Within the next few years, we’ll bid farewell to the PlayStation 5 era.
It’s one I’ll look back on fondly, having brought us the likes of Astro Bot, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to name just a few examples.
This chapter isn’t over yet though; with Sony consoles typically having a lifespan of around seven years or so, it’s pretty likely that the PS5 will continue to reign supreme until at least 2027.
Even still, that means the next-gen isn’t all that far away, with leaks already surfacing regarding the PS5’s successor.
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A new report claims to give some idea as to the power the PlayStation 6 will boast.
The intel was shared by reputable leaker Moore’s Law is Dead (thanks for the heads up TweakTown).
On his Broken Silicon podcast, Moore’s Law is Dead teased that the PS6 will feature a five to 10x performance leap in ray tracing over the base PS5.
The improvements certainly don’t end there as fans should also expect rasterisation performance to improve by two to three times versus what the base PS5 can achieve.
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That puts the PS6’s power on par with a Radeon RX 9070 XT and a GeForce RTX 5080 - and Moore’s Law is Dead has previously shared that he expects the console to use AMD’s powerful new AT2 die.
With all of this in mind, it’s believed that the PS6 will be a 4K console which can target a whopping 120fps.
Naturally, I have to urge you to take this with a hefty pinch of salt.
Moore’s Law is Dead has been correct on several occasions, but we can’t take his word for gospel until Sony unveils all.
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If the PS6 is going to be capable of 4K and 120fps, I dread to think what it’ll cost.
The console would assumedly out-power the PlayStation 5 Pro and already, that will set you back £699.99 - and that’s not including a disc tray or vertical stand.
Could we be looking at close to four-figures for Sony’s next-gen console?
I certainly hope not because I’m itching to get my hands on it.
Topics: PlayStation 5, PlayStation, Tech, Sony