Sony still hasn’t decided when its next PlayStation console will launch.
Sony Group President and CEO Hiroki Totoki said the company has yet to fix a launch date for the PlayStation 5 successor, as rising component costs and supply pressures continue to complicate plans for the next generation of gaming hardware.
Speaking in a new Wall Street Journal interview, Totoki confirmed that Sony still has no fixed date for what is widely expected to become the PlayStation 6. The report also notes that expectations around the console have started moving further out as demand from the AI industry puts pressure on supplies of key components.
The comments don’t amount to a PS6 delay, however. Sony has never announced an official release date for its next console.
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Sony Had Already Left the PS6 Release Date Open
Totoki’s latest comments reinforce what Sony told investors earlier this year.
During its May 8 earnings Q&A, Sony said that no decisions had been made regarding either the timing or pricing of its next-generation platforms. The company said those decisions would be made while monitoring market conditions.
Memory prices are one of the issues Sony is watching closely.
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The company said it expects memory prices to remain elevated and supply-demand conditions to stay tight through 2027. Sony has already secured the memory volumes it needs for 2026, but conditions beyond that remain less certain.
That matters for future PlayStation hardware because higher memory costs increase the amount Sony has to spend to manufacture each console.
Sony said it is looking at several ways to respond, including cutting hardware costs elsewhere, changing pricing and promotional strategies and examining different approaches to how future hardware is sold.
Sony Is Still Investing in Its Next PlayStation
An undecided release date doesn’t mean development has stopped.
Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed during its June 2026 Game & Network Services briefing that it is continuing to invest in the next generation of the PlayStation platform and related content.
The company said it is developing its next platform with changing player habits in mind while looking at how the PlayStation ecosystem can reach a broader audience.
Sony has not formally unveiled the console, however. There is still no official design, specification sheet, price or product name.
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Even Sony’s investor material continues to use terms such as “next-generation platform” rather than formally calling the hardware PlayStation 6.
For readers, PS6 remains the obvious shorthand for Sony’s next console, but the distinction is worth keeping until Sony officially reveals it.
Has PlayStation 6 Been Delayed?
No official delay has been announced.
A 2027 release window has been widely discussed because of the timing of previous PlayStation generations, and the Wall Street Journal reports that many analysts had expected Sony’s next console to arrive next year. Those expectations are now moving further out amid shortages and higher component costs.
But Sony never announced 2027 as the PS6 release year.
That means reports claiming Sony has already “delayed PS6” from 2027 should be treated cautiously. What Sony has actually confirmed is much simpler: the company has not yet decided when its next-generation platform will launch.
Pricing Is Still Undecided Too
The same uncertainty applies to price.
Sony told investors in May that no pricing decision has been made for its next-generation hardware. The company also warned that passing higher component costs directly to consumers could affect console adoption.
PlayStation management returned to the issue in June, saying it is not realistic for Sony to absorb all increases in component costs. Sony also said it does not intend to operate its hardware business around selling consoles at significant losses.
That doesn’t provide any indication of how much a PS6 will cost, but it does explain why Sony is keeping both launch timing and pricing flexible while hardware costs remain volatile.
Any specific PS6 price currently circulating online remains speculation.
When Will PS6 Come Out?
For now, Sony isn’t saying.
The company is actively investing in its next-generation PlayStation platform, but Totoki’s latest comments make clear that a launch date still hasn’t been fixed.
Memory prices and component availability will be among the factors Sony considers before settling on its plans, with the company currently expecting tight memory-market conditions to continue through 2027.
Until Sony formally unveils the hardware, any 2027, 2028 or later release window remains an estimate rather than an official PS6 release date.