Sony Leaves Ps5 Release Date and Price Undecided
Sony has not yet decided when it will launch the ps5 successor or what it will cost, Hiroki Totoki said on the company’s financial results call. That leaves the next console’s biggest consumer decisions open while Sony keeps selling the current one, which reached 93.7 million lifetime units even as its pace slipped slightly behind PS4.
Totoki on PS6 timing
“We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console, or at what prices,” Totoki said. “So we would like to really observe and follow the situation.”
He also said Sony has acquired the necessary volume of materials for the rest of calendar year 2026 and has to a certain extent agreed on the price itself. That narrows the short-term manufacturing picture, but it does not lock in a consumer launch window or a retail sticker price for buyers waiting on the PS6.
PS5 sales trail PS4
Sony sold about 1.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the three months ended March 31. The same quarter of the PS4 era saw 2.6 million units sold, so PS5 remains slightly behind on a launch-aligned basis.
The company also said the number of active users on PlayStation’s platforms continues to grow. For players, that means Sony is still supporting a large installed base even as it weighs how long to extend the current cycle before moving to the next one.
Memory costs and PS6 strategy
Totoki said memory prices are expected to remain very high in FY 2027 because there will still be a shortage of supply. He said Sony would consider changing business models to come up with the best solution and strategy for the PS6.
That pressure sits beside a $765 million impairment loss related to Bungie and Sony’s expectation that income will be flat year-on-year because of an increase in investments for the next-generation platform. David Gibson said earlier this year that “Sony expects the PS5’s lifecycle to be extended, and the PS6’s release is likely to be delayed longer than many expected.”
For buyers, the unresolved questions are still the ones that matter most: when the PS6 arrives, what Sony asks for it, and whether memory and component costs push that answer higher than many gamers expect.
