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

Pretty much, but depending on how good the game is gonna be, I might just cave and get my hands on a ps5, if it's bad, steam sale also I won't pandang

ps1 and 2 got ao many cheap game -pirated-

This post has been edited by poco loco: Feb 15 2024, 04:28 PM

so not moving to "next gen" at all?

i did try ps3....damn...speechless...straight no more interest liao

My ps2 playing winning eleven still far better than shitty fifa 21

probably yes, i remember the box shows 8k support, but no one has 8k TV to actually try it i guess? if it doesn't work, I'm sure someone in the US will try to sue Sony for that.

ehh i still havent buy ooo

no interesting games la in PS5. even spiderman2 and GoW like playing a movie. just press button prompt and view the cutscenes type.

did not try ps3, switch to xbox360 for that gen

the box still show 8K, but from what i read, still no firmware update to support 8K (i mean 8K video playback, not 8K games).

i think sony still escape using excuse, it will be update in later firmware. 3 years later, still no 8K.
the "slim" box show 8K.

Don't believe it until I see PS5 Pro Max Ultra release this year.

ayam also skip PS2 and PS3 and went with the ori Xbox and Xbox 360 due to superior graphic.

ps1-ps2-psp-wii-x360-PC-XSX.

actually x360 graphic is worst than ps3. but the console it self is cheaper.

PS3 was truly no affordable at the time, ori Xbox graphic superior to PS2 pixelated shit.

at that time xbox is 404.
only ps2 available at game store.

Xbox alwayz superior graphic until now.
in Fact Xbox X more powerful than PS5.
But global sales PS5 already outsold it by 3:1...

Meanwhile Nintendo switch outsold PS5 even it's the worst graphic among 3.
Superior graphic is not important...

This post has been edited by khusyairi: Feb 15 2024, 04:48 PM

no games, also Sony wants to publish their first titles into PC port much more earlier than standard 2 years gap

Now Xbox still 404.
Hard to find Microsoft official store around the world. 3rd party reseller ada la...
Unlike Sony store & serive center, many can find in big malls..

ahh. I just recalled during launch hard to buy, then delayed the purchase instead. End up discount so much in shopee also no more interest in it anymore.

This really

Thats why ps5 exclusive games only have like 12 jer. Dah 3-4 tahun after release kot

meh, wake me up when it's a new portable console

Don't even have time to game these days and even when have so quick to run out of interest lol

This post has been edited by Ayer: Feb 15 2024, 05:19 PM

Ever since they moved Sony HQ to San Francisco, the direction the company has taken in general has been rather woke af.

Every single AAA game they fund or make has elements of it, and if you wanna go down a rabbit hole, just google Sweet Baby (the company they contract to infuse ESG/DEI/wokeness into their games)

If a game involves Sweet Baby, it will be a pozz infested load of woke garbage.

I'm still not done with my PS4

last time no fast internet, no online shopping etc
so have to rely on physical store.

now got online store, can buy/import from SG, game also digital.

Meanwhile nintendo.....

in other words game nowdays

bunch of milking and remake then sequel shet yet another remastered cash cow grab

PS1 - 1994 (6 years)
PS2 - 2000 (6 years)
PS3 - 2006 (7 years)
PS4 - 2013 (7 years)
PS5 - 2020 + 7 years

Maybe PS6 is 2027 or 2028 depending on next technology rapid growth or slow

So fast? Shouldnt it be around 8 years?

PS5 was released on 2020 holy shet

What... I am still at PS4

okla no rush, baru start playing horizon dawn @ ps4 for first time

PS1 3D
PS2 DVD
PS3 BluRay
PS4 Remote Play
PS5 SSD?
PS6 ???

I doubt PS6 can bring anything new

PS5 only native games

I counted only THIRTEEN (13) games.
Like seriously??

So others are just remastered/remakes from PS4?
And then others are just timed exclusive, later will port to PC and other platforms, not to mention backward compatible to PS4?

TROLOLOL Sony.

Glad i am still loyal with my aging Jet Engined powered PS4 Pro bought in 2017.

PS - but i really wanted to play PS5-only Demon’s Soul as i have not played it on PS3 previously. I’m Soulbourne games die hard fan

Maybe virtual gaming, like PSVR but more advance. I don't know. Sometimes the technology advancements is weird.

I don't think log on into virtual space like Ready Player 1 can be achieve in 10 years.

PS5 got stock? :-p

PS6 Cloud

I think they fumbled on this

PS5 were in short supply in their first few years, at a time when the demand was hot

Now they have their units in abundance, but the hype has died down and there are little AAA titles to go with it

Mobile gaming also took a lot of their market share. Sony fumbled this big time

The reason PS5 more popular not bcoz online shopping.
Online shopping irrelevant when compare PS5 or Xbox..

It's about warranty, after market service & exclusive games.

This post has been edited by khusyairi: Feb 16 2024, 10:21 AM

my reply is regarding PS2 vs Xbox (original).
last time, only can buy from physical store so i go with PS2.

and coming back to online shopping, i tried to preorder PS5 since day one.
preorder online. no stock until i give up and bought XSX from physical store.

It's about warranty, after market service & exclusive games. - i agree.

it should. ps5 is simply not powerful enough, have to choose performance mode always to make it more playable with reduced graphics.

they should make ps5 to be able to play ps2 games.
ps2 era was the best man

Remake is fine as long as it is an upgrade. My parents are strict, so I missed a lot of good games. These remakes are great for me to enjoy them while using the latest tech. Though I have mixed feeling for FF7 cause the story is altered so much, still interesting to see how the story will become. I definitely dislike them splitting the game into so many parts though.

Remaster on the other hand, I cannot understand. The graphics usually still look very outdated, nothing much really changed, like story-wise, gameplay, etc. But the price is more expensive.

consoles slowly becoming things of the past

PC, mobile phone and even Switch is more than enough for gaming

I won't fall for Playstation trickery anymore.
But console no game to play 1