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With the PS5 Pro almost here, Sony is already working on the PS6 with AMD. While not much is known about the next-gen hardware, Sony is reportedly aiming to prioritise backward compatibility with PS5 software.
PS6 will use AMD hardware
Despite the massive Nvidia lead on PC, PlayStation will not abandon AMD for the PS6 console. With the PS5 Pro specs using bespoke hardware to support PSSR for PS5 Pro-enhanced games, AMD finally has a true answer to Nvidia’s DLSS image reconstruction.
According to Reuters, AMD has already landed the contract to develop the PS6 SoC. The system-on-chip hardware will include the console’s CPU, GPU and machine learning blocks and should be backwards compatible with all PS5 software.
AMD reportedly nabbed the contract back in 2022, but other companies were also on the cards. Broadcom and Intel are said to have tried to get the PS6 contract, but AMD’s ability to create easy solutions for playing generations of PlayStation software won out.
“Moving from AMD, which made the PlayStation 5 chip, to Intel would have risked backwards compatibility, which was a subject of discussion between Intel and Sony engineers and executives,” Reuters writes. “Ensuring backward compatibility with prior versions of the PlayStation would have been costly and taken engineering resources. Allowing PlayStation users to play games they have purchased for older systems is a feature Sony often includes in a next-generation system.”
Half-a-generation away
PlayStation’s next console is set to be scheduled for release in 2028. Just a year longer than the PS4 generation, the new console will target better image reconstruction techniques, better ray-tracing performance and a vast improvement in CPU speed.
However, with many already upset with the PS5 Pro price and the console’s lack of a disc drive, many are worried about the cost of a PlayStation 6. Nevertheless, as the current leader of the console market, PlayStation’s next console should sell no matter what.
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