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The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro are great consoles with a slick UI, great controllers and awesome games, but Sony is looking forward to releasing its next-generation PlayStation 6 hardware.
Reportedly planned to release in 2028, eight years after the PS5’s launch, the PlayStation 6 should offer a significant boost in power with more hardware dedicated to ray-tracing and machine learning upscaling.
In a recent business call about the future of PlayStation, thanks VGC, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino explained that the development of PlayStation 6 hardware is “top of mind” for the company.
PlayStation 6 is the focus
In the business call, Nishino explained that cloud gaming options have proven successful for PlayStation over the past few years. However, the CEO revealed that the “higher cost per playtime… remains a challenge” for the company.
Nishino explained that even with the popularity of cloud options, playing on local hardware is still significantly more popular.
“Our belief is that the majority of players continue to want to experience gaming through local execution without dependency on network conditions,” the CEO said. “And PS5 and PS5 Pro have validated this thesis, I believe.”
Unfortunately, the Sony CEO didn’t go into specifics regarding plans for the next-gen hardware. However, it’s known that the console will need to include more powerful ray-tracing specific hardware and machine learning components to keep up with the rapidly advancing PC hardware.
“While we cannot share further details at this stage, the future of the platform is top of mind. We are committed to exploring a new and enhanced way for players to engage with our content and services,” he concluded.
The PlayStation 6 will feature hardware designed by AMD, following the PS4 and PS5 generations. This means that the console should easily include backward compatibility for both consoles, giving PlayStation players three generations of native software to play.
While original PlayStation and PS2 are also natively playable via emulation, there’s no word on whether the next-gen console will finally include PS3 emulation. However, the company behind the emulators powering PS Classics titles have expressed an interest in bringing native PS3 games to players.
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