PlayStation 6 Leaked Prices Suggest It’s More Affordable Than PS5 Pro

One leaker is claiming to know exactly how much Sony is going to charge for each of their three PlayStation 6 consoles– and yes, I did just say “three”.

Cast your mind back to 2020. Wait, no, don’t do that– that year sucked.

Ok, instead, look at this post on the PlayStation Blog from September 2020. Notice anything weird about it? No? Take a closer look at the prices.

If you’re curious as to what I’m on about, then you may not be as terminally online as the rest of us, but I’m referring to the recent announcement from Sony that the prices for several models of PlayStation 5 have increased as of August 21.

It now costs $50 more to buy a PlayStation 5 Disc Drive model than it did at launch. It also costs $100 more to buy a PlayStation 5 Digital Edition model than it did at launch. Crazy times we live in, huh? The damn thing is five years old for christ sake.

If you’re wondering what the point of this preamble is, that’s because the price of all three of the upcoming PlayStation 6 models has supposedly been revealed in a recent leak.

According to Moore’s Law is Dead, there will be three different PlayStation 6 variants (all of which will, assumedly, drop around the same): a standard PlayStation 6, the PlayStation 6 S (named as such by Moore’s Law because it’s an Xbox Series S-style budget variant) and a PlayStation 6 handheld (that will come with a dock that allows it to connect to a screen, much like the Nintendo Switch 2).

Now, I should warn you ahead of time that Moore’s Law is estimating with the prices here, but that he’s using the leaked specs of each system to estimate said prices. That’s a roundabout way of saying “these are educated guesses”.

The estimated prices are: $549 - $699 for the standard PlayStation 6, $299 - $399 for the PlayStation 6 S, and $399 - $499 for the PlayStation 6 handheld.

So, how accurate do I think these estimations will end up being? I’ll be honest, it seems like Moore’s Law has very much done his research here, so I’m not going to pretend that I know better. Plus, as he shows off in the video, he did very accurately predict the price of both the PlayStation 5 Disc model and the PlayStation 5 Digital model at release.

However, I do have one slight issue with Moore’s Law’s prediction– but to be fair, it’s not really one he can account for in his estimations.

Sony increasing the prices of the current PlayStation 5 models is a pretty bad sign. Now, Moore’s Law does mention this, but here’s where our opinions differ on the matter: I think things will get much worse before they get any better.

I’m not a stock market bro. I won’t pretend to understand the ins and outs of global trade. However, it’s no secret that the current electronic pricing issues affecting the world are a direct result of the tariffs implemented by Donald Trump’s Republican party. Oh no, politics in a video game article– the comment section ain’t gonna like this.

My point is… Donald Trump’s term ends in January 2029. He’s got another two and a bit years to mess things up even more, and I think we’ll see these PS6s drop well before then.

Alright, alright– calm down. We can talk about less serious stuff. Did you see Hawlucha's new Mega Evolution in Pokémon Legends: Z-A? Looks cool! That's right... let the colourful Pokémon images wash over you... forget aaaall about the current economic climate… shh… it’s ok, you’ll definitely be able to afford a house one day…