{"id":669086,"date":"2026-07-02T03:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669086\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T03:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T03:28:11","slug":"ps6-release-now-expected-end-of-2028-according-to-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669086\/","title":{"rendered":"PS6 Release Now Expected End of 2028, According to Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PS6<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Sony has announced it\u2019ll cease manufacturing physical games<\/a> in 2028, effectively confirming the PS6 will be an all-digital console.<\/p>\n

But Ampere\u2019s Piers Harding-Rolls believes the announcement \u201ctelegraphs quite a lot of information\u201d about Sony\u2019s next-gen system, including its release window.<\/p>\n

While the system had been tipped for 2027, the analyst believes \u201cthis almost certainly guarantees the PS6 won\u2019t arrive until 2028 at the earliest\u201d. He added that his company anticipates the console will now \u201claunch at the end of 2028\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not 100% sure I follow this logic, because Sony can still cease making discs after the new system comes out \u2013 especially if there\u2019s only a two or three month difference.<\/p>\n

However, I do agree with Harding-Rolls that the device will not include a physical disc drive<\/a> (duh). I guess it\u2019ll be down to PlayStation to communicate how its customers will be able to access their physical back catalogues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The analyst hypothesised some kind of physical to digital transfer progress could be the solution, similar to what\u2019s been tipped for Xbox earlier today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt may be too impractical or too complex, but some process of transferral for older physical media to a digital license could alleviate some of these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unlikely Sony will comment further until the PS6 is announced, but it\u2019s going to have to get its communication spot-on here.<\/p>\n

Fans are already understandably enraged with the company<\/a>; if it doesn\u2019t have an adequate solution to preserve physical libraries moving into the next-generation and beyond, then the backlash is going to make today look tame.<\/p>\n

[source videogameschronicle.com<\/a>]<\/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 Sony has announced it\u2019ll cease manufacturing physical games in 2028, effectively confirming the PS6 will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,11710,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-669086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","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\/669086","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=669086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}