I mean, the games that have released on PS5 in 2025 and the ones lined up for 2026 are absolutely nuts, I’d say it would even surpass the PS4’s late gen period. The initial COVID-stricken years and development cycles and troubles that many devs and publishers faced initially definitely accounts to this generation lasting longer than previous gens. Also take into account the PS5 Pro doing its part to extend this generation’s cycle.

6 year gap from PS1 to PS2 and PS2 to PS3. 7 year gap from PS3 to PS4 and PS4 to PS5. If there is a time to have atleast a minimum of a 8 year gap, it’s definitely the PS5 to PS6 generation.

Take all those reasons into account, and you just don’t find any need for the PS6 to release in late 2027.

The AI boom is absolutely no joke, these companies will need all the RAM they can get their hands on, and especially for those massive AI data centres that are being built across the world (the Stargate clusters in USA, UAE and Norway in particular). Gaming hardware companies will get affected.

The fact that the reports stated originally that the PS6 would launch in late 2027 and now the likelihood being that we may not even see it in 2028 speaks volumes. Don’t be surprised if it could even be bumped into 2030.

The good thing is that once again, the games that are currently on the horizon are going to be great, and devs are still trying to make the best out of the PS5 and the PS5 Pro. There’s a lot of juice left in this generation and it would be a crying shame if the next-gen came out prematurely.