Sony has answered the PS6 question again, but the answer is still no release date, no price, and no hardware. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki said the company has not fixed when its next-generation console will launch, according to GamesRadar’s Aug. 17 report. Sony has not officially called the machine “PS6” either; that is the name fans use for the successor to the PlayStation 5.
Sony’s Position Is Clear, Even if the Product Is Not
Sony has confirmed that it is investing in a next-generation PlayStation platform. It has not confirmed the final product’s name, launch date, price, specifications, or launch games. Those missing details are why a broad statement about future hardware keeps turning into a new round of PS6 speculation.
In Sony’s May 2026 corporate strategy Q&A, the company said it had not decided when to launch its next-generation console or how much it would cost. Sony also said memory prices could stay high through fiscal 2027 and that it was reviewing hardware technology, component costs, sales plans, and possible business-model changes.
Sony’s July earnings material adds one confirmed piece of progress: investment in the next-generation platform is already affecting the Game & Network Services segment. The same update says PlayStation reached 125 million monthly active users in June. Sony is building for the future while the current platform still has a very large audience to serve.
Why Fans Are Getting Impatient
The impatience is not only about wanting a faster console. Sony’s decisions about the next generation are arriving in pieces, so players are trying to connect them without seeing the hardware they are supposed to describe.
Sony announced in July that it will stop producing physical game discs for new PlayStation releases starting in January 2028. The policy does not remove existing discs, but it immediately raised PS6 questions: will the next console include a drive, will one be optional, and what will physical editions look like after 2028? Our earlier coverage of the disc backlash explains why the issue is tied to ownership, resale, lending, and preservation rather than only the plastic itself.
