{"id":671622,"date":"2026-07-03T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671622\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:30:10","slug":"1000-and-no-disc-drive-is-ps6-dead-on-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671622\/","title":{"rendered":"$1,000 and No Disc Drive – Is PS6 Dead on Arrival?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As is the case with the potential price tag, this complete lack of support for physical media will no doubt be a deal breaker for some.<\/p>\n

But would either of these factors put you off buying a PS6 entirely? That’s really the question that I’m asking today.<\/p>\n

I know it’s hard to follow those two points up with any kind of positivity, but Sony should have some tempting next-gen features up its sleeve.<\/p>\n

If the rumoured $1,000 asking price is accurate, then you’ve got to assume that the PS6 will be fairly future-proof, with Sony aiming to bring the system’s cost down over time. Start high, end low.<\/p>\n

That means impressive technical performance across the board. Support for 120 frames-per-second at 4K resolution is surely the goal, and the PS6 is bound to sport its own, much improved version of PSSR \u2014 the PS5 Pro’s AI-driven upscaler.<\/p>\n

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

Backwards compatibility will no doubt be pushed as a selling point as well, and I’m willing to bet that there’s going to be a lot of crossover between PS5 and PS6. The two consoles will probably be treated as a single ecosystem, at least until Sony can find a foothold with production costs and the resulting price tag.<\/p>\n

But maybe that’s not such a good thing if your PS5 collection includes loads of discs…<\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but I feel like the PS6 is shaping up to be a seriously hard sell. At least, based on the (relatively) little that we (kind of) know about it.<\/p>\n

To be fair, though, we obviously don’t have any insight into key factors like launch games yet. A strong enough software lineup can often be enough to quell concerns \u2014 but I think the PS6 is going to need one hell of a selection to overcome its predicted downsides.<\/p>\n

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

And so taking all of these things into account, how do you feel about the PS6 right now? Are you still holding out hope for the next-gen console, or is it dead on arrival? Vote in the polls, and then make your stance known in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

Given everything we know, are you interested in the PS6?<\/p>\n

Yes, I’m looking forward to its release
\n\t Yeah, I’m cautiously optimistic, despite everything
\n\t Yep, but it all depends on the games
\n\t I’m not sure, it’s still too early to say
\n\t Nah, my interest is slipping away
\n\t Nope, I was interested but not anymore
\n\t No, I’ve had zero interest in the PS6, and it’s staying that way<\/p>\n

Given everything we know, are you interested in the PS6? (1,021 votes)
\nYes, I’m looking forward to its release13%Yeah, I’m cautiously optimistic, despite everything7%Yep, but it all depends on the games7%I’m not sure, it’s still too early to say14%Nah, my interest is slipping away19%Nope, I was interested but not anymore28%No, I’ve had zero interest in the PS6, and it’s staying that way14%<\/p>\n

What’s the main reason you’d skip the PS6 at launch? (927 votes)
\nThe price being too high28%A lack of support for physical media35%The launch games not appealing to me5%Being happy to stick with my PS5 \/ PS5 Pro14%Moving to a different platform (PC, Xbox, etc.)8%I don’t plan on skipping the PS6 at launch10%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As is the case with the potential price tag, this complete lack of support for physical media will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[242,59,3631,11710,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-features","tag-gb","tag-polls","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\/671622","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=671622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}