According to leaker and industry insider KeplerL2 on NeoGAF, 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.
When asked whether 24GB of RAM would be excessive for a handheld system and if 20GB would be sufficient, KeplerL2 responded, “20GB is not enough.” They added, “Yeah, an extra $100 to the [price] sucks, but they just have to deal with it for 1–2 years until prices come down.” The added cost is likely due to ongoing global memory shortages that have driven up RAM prices.
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.
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