Each the PlayStation 6 and the following Xbox console are deliberate for a 2027 launch, based on two separate accounts.
KeplerL2 , an insider who has precisely reported on AMD {hardware} previously, claimed in a NeoGAF thread that Sony‘s plan is to launch the PS6 in 2027.
In a thread discussing Sony and AMD’s latest video explaining future expertise, a dialogue arose about Mark Cerny‘s declare that the brand new tech can be coming to “a future console in just a few years’ time”.
When one consumer claimed that this meant 2028 on the earliest when taken actually, one other consumer advised that Cerny’s use of “just a few” wasn’t essentially to be taken actually, and {that a} 2027 launch could possibly be attainable.
KeplerL2 agreed, saying {that a} 2027 launch is “not simply on the desk, it’s the plan until any surprising delays occur”.
On the identical day, {hardware} insider Moore’s Legislation is Useless [MLID] posted a video claiming to point out the AMD Magnus APU, which he says is about to kind a part of Microsoft‘s next-gen Xbox console.
Whereas discussing the specs of the chip, which he describes as low-cost for a PC however costly for a console, MLID pressured quite a few occasions that the console is deliberate for a 2027 launch.
“It’s concentrating on a 2027 launch,” he mentioned. “And I wish to be clear, that for the reason that latest Xbox Magnus movies and RDNA 5 movies I’ve put on the market, I’ve heard from much more sources that Microsoft is speaking to companions behind the scenes and simply brazenly saying 2027 is when Magnus launches.”
The video additionally suggests, as per earlier hypothesis, that Microsoft’s subsequent console could also be wanting in direction of extra of a console-PC hybrid setup somewhat than competing instantly with PS6 as a straight console.
Discussing the console’s massive APU (which mixes the CPU and GPU on a single chip), he mentioned: “It ought to be stronger than the PS6, however on the identical time, it should even be dearer due to this bigger dimension and its use of bridge dies and certain a bigger RAM capability in comparison with the PS6, no less than if it needs to work effectively as a PC console hybrid.
“However you realize what? That’s okay, I believe, as a result of this time round Xbox goes to be rather more than a console, it must also be one thing that may run extra than simply Xbox apps, and problem the PC gaming market no less than considerably instantly.”
In a separate video posted two months in the past, MLID claimed that Sony is planning a PlayStation 6 handheld with Nintendo Swap fashion tv docking capabilities.
Neither Sony nor Microsoft have shared a lot concrete info on their next-gen consoles but, past affirmation that each are engaged on them and each are in partnership with AMD.
