{"id":645660,"date":"2026-06-18T17:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645660\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:11:11","slug":"some-analysts-believe-sony-is-considering-pushing-the-ps6-back-embracer-report-hints-at-later-than-2027-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645660\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Some Analysts Believe Sony Is Considering Pushing the PS6 Back’: Embracer Report Hints at Later Than 2027 Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Some<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Rumour has it that Sony planned to launch the PS6 in late 2027<\/a>, but the hardware industry is in turmoil right now.<\/p>\n

Component costs have soared on the back of AI-led demand, pushing the price of consumer electronics including consoles skyhigh.<\/p>\n

Recently, the PS5\u2019s price soared to unprecedentedly high levels<\/a>; other systems like the Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam Deck have also been affected<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While all of the reporting around the PS6 is that Sony designed it with cost cutting in mind, it\u2019s not immune to what\u2019s happening in the industry at large. Exactly how it intends to deploy the device at an affordable price is up for debate.<\/p>\n

One option may be to delay it and hope economic conditions improve, and that\u2019s something giant publisher Embracer has acknowledged in its annual report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cSome analysts believe that Sony is now considering pushing back the debut of its next PlayStation console from 2027 to 2028 or even 2029.\u201d<\/p>\n

The issue here is that Sony will likely already have signed manufacturing contracts, and it may be expensive to get out of those.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it\u2019s unlikely it will re-spec the console if it does delay, so the device could end up feeling out of date.<\/p>\n

Embracer didn\u2019t include a source so it\u2019s likely just parroting research that\u2019s been publicly available for some time, although it\u2019ll presumably have employed its own analysts to help build this report.<\/p>\n

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has insinuated Microsoft may be retooling its own next-gen system Project Helix, after it was previously revealed to be a highly expensive piece of hardware capable of running various different storefronts.<\/p>\n

I personally think Sony may just have to bite the bullet on all this and hope it can bring costs down over time. I\u2019m not expecting any PS6 exclusive games anyway, so I think it\u2019s going to appeal primarily to enthusiasts first and foremost.<\/p>\n

How it markets that in a tough economy remains to be seen, but perhaps it\u2019ll be satisfied simply keeping players within its ecosystem, whether that\u2019s the PS5 or PS6.<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Rumour has it that Sony planned to launch the PS6 in late 2027, but the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,11710,614,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-645660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-ps6","tag-rumours","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}