In an interview with The Game Business, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke about the memory crisis affecting the PC and console gaming market and revealed that he believes Microsoft and Sony will not delay their next-generation consoles due to the crisis. In the interview, he stated that “we don’t see it affecting the delivery of consoles to the market.”
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 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.
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