{"id":658210,"date":"2026-06-25T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/658210\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T21:51:13","slug":"worrying-news-for-ps6-as-memory-prices-tipped-to-double-by-end-of-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/658210\/","title":{"rendered":"Worrying News for PS6, as Memory Prices Tipped to Double by End of 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Worrying<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a sobering statement in Microsoft\u2019s post about today\u2019s Xbox Series X|S price increases<\/a>: \u201cConsole storage and memory prices have increased by more than 2.5x and we expect another doubling by the fall of 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n

This concerning news comes on a day when even Apple has been forced<\/a> to raise the price of various MacBook and iPad products, also citing higher memory and storage component prices.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Valve confirmed the price of its highly anticipated Steam Machine system<\/a>, which starts at $1,000 for its cheapest model. That base version doesn\u2019t even include a controller in its box.<\/p>\n

All of this surely must spell panic for the PS6<\/a>, which is presumably in trouble at this point.<\/p>\n

Rumour has it Sony had planned to launch the console in late 2027<\/a>, and by all accounts it\u2019s designed a modest machine with cost-cutting in mind<\/a>. But its best laid plans are likely in tatters at this point, because even a brilliantly executed box is going to be undone by these escalating memory prices.<\/p>\n

The company is putting a brave face on things, talking about how it intends to profit off its established install base this holiday, with software sales and PS Plus<\/a> subscriptions.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also hinted that it intends to minimise the impact on its profitability by reducing the number of PS5 consoles it shifts this Christmas<\/a>; presumably, the system is selling at a loss<\/a> right now. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it\u2019s forced to increase prices yet again, lockstep with Microsoft.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not entirely sure where it goes from here.<\/p>\n

Presumably the PS6 is close to completion, and Sony will already have booked manufacturing slots which may be costly to renegotiate. But the appetite for next-gen consoles is already non-existent to begin with, and a $1,000+ entry point<\/a> is going to kill the thing stone dead.<\/p>\n

A reliance on cross-gen could help it to navigate the early years, while it waits to see if component prices come down. But if they\u2019re tipped to double yet again by fall 2027, there\u2019s really no guarantee 2028 or 2029 will be any better.<\/p>\n

PlayStation rarely ever speaks publicly, so we\u2019re unlikely to get any real insight into what it\u2019s thinking and why. But I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t have to make a final decision on any of this, because the market just seems impossible for consumer electronics at this point.<\/p>\n

Godspeed, Hideaki Nishino.<\/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":"There\u2019s a sobering statement in Microsoft\u2019s post about today\u2019s Xbox Series X|S price increases: \u201cConsole storage and memory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,873,555,11710,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-658210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-hardware","tag-industry","tag-ps6","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658210","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=658210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}