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Topics: PlayStation, Sony
It may feel like the years are flying by with news of the PlayStation 6 doing the rounds online.
That’s because they are. We’re four years into the PlayStation 5 console cycle, and now we have the PS5 Pro, fans are beginning to look towards what’s next.
With the PS5 Pro, player can expect their games to run at a higher fidelity with more frames
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If you’re the kind of player who loves to look forwards, or if you’re a tech head who wants to know more about what Sony has planned, it’s worth looking at recent leaked documents.
These documents actually come from Microsoft, of all places, and they point to the PlayStation 6 targeting the year 2028 for release.
Now, it’s worth noting that this was a speculative estimate on Microsoft’s part as they planned their own Xbox successor to come out around then.
So, 2028 may indeed be the year for both consoles to launch - if indeed Microsoft still plans on making Xbox hardware.
With the release of the PlayStation 5 Pro console, it’s clear that Sony wants players to experience their games in the best way possible.
The company did the very same thing during the lifespan of the PlayStation 4, however the Pro version of that console came a year earlier in the lifecycle.
This points to this console generation stretching out slightly longer than the last, which makes sense as progress in visual and processing capabilities are much more incremental nowadays.
So, if we take Microsoft’s estimate and add on a year for the later arrival of a Pro machine, we could see the PlayStation 6 launching in 2029.
This might give you a sigh of relief, or at least your wallet, because that’s going to be a pricey machine.
This is all speculation, but given that Microsoft will have industry experts working on these predictions after analysing trends, we wouldn’t be surprised if they’re in the right area.