Sony Group held a enterprise section presentation earlier in the present day, throughout which the corporate teased a “multi-generational” plan for PS6 and PS5. PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino pledged “new and enhanced” methods for gamers to play video games on each platforms.
PS6 is ‘prime of thoughts’ for Sony however PS5 help will proceed lengthy into the longer term
Nishino acknowledged that there’s a whole lot of curiosity surrounding the PS6 already, and whereas he understandably couldn’t reveal future plans, he did say that the upcoming console is “prime of thoughts” for Sony. Nevertheless, seeing the excessive ranges of engagement from PS4 gamers properly past the launch of PS5, the corporate intends to disrupt conventional method to console life cycles.
What this primarily means is that in contrast to the swap from PS3 to PS4, the present era validated Sony’s new “multi-generational” method, and it plans to proceed utilizing that technique going ahead.
“We’re nonetheless exploring what the way forward for our platform would appear to be,” added Sony Interactive Leisure SVP Lynn Azar. “We’ve lowered conventional cyclicality by establishing a big ecosystem of gamers throughout each the PS5 and PS4 generations. And as we proceed to drive a multi-generational ecosystem into the longer term, we’ll present new methods for gamers to entry the platform and expertise our content material and companies.”
PS6 is anticipated to launch by 2028 on the newest.