Overview
- Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki confirmed in a Wall Street Journal profile that the company has not fixed an internal or public launch date for the PlayStation 6.
- Totoki cited ongoing shortages of components—especially memory chips driven by AI datacenter demand and trade disruptions—as a key reason the company is delaying a decision and watching price trends for FY2027.
- Sony told investors it has enough RAM to meet forecasted PS5 sales through March 2027, but supplies and allocations beyond that date remain uncertain.
- Sony’s July decision to end physical PlayStation discs in January 2028 and the company’s strategic shift toward films, TV and other IP reduce the pressure to rush new hardware and reinforce analyst moves toward a 2028 launch window and higher price forecasts.
- For players the likely effects include a longer cross-generation period, more emphasis on subscription models and cross-generation games, and the need to watch memory prices and supplier allocations to gauge when Sony will commit to hardware timing and cost.