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PLAYSTATION 2’S SLEEK REDESIGN IS THE LOGICAL PROGRESSION FOR THE 2026 PS6 GAMING CONSOLE

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Take the PlayStation 2 Slimline and give it those subtle modifications – the perfect recipe for the upcoming Sony gaming console speculated for the 2026 release, don’t you think?

Right when Sony launched the PlayStation gaming console back in 1994, gaming was set to get a turbo boost into the new era. Ever since all gamers have been bestowed with the evolving graphics and gripping gameplay of winning PlayStation titles like Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider Tekken and Gran Turismo. In the battle that’s been going out between Microsoft and Sony, the PlayStation has evolved to be the more popular of the two. That said, out of all the PlayStation gaming consoles released so far, the PlayStation 2 Slimline still impresses with its sleek form factor, and a design akin to gamers liking.

Article:

PlayStation 2’s sleek redesign is the logical progression for the 2026 PS6 gaming console - Yanko Design

Take the PlayStation 2 Slimline and give it those subtle modifications – the perfect recipe for the upcoming Sony gaming console speculated for the 2026 release, don’t you think? Right when Sony launched the PlayStation gaming console back in 1994, gaming was set to get a turbo boost into the...

www.yankodesign.com

Looks pretty neat and there are more pictures in the article.

 

[Kilau]

Looks like a PlayStation One X.

 

[clintar]

Stop yelling at me...

 

[Imtjnotu]

You some how want to fit a 20+tf inside something smaller than a Dr seuss book

 

[sainraja]

Looks like a PlayStation One X.

Well, it is based off of this:

 

[deriks]

DVD players (Sony's included) became thin like that, so was the natural progression and shit

 

[sainraja]

Stop yelling at me...

Yeah, I could have re-formatted the title but it was pretty much a copy/paste of the article's title.

 

[Fake]

Looks good.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

BREAKING NEWS: they should totally build a console inside of a rectangular box. And thanks to Moore’s Law, the size of that rectangle can get smaller as the technology improves.

 

[sainraja]

Yeah, I could have re-formatted the title but it was pretty much a copy/paste of the article's title.

If a mod wants to, then they can update it to sentence case, just copy paste this as the title: Playstation 2’s Sleek Redesign Is The Logical Progression For The 2026 Ps6 Gaming Console

 

[kyliethicc]

Well, it is based off of this:

That wouldn't be able to avoid ignition with PS5 let alone PS6 specs insides

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[DeepEnigma]

PS2 Slim is the best looking console on both size and design, ever.

 

[sainraja]

That wouldn't be able to avoid ignition with PS5 let alone PS6 specs insides

Yeah, I don't think it's realistic. I came across the article and thought if the PS2 slim was actually like that how cool would it have been. The Slim PS2 was cool, don't get me wrong — I traded my fat PS2 towards it but still.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I wonder if it'd be possible to put 60 TF into such a small form factor. Probably not.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

You some how want to fit a 20+tf inside something smaller than a Dr seuss book

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Well, it is based off of this:

Throw up emoji

 

[kyliethicc]

Yeah, I don't think it's realistic. I came across the article and thought if the PS2 slim was actually like that how cool would it have been. The Slim PS2 was cool, don't get me wrong — I traded my fat PS2 towards it but still.

 

[Con-Z-epT]

Needs to be spherical!

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Somebody likes that Jet Engine start up sound from PS4s, and wants it amplified by 10.

I love how the PS5 looks. It’s clean, but anything but safe design. All my iPhones have become boring. All my electronics are boring.

It does need to be thinner, the disc one specifically. Symmetry is a MUST.

 

[KingGhidorah]

PS5 is just too damn big!!

Look at the size of this monster, it’s 4X the Switch…

no wonder Sony has worse supply issue than others. If a cargo tanker can fit 100K Switch, it can only fit 25K PS5

 

[DeepEnigma]

Throw up emoji

 

[AV]

2026 PS6

What alternate universe are we living in here?

 

[reezoo]

I think Sony alternates between rounded vs straight design
PS1 - has rounded / curved design
PS2 - straight lines
PS3 - has rounded / curved
PS4 - straight lines
PS5 - rounded / curved
PS6 - we can guess it will be mostly straight lines, close to PS2/PS4

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

PS5 is just too damn big!!

Look at the size of this monster, it’s 4X the Switch…

no wonder Sony has worse supply issue than others. If a cargo tanker can fit 100K Switch, it can only fit 25K PS5

Just think some are such console warriors that they would compare a full fledged Home console to a Hybrid portable console.

 

[remember_spinal]

PS5 is just too damn big!!

Look at the size of this monster, it’s 4X the Switch…

no wonder Sony has worse supply issue than others. If a cargo tanker can fit 100K Switch, it can only fit 25K PS5

I’d rather the switch be twice the size if it meant i didn’t have to play games like metroid dread at an unstable 30fps

 

[OZ9000]

PLAYSTATION 2’S SLEEK REDESIGN IS THE LOGICAL PROGRESSION FOR THE 2026 PS6 GAMING CONSOLE

From the article:


Article:

PlayStation 2’s sleek redesign is the logical progression for the 2026 PS6 gaming console - Yanko Design

Take the PlayStation 2 Slimline and give it those subtle modifications – the perfect recipe for the upcoming Sony gaming console speculated for the 2026 release, don’t you think? Right when Sony launched the PlayStation gaming console back in 1994, gaming was set to get a turbo boost into the...

www.yankodesign.com

Looks pretty neat and there are more pictures in the article.

That looks like the best looking console ever.

The Xbox Series S looks really nice as well.

Sadly the PS5 looks like dogshit. I will refuse to purchase one until they make the design more conservative as above.

 

[adamsapple]

Look at this beauty.

 

[Atrus]

I doubt a PS6 will be available by 2026 when barely a quarter of PS5 demand has been met.

We’ll maybe get a PS5 Pro in a couple years but the chip shortage will lengthen the lifespan.

 

[Fahdis]

Wow that thing is as beautiful as the original slim maybe even better. If PS6 looks like that, I'm still not buying it though. My days for consoles are over the moment they started selling Resolution Upgrade and 60 fps for $10 more.

 

[Calverz]

People who want this I hve good news.
It’s called Xbox one x and it plays ps2 games at 4K via retroarch.

 

[Sosokrates]

To thin, makes it look weak + cheap.

 

[T8SC]

Firstly - 2026 PS6?

Secondly - The PS2 (Fat or slim) were the ugliest Playstation designs. They were two different sized boxes glued on to each other. Even the finger print magnet that was the PS3 fat was a nicer looking machine.

 

[LazyParrot]

Given how power hungry upcoming graphics hardware is expected to be, PS6 is more likely to ship in a server cabinet than a case that small.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

PS2 Slim is the best looking console on both size and design, ever.

Excuse me, the PSone would like to have a word with you.

Look at those sexy curves, at those big, satisfying buttons, begging lustfully for a gamers touch. How could anyone deny perfection!?

If I ever got rich enough, I would commission a ridiculously sized oil painting to hang in my bed room. It would greet me with the morning sun each morning and remind me that there is true beauty in this world.

 

[clintar]

Excuse me, the PSone would like to have a word with you.

Look at those sexy curves, at those big, satisfying buttons, begging lustfully for a gamers touch. How could anyone deny perfection!?

If I ever got rich enough, I would commission a ridiculously sized oil painting to hang in my bed room. It would greet me with the morning sun each morning and remind me that there is true beauty in this world.

And put strategically placed buttons behind it that run to your ps5 power and eject buttons?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Excuse me, the PSone would like to have a word with you.

Look at those sexy curves, at those big, satisfying buttons, begging lustfully for a gamers touch. How could anyone deny perfection!?

If I ever got rich enough, I would commission a ridiculously sized oil painting to hang in my bed room. It would greet me with the morning sun each morning and remind me that there is true beauty in this world.

2nd place.

 

[BattleScar]

That's cool and all, but how are they gonna cool the fucking thing?

 

[SScorpio]

Firstly - 2026 PS6?

PSX - JP - 12/03/1994
PS2 - JP - 03/04/2000 - 5 years, 3 months
PS3 - JP - 11/11/2006 - 6 years, 8 months
PS4 - NA - 11/15/2013 - 7 years
PS5 - NA/JP - 11/12/2020 - 7 years

NES - 1983
SNES - 1990 - 7 years
N64 - 1996 - 6 years
GC - 2001 - 5 years
Wii - 2006 - 5 years
Wii U - 2012 - 6 years
Switch - 2017 - 5 years


So, 2026 isn't an outlandish estimate. It will depend on if there are mid-gen consoles like the Pro and X this time around. Though I doubt we'll see a surge in the movement to 8K like we did with the move from 1080p to 4K in the PS4 and Xbox One lives. We'll also have to see the advancements on the PC side, 2012-2018 was mostly flat with Intel doing boring 15% gen over gen improvements. AMD was treading water trying to stay alive, the 2017 Ryzen let them compete in the budget space, but the 2019 Zen 2 that are in the PS5 and XSX are where they started being serious competition for the crown.

In the GPU space, AMD is being competitive in the high-end market again, and Intel is entering the ring. We'll see how quickly things progress. In the late 90s to early 00s of the PC gaming space, there were periods where a CPU couldn't run games that less than two years after the CPU was released. I don't think we'll see increases that large, but it will be much faster than the previous gen.

 

[DonJuanSchlong]

I wonder if it'd be possible to put 60 TF into such a small form factor. Probably not.

Maybe if you split it in half, and put the rest in the power supply?

 

[T8SC]

PSX - JP - 12/03/1994
PS2 - JP - 03/04/2000 - 5 years, 3 months
PS3 - JP - 11/11/2006 - 6 years, 8 months
PS4 - NA - 11/15/2013 - 7 years
PS5 - NA/JP - 11/12/2020 - 7 years

NES - 1983
SNES - 1990 - 7 years
N64 - 1996 - 6 years
GC - 2001 - 5 years
Wii - 2006 - 5 years
Wii U - 2012 - 6 years
Switch - 2017 - 5 years


So, 2026 isn't an outlandish estimate. It will depend on if there are mid-gen consoles like the Pro and X this time around. Though I doubt we'll see a surge in the movement to 8K like we did with the move from 1080p to 4K in the PS4 and Xbox One lives. We'll also have to see the advancements on the PC side, 2012-2018 was mostly flat with Intel doing boring 15% gen over gen improvements. AMD was treading water trying to stay alive, the 2017 Ryzen let them compete in the budget space, but the 2019 Zen 2 that are in the PS5 and XSX are where they started being serious competition for the crown.

In the GPU space, AMD is being competitive in the high-end market again, and Intel is entering the ring. We'll see how quickly things progress. In the late 90s to early 00s of the PC gaming space, there were periods where a CPU couldn't run games that less than two years after the CPU was released. I don't think we'll see increases that large, but it will be much faster than the previous gen.

Given that each generation is getting longer, and the supply problems being experienced over the past year or so, I think 2027-2028 is likely to be more accurate.

 

[It's all in the wrist]

I don't trust Sony's console hardware designers with something that slim. Microsoft, maybe. The One X was the most well built console I've ever owned, and the X and S have followed. The PS5 is a monster, and the PS4 before it constantly screamed in pain every time I attempted to play a game.

 

[squarealex]

Excuse me, the PSone would like to have a word with you.

Look at those sexy curves, at those big, satisfying buttons, begging lustfully for a gamers touch. How could anyone deny perfection!?

If I ever got rich enough, I would commission a ridiculously sized oil painting to hang in my bed room. It would greet me with the morning sun each morning and remind me that there is true beauty in this world.

So creamy

 

[ReBurn]

Looks like a PlayStation One X.

I'd be ok with that

 

[M1chl]

(((LOGICAL)))

Well maybe if you somewhat make.believe physics.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I truly never appreciated that PS2 slim. But looking back, the way they trimmed the fat from the original was really amazing.

 

[Banjo64]

Also apart from the ridiculous notion that you could fit a 20tf console in that form factor - 2026? Really? Try 2029.

 

[Spaceman292]

PLAYSTATION 2’S SLEEK REDESIGN IS THE LOGICAL PROGRESSION FOR THE 2026 PS6 GAMING CONSOLE

From the article:


Article:

PlayStation 2’s sleek redesign is the logical progression for the 2026 PS6 gaming console - Yanko Design

Take the PlayStation 2 Slimline and give it those subtle modifications – the perfect recipe for the upcoming Sony gaming console speculated for the 2026 release, don’t you think? Right when Sony launched the PlayStation gaming console back in 1994, gaming was set to get a turbo boost into the...

www.yankodesign.com

Looks pretty neat and there are more pictures in the article.

Wow it's a black plastic box that doesn't exist. This was a great thread.

 

[DragonNCM]

PLAYSTATION 2’S SLEEK REDESIGN IS THE LOGICAL PROGRESSION FOR THE 2026 PS6 GAMING CONSOLE

From the article:


Article:

PlayStation 2’s sleek redesign is the logical progression for the 2026 PS6 gaming console - Yanko Design

Take the PlayStation 2 Slimline and give it those subtle modifications – the perfect recipe for the upcoming Sony gaming console speculated for the 2026 release, don’t you think? Right when Sony launched the PlayStation gaming console back in 1994, gaming was set to get a turbo boost into the...

www.yankodesign.com

Looks pretty neat and there are more pictures in the article.

Damn good design but I don't think new tech will fit in it. Maybe if we have luck PS5 will get redisgh similar to this.

 

[Fafalada]

Secondly - The PS2 (Fat or slim) were the ugliest Playstation designs.

You take that back now