- 0-20%: unlikely – lack of credible sources
- 21-40%: Questionable – Some concerns remain
- 41-60%: Plausible – Reasonable evidence
- 61-80%: Likely – Strong evidence
- 81-100%: Very likely – Several reliable sources
Despite current market conditions making it very difficult to launch a new gaming system, as we saw with ValveIt is Steam engine, Sony would still aim for a release at the end of 2027 for the PlayStation 6. However, it appears that fewer and fewer players will be able to afford the next-gen system at launch, as it’s now almost guaranteed to cost over $1,000 due to its price alone. RAM And SSD costs increased by almost $700, a figure higher than the already high prices of current-generation systems.
Skyrocketing RAM and SSD costs
“RAM + NAND alone costs over $680” said a known leaker KeplerL2 on the NeoGAF Forumssuggesting that the PlayStation 6the nomenclature of has probably already exceeded the $1,000 thresholdbecause the cost of other components is not taken into account in this figure. As such, the system will almost certainly cost over $1,000 and will obviously sell fewer units than any of its predecessors at launch, as the leaker himself pointed out by liking another post on the forums.
The tragic rise in component costs which will push the PlayStation 6 and the Xbox Propeller Project higher than expected is made even more tragic by the fact that RAM cost when Sony And Microsoft started designing the consoles SoC. “When they started designing the console SoCs, GDDR7 was going to be $3 per GB,” KeplerL2 said. Today, GDDR7 costs around $20 to $23 per GB.
PlayStation 6 RAM and SSD costs reveal possible configurations
As terrible as the revelation of a cost of $680 for the PlayStation 6 RAM And SSD that is, it gives us data on which it is possible to speculate to what extent RAM and the amount of storage the system will have. At current prices, there is no doubt that the system will have no less than 24 GB of storage. RAM if Sony plans to focus more on storage with a 3TB or 4TB SSDwhich is the most unlikely scenario considering previous systems.
The most likely configuration for the PlayStation 6 running games at 4K resolution and having reasonable storage for modern games which often take up well over 100GB is 32 GB RAM and a 2TB SSDespecially if Sony is launching the system as a digital-only console, which most likely plans to stop disc production starting in early 2028. However, the company could also opt to 40 GB of RAM And 1 TB storage, a configuration that has been the subject of many rumors in the past.
However, speculation is losing interest in the face of these high prices. As delay the system would cost much more than launching it at a high price, the PlayStation 6 will almost certainly be released in late 2027, early 2028 at the latest, and its high price will almost certainly lead to the longest intergenerational period we’ve ever seen.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small media outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech’s gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi “Suda51” Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he’s not reporting or reviewing, Francesco performs the genres he loves most, spends time with his six cats, reads, writes music, and plays guitar and drums for his progressive rock band.
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