Sony PS6 in 2027: Leaker says "actual" reason of no PS6 delay has nothing to do with RAM prices

Following the reveal of the Steam Machine price, speculation and fears have been growing that the next-gen Xbox Helix and Sony PlayStation 6 will also be much more expensive than current-gen consoles. These concerns were given weight by Microsoft recently increasing the price of the Xbox consoles again, while also signaling that an even bigger increase may be in the future. KeplerL2 recently revealed that the Bill of Materials (BOM) for the PS6 has gone up by a considerable margin, but a release date delay doesn’t make sense.

Moore’s Law Is Dead, who has maintained that Sony won’t be delaying the PS6 beyond the leaked timeline, has now chimed in with an interesting take. MLID opines that the “ACTUAL primary reason” for not pushing the PS6 release date back is that 2027 is when the console will be the best value.

The leaker suggests that the PS6 launching in 2027 puts the console in a favorable spot in terms of value, as “that's the year it looks the least overpriced before new GPUs come out from the RTX 60 Series”. So, per MLID, the RAM price is a secondary issue for Sony compared to making the console seem like the best place to play games.

We see some merit in this argument. Gaming console prices have reached the point where building or buying a prebuilt gaming PC have become a genuine option. We see the same discourse surrounding the Valve Steam Machine, where many people are genuinely confused as to why Valve is asking so much for a weak PC.

With the launch of the RDNA 5 GPUs in 2027 and GeForce RTX 60 GPUs in 2028, the DIY PC market will become more competitive. Competition drives down prices, which will make PC gaming cheaper. So, a PS6 costing around $1,000 in 2028 might not appeal to gamers that much when they can build a similar or more powerful PC in the same price range.

MLID argues that “PS6 will be at its best price/performance when its tech is NEW”, whether the console ends up costing $849 or $599. Moreover, Sony can just drop the price of the PS6, like it did with the PS3, if the DRAM and storage situation improves after the launch of the PS6.

In the end, it is unlikely that consumer tech, including gaming consoles, will get cheaper anytime soon. If you want a gaming system, now is probably a good time to buy before the new Xbox Series console prices go into effect or the PS5 gets more expensive.

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