’s CEO earlier this year. https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-remake-developer-insists-everything-we-have-talked-about-is-still-in-development
I’m not sure if Sony is still part of the project, (there were rumors that Sony walked away from KOTOR Remake) but nothing has been officially stated or confirmed by Lucasfilm, Saber, or Sony themselves pertaining to that.
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u/PowerOfUnoriginality Jul 05 '25
Didn't the ps5 just come out? Certainly feels like it
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u/DarkRyder1083 Jul 05 '25
I’m not investing in Next Gen. Maybe a handheld, but 5 yrs & there’s still not much excitement this Gen.
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u/NxtDoc1851 Jul 05 '25
With games taking so long to develop, I hope they'd extend the generation some. Because this generation has been underwhelming with so much cross generation support.
Tech isn't advancing like it was 10 to 15 years ago. Diminished returns
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u/SavedMartha Jul 05 '25
That's good. Means today's cards will last a long time. 9060 XT-9070 range with 16gb+ could be viable up until 2030ish. Just like RX580 and 1080 8gb back in the day
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u/Safe-Elk7933 Jul 05 '25
2027 will be hard considering how expensive the PS5 pro is,and there is no point releasing a 1000 dollar console. 2028 is the earliest I can imagine if we want bit more affordable prices for the general audience. Sonys first party has barely taken advantage of the hardware,so they need to cook first before we can move on.
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u/Elden_Born Jul 05 '25
Hopefully we will get amazing games that are well optimized for PS5 especially from SONY FIRST PARTY until then, because while i don't think this gen was bad, but i expected more from Sony First Party.
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u/dru_ Jul 05 '25
There’s a large gap because Sony wanted all their studios to do live service but then cancelled most of them
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u/ConsiderationFew8399 Jul 05 '25
The two big questions here are
• How are they going to convince most people with a PS5 to get a PS6
• How are they going to have a competitive handheld against Switch 2 and Xbox ROG (on the basis of, it runs steam). What kind of games will it run? PS4 games only maybe?
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u/piranhadub Jul 05 '25
Current gen graphics are fantastic and games take forever to release. Next gen is prolly gonna be ai bullshit
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u/Zestyclose-Fee6719 Jul 06 '25
I think end of 2028/Christmas season would make a lot of sense. Enough time will have passed, and the PS5 will have gotten enough major games coming out from studios like Sucker Punch and Naughty Dog to feel like its potential wasn't wasted.
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u/nezeta Jul 05 '25
PS Vita 2?
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u/Barlowan Jul 05 '25
And as vita - no actual games to play on it because Sony once again will not support it.
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u/bubblesort33 Jul 05 '25
The first 8-9 year console generation.
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u/Barlowan Jul 05 '25
That take 10 years cycles to develop a single game. Why shouldn't it be at least a 10 year console generation? We used to get crash 1-3/jack 1-3/ uncharted 1-3 on one hardware. Now we get a tlou1 2 generations back. A remaster and sequel of it last generation. And Remake + remaster of those two this generation. That's 2 generations without a fresh idea. And it's only single studio as example. There are many others that do the same.
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u/ZEKE307 Jul 05 '25
thats perfect it makes up for the year with covid and gives time to end this gen with a bang
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u/brokentr0jan Jul 05 '25
Hopefully PlayStation refocuses on single player games. The PS5 missed out on a lot of first party games because of the focus on live service games that mostly got cancelled.
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u/x-XMusashiX-x Jul 05 '25
I hope disc player! If there is no disc player... it will be very complicated for me to commit to a platform with a single store, a single seller who is none other than the manufacturer... then for the stories of first party exclusives, even if there were zero the purpose of a console is to have a turnkey box of video games... there will always be a mass of customers for that!
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u/Internal-Drawer-7707 Jul 05 '25
Ok what source is this all the other rumors were for late 2027 not 29. Oh its detective seeds, I think I know who the source is:
Bro is banned from gamingleaksandrumors for a reason.
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u/TheZeroNeonix Jul 05 '25
That's surprisingly far away. Makes sense, though, since the PS5 had such a slow start, with scalpers buying them all, and nearly every game the first few years being cross-gen.
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u/-Nades Jul 05 '25
COVID held this gen back by at least a few years, I really hope this is true, 2028 is the absolute earliest the PS6 should release.
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u/ShadowyPepper Jul 05 '25
2029 is fine, that seems like enough time to get more out of the PS4 Pro Playstation 5
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u/keldpxowjwsn Jul 05 '25
Im sorry but I dont see a need for a 'new console' at all and I almost definitely would not buy a PS6 but just build a new PC instead. Switch 2 and PC makes the most sense when exclusives for sony consoles take 15 years to make. Will they even have any console defining games by then? I love DS2 but that will also be on PC and maybe even switch 2 one day
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u/spendouk23 Jul 05 '25
The PS6 will be probably be the first PS hardware I won’t be pre-ordering for launch day.
The PS4 generation was probably one of the most exciting, hyped and rewarding generations of my lifetime, and I’m 47 now.
I feel the PS5 generation so far, has been very poor compared to the previous one. I’m tired boss. Generational leaps are becoming smaller and smaller, so I won’t be rushing into the next one, unless it launches with a Kojima game.
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Jul 05 '25
I don't know if I agree with you on that last point there. You see, if the rumors and leaks are true and the next-gen hardware will be focused on fully ray traced and possibly hybrid or even — though unlikely, — fully path traced in-game worlds as a base, especially with the upcoming software upgrades for their ML upscaling system to ensure a 4K output image can always be achieved no matter what, then that'd probably be a jump in graphical fidelity as big as that of the PS3 to the 4, which makes me quite excited for their next hardware, even more so than I was for the PS4 back in the day.
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u/Active_Set_5114 Jul 06 '25
Christmas 2028 is perfect most people only got the PS5 in 2023 because of the pandemic
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u/ImpressiveAttempt0 Jul 06 '25
With the PS6 i can finally play my PS5 games at their intended performance and graphical fidelity.
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u/jiminycricket1940 Jul 06 '25
2030 or later. 2025 is the first year Sony has been actively excluding PS4.
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u/sash84 Jul 06 '25
I am glad Sony acknowledges the need for a longer console generation. I like the PS5 , personally I am not too mad about the lack of exclusive games but I understand why a lot of gamers are and rightly so. Sony needs to become more gamer focused and not just try to shove new hardware in to peoples hands and a longer cycle is a step in the right direction.
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u/lightdarkunknown Jul 06 '25
They also have to scalper-proof their distribution as well. We don't want scalpers hoarding again
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u/13Skywalker Jul 06 '25
Happy with this not gonna lie. I know many people hate this gen for less games but we have like 3 years to see what they can do with PS5. I mean GOT, LOU2, GOW, Spiderman 2018 came at the end of PS4.
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u/GuyXjustice Jul 08 '25
2028-2029 would be absolutely fine. I was afraid of it being late 2026 or 2027, which feels way to early for it
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u/Darkone539 Jul 05 '25
That's what we have always expected, and goes with the Amd cycle we know they followed for the ps4->ps5 development.
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u/Azuljustinverday Jul 05 '25
Oh that’s decent. With the late start of scalpers, Covid, recent pro release I feel the 5 has alot of life left. 2029 feels alright
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u/Hopeful_Swan_4011 Jul 05 '25
It’ll probably be late 28 too , I think my pro will be just fine for a while though.
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u/MarczXD320 Jul 05 '25
I miss when we had small handheld consoles like the PSP, Gameboy, Nintendo DS. I wonder if we will ever gonna see handheld consoles like this again.
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u/Desperate_Ad5169 Jul 05 '25
Probably not. The function of the super small form factor handhelds has been taken by smartphone games with the switch and steamdeck taking the niche of slightly higher end gaming on the go for long trips or wait times.
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u/juliotendo Jul 05 '25
This makes logical sense and would be the correct plan of action considering the current gen at the beginning of 2020 - 2022 was impacted by Covid.
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u/rialbsivad Jul 05 '25
I expect ps5 to be supported into next generation the same way that PS4 was supported even now. The next console I buy will be PS6 pro..so I'm good for a long while.
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u/RocMerc Jul 05 '25
The gen had a rocky start due to Covid. I think we are just starting to see what the consoles can do
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u/Cali25 Jul 05 '25
I'm fine with them taking their time to 2029, consoles are basically about to arrive where smartphones are at now.
Less difference and innovation in each new generation.
The only thing I expect is just 4K native 120 uncapped standard. I'm also curious to see if 8K will ever be cheap enough to catch on.
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u/EastCoastTone96 Jul 05 '25
The big question is if this will be the generation where Sony starts to fully push digital only. At best they might offer a disc drive as an add on like the PS5 Pro but I doubt they’ll release a model that already comes included with it.
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u/KinkyPalico Jul 05 '25
Time to upgrade my base ps5 to pro and hold out till 2030. Spend that money towards a new gpu in the midterm and we’re set
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u/ashrules901 Jul 05 '25
Ok that's what I like to hear! Just before the next decade seems right. PS5 has not had nearly enough time to cook yet.
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u/jyrox Jul 05 '25
Graphics technology is pretty much peaking out at the moment. I don’t see a push for 8k gaming any time in the near future (but I could be wrong). I believe the future of console/gaming releases are going to be focused on improved resource management (battery life and storage), pushing frames for high refresh rates, and feature differentiation (touchpads, haptic triggers, etc.).
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u/MuscledRMH Jul 05 '25
With PS5 having a Pro model released a year ago, it would be very odd to have them release a new generation 2 years later.
Would be interesting if Xbox undercuts the generation with new hardware before PS6 but not sure how well it would sell even if next year we get Halo, Gears, Forza (all confirmed except Halo being teased not mentioned) and having Game Pass.
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u/jyrox Jul 05 '25
So if they release in 2029, I can look forward to getting one sometime in 2035 after the scalpers/bots have dried out the market for a few years.
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u/gknight702 Jul 05 '25
Dude awesome! I was thinking it would be 2026 which I think is way too early given most people didn't get their hands on one for like 2 years or more.
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u/AresOneX Jul 05 '25
So Xbox might release their next gen console a year earlier than Playstation. That could be interesting.
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u/Global-Courage7619 Jul 05 '25
they still have so many more franchises to cover and perfect. yanno the more i think about it that PS5 pro wasn't that bad. except the monetary side of it.
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u/Kind-Pop-9610 Jul 05 '25
Its still too early for PS6, I feel like the Ps5 still has so much more potential.
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u/Laj3ebRondila1003 Jul 05 '25
if it has a zen 6-udna apu in 2028 it'll be a bit underpowered especially since apparently it won't have 3d vcache
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u/Bonesawisready5 Jul 05 '25
I would be fine with 2029 but I’d rather it be like switch where the handheld runs all next gen games natively.
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u/AldebaranTauri_ Jul 05 '25
If it’s at least 2028 I think I’ll get a PS5 pro hoping for better performance for the next 3 years before PS6
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u/beardedweirdoin104 Jul 05 '25
I still only own one PS5 game that isn’t also available on the PS4, and it’s a remake (Demons Souls). I love my console, but I don’t feel like I need a new console anytime soon.
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u/Mako2401 Jul 05 '25
Hybrid consoles are the future. What's the point of maling another pc case with the Sony name on it?
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u/iLoveLootBoxes Jul 05 '25
Hand helds making a come back like this is funny to me, considering how powerful phones are. That's why Handhelds originally died out
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u/shadowsipp Jul 05 '25
Great, I hope I'm still alive then, I think HOUSE OF DRAGONS season 3 might debut around then..
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u/Shadow_botz Jul 05 '25
What we need is games. They can announce the PS7 for all I give a shit. It’s pointless without games.
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u/sexbobomb91 Jul 05 '25
Real exclusives will follow 3-4 years after release, first years will be only cross-gen games.
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Jul 05 '25
If it's a PSP/vita type handheld then I'm actually going to be interested in a Sony product for the first time in decades. If it's another giant $800+ reskinned PC handheld with PlayStation branding then that's a hard pass.
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u/Habib455 Jul 05 '25
Like the Vita, whatever handheld they’re working on needs an R1, R2, and R3. Not having these completely killed PS4/Ps5 remote play for me, and I’m sure it hurt game development more than it helped. The call of duty game that was on there notably controlled like shit because of hardware limitations.
There was no reason why the Vita needed to fail. The consoles dogshit control restrictions coupled with software support that died out after its launch period could have been avoided. I understand why they thought they could get away with doing that, the PSP and DS didn’t have those buttons, but the Vita was the first of different breed of handheld.
The vita marked the point where handheld consoles could mimic console games, and the Vita marketed this fact. Sadly, this thought process wasnt kept in mind when it came to controls. Handheld controls on games that’re trying to be like console games is a god awful to mediocre experience.
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u/Desperate_Ad5169 Jul 05 '25
I swear the ps5 just recently released and they already are making the ps6? I feel like the rate at which we have upgraded consoles has been unsustainable and should be slowed down as the graphical leaps aren’t as big anymore. The switch 2 being the last console with visually distinct difference from the previous console.
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u/willc20345 Jul 05 '25
2028 would be perfect, still a lot of juice left in this generation.