PlayStation 6 will launch in 2027 says insider as next gen specs leak
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Sony’s next console might be closer than expected, as a leaker claims to have details around the system’s capabilities. With half of all PlayStation players still yet to buy a PlayStation 5, Sony has a real task on its hands convincing people to invest in the next generation.
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A new console in the next few years might seem premature but Sony has already talked about the PlayStation 6. Around the same time last year, a report emerged claiming Sony had already struck a deal with AMD to create the console’s technology. Now, shortly after the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, new insider information has emerged around Sony’s next console, suggesting it is further along in development than previously anticipated.
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This new leak stems from insider Kepler, who previously leaked specs for the PS5 Pro console. In a post on NeoGaf, the leaker claimed the PlayStation 6 is ‘design complete and in pre-si[licon] validation already’. They also claim ‘A0 tapeout’ – the process of manufacturing the first iteration of the system’s chip – is ‘scheduled for late this year’. According to Kepler, ‘Sony’s usual cadence is two years from A0 tapeout to console release’.
If true, this means the PlayStation 6 could launch in late 2027. This would track with Sony’s gaps between consoles since the PlayStation 3, with the PlayStation 4 arriving seven years later in 2013, and the PlayStation 5 launching after another seven years after that in 2020.
Sony already described the PlayStation 5 as being in the ‘latter half of the console cycle’ in February last year, although it’s unclear if this cycle could be extended if the number of active users on PlayStation 5 doesn’t jump up significantly. With Xbox also cooking up a new console though, Sony will probably want to launch the PlayStation 6 within a similar window.
