Yeah, but I also remember games on the PS4 and PS5 and would have trouble telling you which games couldn't fundamentally be played on the Switch / PS3.
I don't understand that either. They must have some rationale for it.
I'll buy helix if they dont
You're saying that but you're okay with Canis-based PS6 with low watt 24GB of RAM.
30GB RAM is better if the goal is not to come up with a budget PS6. You can't say you all need that 30GB of RAM when you agree to a Canis-based PS6 with slow ass RAM.
Well....... No
I agree with 18GB RAM for the handheld. 20GB RAM for Orion PS6.
I agree. So if Sony can make a $499 Orion-based PS6 with 20GB RAM and 512 SSD, there's no need for a Canis-based PS6. I say keep the Canis handheld (but with TV output). No mandate for PS6 games (and don't attach PS6 name on it). And I don't doubt 99% of PS6 games will still come to it with the right development tools and incentives from Sony.
I wouldn't go off the trailers as a sign of the quality of the game for the mass majority of people (if even possible on any system)
Sony is looking at an 8 year horizon for the PS6 the current memory prices are not going to last 8 years. On the other hand the 30GB memory PS6 with 160 bit bus was their idea of a cheap base console, as opposed to Xbox's Magnus/Helix. As well they will be providing the PS6 portable. There isnt any way around any of this especially when you consider current absurd memory and storage prices are primarily caused by speculation and hoarding. They are not directly related to the increasing demand for memory and storage and do not account for medium to long term improvements in memory and storage supply. So Sony cannot brick the entire 8 year gen providing console hw that doesnt meet minspec memory requirements for an 8 year console gen based on a 2 year memory hypecycle.
Alright. I went through post and you didn't seem to agree to a Canis-based PS6. My bad.
Yes exactly. Memory market is cyclical so at worst it can only be a longer term upcycle otherwise it will have to come down, there's no other way. I think thats why some like Kepler have said it doesnt make sense for them to delay the PS6 in any case.
There are quite a few,
PS5 generation started in 2020
It'll be haunted in the same way Vita did
Because Sony hardware cycle is 7 years
I wouldn't. I expect all games to be played on ps6 and ps6hh
Don't delude yourself - prices will not go down. By the time ram prices normalize other factors (like current redhead ormuz stuff) will kick-in and inflation will eat any possible gain. I wouldn't be surprised if we will see 1000$ price tag by 2030.
For developers, it should be same as dealing with two SKUs. Sony cant' upclock Canis beyond heldheld clocks so what's the difference?
It's all about a balance between RAM size/speed, bandwidth and CPU/GPU speed. Series S was simply highly unbalanced.
Nothing stopping Sony from not launching ps6 in 2027. Zero competitive pressure from Microsoft this time around with series momentum all but ground to a halt. Just keep building ps5/pro userbase and let the devs deliver games to well over 100 million owners by that point.
Eh, everything is pointing to Microsoft just as with the original Xbox, suddenly dropping everything and wanting to go into the next generation ahead of SONY to capture more of the market, just like they did with xbox360.
Yes the difference there was xbox 360 was much cheaper than ps3 at launch, Core at $299 and premium at $399. PS3 launched at $599 12 months later in US and around 18 months later in Europe.
Also nothing stopping Sony to launch ps6 at whatever price it comes to be to build nextgen installbase at the same time delivers games to over 100m ps5 owners
Once ps6 launches the ps5 momentum will slow.
The XSS didn't hold back the XSX. The only real example people ever bring up is Baldur's Gate 3 and that didn't "hold back" the X, it just delayed it because split-screen was a pain on Series S.
And look what they did to him...The best thing Jim Ryan has ever said as CEO of Playstation!
