According to a new Bloomberg report citing “people familiar with the company’s thinking,” Sony Group is considering “pushing back the debut of its next PlayStation console to 2028 or even 2029.” The report also claims that Nintendo “is also contemplating raising the price” of the Switch 2 this year. The potential changes are reportedly tied to rising RAM and GPU costs caused by ongoing memory chip shortages, which continue to impact PCs and consoles. Its worth noting that for now these are just claims and should be taken with a grain of salt.
According to MST Financial senior research analyst David Gibson, in a SandStoneInsights article last month, Sony could extend the PlayStation 5’s life cycle due to ongoing concerns over rising RAM prices. Gibson claimed that Sony expects the PlayStation 5’s lifecycle to be extended and that the PlayStation 6 could be “delayed longer than many expected.” However, despite the ongoing RAM issues, Gibson stated that the company’s third fiscal quarter results are “expected to beat market expectations, driven by sales of both in-house and third-party games.” Sony also reported that it has sufficient resources to prevent another price increase for the PlayStation 5.
