We don’t exactly feel like the PlayStation 5 has been stretched to its limit since it dropped in 2020, which makes the Bloomberg report detailing a potential PS6 delay into either 2028 or 2029 that much sweeter. More immediately concerning are the rumours of Nintendo’s current-gen efforts facing a price hike, all thanks to the rising costs of memory globally that’ll make producing the Switch 2 — or the PS6 — more costly.
It’s always AI’s fault
The news comes less than a month after Nintendo threw its customers a bone by knocking the local price down a grand to R11,500. The rumours of a price hike stem from “people familiar with its plans,” Bloomberg said. It isn’t clear what the hike could look like for consumers, so we’d suggest grabbing the console sooner rather than later.
As AI data centres gobble up the world’s already short supply of memory chips, Bloomberg points out that “supplies are running dry even before the AI giants really get going” with their larger plans. It’s an issue that’ll likely force Sony to put off the next PlayStation’s release by a year or two past the expected 2027 release.
Interestingly, the delay may actually prove to be the ‘right’ move for Sony — shortage or not. The PS5 hasn’t strayed into ‘dated’ territory, especially with the protracted timeline game developers currently assign to their games. Gamers may feel like they haven’t got the most out of their PS5 — or PS5 Pro — yet. And with Xbox’s sales plummeting, Sony likely feels it can afford to ditch the tried-and-true seven-year release schedule.
