According to prominent insider KeplerL2 on NeoGAF, their bill of materials (BOM) estimate suggests a PlayStation 6 unit could cost $760. They also claimed this could be reduced to $699 with “a reasonable subsidy,” though it remains unclear whether Sony would pursue that approach, especially given the claim that Xbox “is not direct competition anymore.”
When asked whether the BOM estimate was based on a 1TB or 2TB model, KeplerL2 stated it was for a “1TB Gen5 SSD and no disk drive.” The insider noted that removing the disk drive is an obvious way to cut costs. They also highlighted that the console’s SDK “supports neural texture compression, game sizes could even be smaller than PS5,” suggesting that game sizes on the upcoming console could be more compressed than those on its predecessor.
Despite several reports and analysts predicting that Sony and Microsoft may push back their next-generation console releases due to memory shortages, recent claims from insider KeplerL2 suggest otherwise. According to past claims from the insider on NeoGAF, both companies are still planning to launch their consoles in Holiday 2027. The insider also claimed that the long-rumored Sony handheld console will launch around the same time.
This aligns with previous claims from YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead, who said earlier this month that Sony is unlikely to delay its console launch and is willing to take a hit on pricing despite the RAM shortages. He also claimed that the memory shortage is expected to be “significantly better” by the end of 2026 and “a lot better” by the tail end of 2027. It is worth noting that, for now, these claims should be taken with a grain of salt. However, Microsoft Gaming recently announced that it plans to ship development kits for the consoles to developers in 2027.
According to KeplerL2 on NeoGAF earlier this year, the PlayStation handheld console and the PlayStation 6 home console will feature 24GB and 30GB of GDDR7 RAM, respectively. This would be a notable increase from the 16GB of RAM found in the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro. The PlayStation 6 RAM modules are reportedly split across several 3GB modules, with the handheld using eight modules and the home console using ten. The PlayStation 6 system memory transfer speed is reportedly 32 GB/s and will be mounted on a 160-bit bus, totaling approximately 640GB/s of memory bandwidth across all modules on the motherboard.
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