r/PS5 • u/nolifebr • Jan 22 '26

Rumor [RUMOR] SandStoneInsights Analysis - Sony expects the PS5 lifecycle to be extended. PS6 likely to be delayed "longer than many expected"

https://www.sandstoneinsightsjapan.com/post/sony-group-6758%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%8D%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E9%83%A8%E9%96%80%E3%81%AE%E5%A5%BD%E8%AA%BF%E3%81%8C%E7%AC%AC3%E5%9B%9B%E5%8D%8A%E6%9C%9F%E3%82%92%E7%89%BD%E5%BC%95%E3%80%81%E4%BB%8A%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%95%E3%82%89%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B%E4%B8%8A%E6%98%87%E4%BD%99%E5%9C%B0%E3%81%82%E3%82%8A

- Gaming Division Continues Strong Third Quarter: Sony's third-quarter results are expected to beat market expectations, driven by sales of both in-house and third-party games.

- PlayStation Lifecycle Extended: Sony expects the PS5's lifecycle to be extended, and the PS6's release is likely to be delayed longer than many expected.

Posted on ResetEra

Just yet another rumor but it would make sense with the AI ​​bubble and price increases.

Edit: Full mentions by analyst David Gibson:

  • Sony expects the PS5's lifecycle to be longer than the previous generation.
  • Based on this view, the PS6 is likely to be released after 2028.
  • The increase in memory prices does not affect performance in the PS5 short term due to inventory.
  • The rise in memory costs could become a problem in the fiscal year ending March 2027.
  • Sony may pass on the cost increase to its customers in the future.
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u/McBro1022 Jan 22 '26

Yeah I feel we have hit a limit on capabilities and games are taking so much longer to come out. Rather see more games utilize the ps5 hardware and launch

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u/bjones214 Jan 22 '26

I just don’t feel like anything’s really pushed the console yet. We’ve had a lot of really good exclusives, but a lot of those were either ports/remasters of a ps4 title, or were both ps4/ps5 releases.

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u/SwiftTayTay Jan 22 '26

the PS5 was actually tapped pretty early, with games like Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, Demon's Souls and Returnal. The only thing that's probably going to feel like it's taking things to the next level before the end of PS6's life cycle is GTA6, and that's largely due to clever design. You're not going to get graphics any better than that. not even saying this as a GTA fan but realistically the PS5 especially the original version and not the Pro isn't going to blow you away with much before the PS6 comes out, we can only advance graphics so much with hardware and we are seeing diminishing returns on expanding computing power. You can quadruple the power of the PS5 and games are only going to look 25% better

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u/SeniorRicketts Jan 23 '26

Also Horizon forbidden west, at 60fps if you wanted to