Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 5 is entering the latter stage of its life cycle. Sony's latest console only launched in November 2020, and a new mid-generation model was released in November 2023 with upgraded storage and a modular design that allowed players to add an Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc Drive to digital-only versions of the console at a later date.

As the average duration of a console generation is about 6 years, this refresh made sense three years after the console's original launch. In an interview with Bloomberg, Sony senior vice president Naomi Matsuoka stated that “looking ahead, PS5 will enter the latter stage of its life cycle” as the company expects the sales pace of the PS5 hardware "will start falling from the next fiscal year" which begins April 2024 and runs until the end of March 2025.

The PlayStation 5, along with the Xbox Series X had a difficult launch, both releasing during the COVID-19 pandemic and having online-only launches as a result. This led to a combination of manufacturing constraints reducing the number of consoles being made, and scalpers using bots to quickly purchase many that did go on sale with the intent of reselling them at incredibly inflated price points. Therefore, many gamers didn't acquire a current-gen console until some time into the console generation when these issues were overcome.

​​​​​​While there were titles such as the Demon's Souls remake that launched alongside the PS5 as a current-gen exclusive, others that were marketed as huge selling points for the then new-gen device, such as Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales also received PS4 releases, and the cross-gen releases continued for years with other major PlayStation exclusives such as God of War: Ragnarök. It's only been in recent years that players have begun to experience more of what the PS5's hardware can do, with PS5 exclusive titles such as Marvel's Spider-Man 2 using the SSD to overhaul how fast travel can work in an open-world game, practically removing loading screens entirely and enabling players to travel to any point on the map without the need for specific waypoints.

Therefore, while Sony is most likely looking forward to the PlayStation 6, it hasn't showcased much of what its current-gen console can do, and would need the next console to be a significant improvement to encourage those who already bought a PlayStation 5 to upgrade. As for when the PlayStation 6 could launch, this could be around 2026 based on Sony's latest comments and its calculations for the mid-generation refresh, suggesting that the company is looking at a 6-year run for the PlayStation 5, one year less than that of the PS4, which launched in 2013, 7 years before the PS5.

Source: Bloomberg

GTA 6 how inb4 launch at end of PS5 life

Launched so long ady still no good games

sony wokestation is the reason i don't buy it

moved to steam and switch only this gen

Eh! I still feels like it launched recently.. Damn im old.. Gpu also on 2 cycles since ps5 launch right? 30series and 40series..

ps6 will be hand held

time flies. i remember fighting with bots when pre ordering PS5 during covid time.

but glad i got it. Prolly the best tech purchase I have made in recent years.

can watch netflix, play games, spotify. countless hours of games thru PS plus and exclusives. I can't understate how good it is as it just works flawlessly.

ps5pro will fill the gap.
somemore ps5 is seriously lacking of exclusives, it should have few years of life.

Shit! I ran out of kidney!

PS6 only 2027/2028 - THis Year end PS5 PRO.

serious question

does ps5 support 8K video playback?

so fast end life stage dy.. time flies

Remastered all ps4 games kek. Good game really few

I think they need to lower the price for PS5 as it gets older.

last time PS3 is $599 at launch price, then the super slim model few years later only sell $269.

This post has been edited by Boldnut: Feb 15 2024, 04:13 PM

Ini semua salahan PS4 cross gen

aku ingat michelin

devs already have their hands on ps5 pro dev kit, after that maybe ps6, personally for me outside of ff7r2 I don't see any exclusive games that can entice me to buy a ps5

ps is dead to me after ps2

This post has been edited by poco loco: Feb 15 2024, 04:21 PM

because of PCMR?

u can play ff7r2 on PC a year later

so no need to buy PS5 at all