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A thread on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board titled “There’s no particular reason to abandon the PS5 early and put out the PS6” sparked heated debate. The PS5 has sold roughly 100 million units worldwide and reportedly outperforms the Switch 2 by a wide margin. Some posters argued that since GTA6 is expected to launch mostly on PS5 as well, and given the state of chip prices and the AI bubble, “there’s no need to rush out a PS6.” Others pushed back, citing the release gaps between past PlayStation generations (PS to PS2: 5 years 3 months; PS4 to PS5: 7 years) to argue that “we’re already 6-7 years in, so it’s hardly early.”
What people said
It's roughly a 7-year cycle anyway.
The Switch 2 took 8 years, you know.
so there's really no need to rush out a PS6 in a panic.
Sony just needs to keep the PlayStation market going — it already outsells Nintendo several times over.
In a few years, once the AI bubble bursts and parts prices settle down, they can roll out the PS6 at their leisure.
Then if they drop a PS6 version of GTA6 with 4K/60fps support, it'll spread like wildfire.
So if parts prices never settle down, does that mean it just never comes out?
Even the Switch 2 still might get hit with a price hike.
Users can't keep up with that.
Exactly this.
The Switch 2 can be the only one that gets killed off by the chip price surge.
Why would some other company's cycle have anything to do with it?
Then what IS that cycle about?
It's pretty much certain they'll just be following Helix's lead.
You think it'll actually come out as a "sticker" (5ch slang for Xbox becoming just a badge slapped on third-party hardware instead of a real dedicated console)? For how much?
Everything they touch, they get the call wrong.
Oh, talking trash about Nintendo now?
The PlayStation home-console cycle, starting from the PS2.
So you're admitting it became a "sticker" console then.
There we go.
You're the one shifting them.
It already became a sticker console once — wouldn't be strange if it happened again.
PS → PS2: 5 years 3 months
PS2 → PS3: 6 years 8 months
PS3 → PS4: 7 years 3 months
PS4 → PS5: 7 years (about 2 months more in Japan)
The 5-year gap was only for the very first transition, wasn't it?
What does "PlayStation's cycle is roughly 7 years" have to do with "Switch to Switch 2 was 8 years"?
If anything, reacting after seeing what they do first is the smarter move.
Even moving the goalposts, still a "sticker console" truther.
This isn't a conversation anymore.
Yet you always claim Sony doesn't even have Nintendo on its radar, doesn't take them seriously, blah blah.
The "sticker console" is dead.
Well, that's because everything you've been saying about the Switch 2 is coming right back to bite you now.
Exactly this.
The one that hiked prices the most and got completely ignored for it is Xbox.
That's not what I mean — Xbox is already losing this generation,
so they can't afford to just sit back, watch, and delay their plans.
Nah, it'll end up as a "sticker" just like the Hands-whatever Xbox.
Honestly, MS just slapping their badge on other companies' hardware is the easiest path for them.
Ah, I see — in that case you can't really say "following their lead is the smart move" anymore.
I'll retract that "following is good" take.
I can't picture it surviving if it just stands still 🙄
Though maybe it could work as a free-to-play-only machine?
That's wrong.
Free-to-play is exactly where performance matters most.
Required specs and storage keep creeping up with every update, so a console running razor-thin specs struggles hard.
That's why Nintendo hardware and big free-to-play titles are a bad match —
it's one reason developers lean toward PlayStation.
Background and key points of this debate
It’s worth noting that this kind of thread is built on speculation, since Sony has made no official statement about the PS6’s launch timing. The release gaps cited in the thread (PS to PS2: 5 years 3 months; PS4 to PS5: 7 years) are purely historical track record, with no guarantee the PS6 will follow the same rhythm. It’s also worth noting that soaring chip prices and part shortages driven by AI demand aren’t unique to the PS6 — they’re a constraint shared by Xbox and Nintendo’s next-gen hardware development too, forcing every manufacturer to tread carefully around price increases. The thread cited the expectation that GTA6 will still launch mostly on PS5-generation hardware as grounds for “no need to rush the PS6,” but readers should keep in mind that this too is user speculation, not confirmed release information.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, Geha) thread “There’s no particular reason to abandon the PS5 — which has sold roughly 100 million units and performs several times better than the Switch 2 — and rush out the PS6.”
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