PlayStation 6 will launch in 2027 says insider as next gen specs leak-Adam Starkey-Entertainment – Metro

Spoiler alert: it will be powerful (YouTube)

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.

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.

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.

The same leaker also claims to have details around the PlayStation 6’s specifications. According to Kepler, the console’s GPU is a ‘fork of [AMD] gfx13’, which was formerly known as RDNA 5 and is now called UDNA.

For comparison, the recently released PS5 Pro is mostly based on RDNA 2 architecture, but it uses features backported from RDNA 3 and upcoming RDNA 4 cards too, specifically in relation to ray-tracing upgrades.

The PS5 launched in 2020 (Sony Interactive Entertainment)

This isn’t the only new rumour around the PlayStation 6 either. According to Chinese forum user zhangzhonghao, who is known for hardware leaks, Sony’s next generation console will utilise AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology, which is used to signicantly boost performance in its fastest gaming processors.

In short, all this means it will be very powerful, which is what you’d expect from Sony’s next console. However, considering the graphical arms race has become a case of splitting hairs for most people, Sony might need something else if it wants to make the next PlayStation an appealing and meaningful upgrade.

Along with the PlayStation 6, which might launch as two different consoles, several rumours have suggested Sony is working on a new handheld, which could be positioned as a Switch 2 competitor.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – could it appear on PS6? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)

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