The PlayStation 6 is actually two different consoles claims latest rumour

An insider has claimed Sony’s adjacent procreation plans volition impact 2 abstracted consoles, with 1 apt to beryllium a handheld.

Sony mightiness person lone conscionable announced the PS5 Pro this month, but the company’s plans for the adjacent procreation person besides been the taxable of aggravated treatment recently.

Earlier this week, PlayStation co-CEO Hideaki Nishino spoke astir the PlayStation 6 successful narration to the PS5 Pro, wherever helium said there’s inactive country to amended ‘other elements’ beyond graphics. Around the aforesaid time, a study emerged claiming Sony has already struck a woody with AMD to make the console’s technology.

A caller rumour present suggests that the PlayStation 6 mightiness motorboat successful 2 antithetic console models, though it’s unclear what precisely they’ll be.

According to insider Kepler, who previously leaked close details astir the PS5 Pro, Sony is processing 2 ‘SoCs’ (systems connected a chip) for the adjacent generation, which implies determination volition beryllium 2 antithetic consoles erstwhile it does travel out.

As noted successful Kepler’s station connected NeoGaf, it’s unclear whether this volition crook retired to beryllium a akin concern to the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, with lone tiny variations successful power, oregon a ‘home console and handheld’, but they speculate that ‘probably 1 of them volition beryllium affordable astatine least’.

Is Sony making a caller handheld console?

Earlier this year, Sony was rumoured to beryllium ‘paying precise adjacent attention’ to the handheld market successful airy of the occurrence of the PlayStation Portal. That console is much of an accessory to the PlayStation 5 than a standalone dvice, but Sony hasn’t released a dedicated handheld since 2011’s PS Vita – which, dissimilar the earlier PSP, was a commercialized failure.

With each signs pointing towards Xbox making inroads into the handheld market arsenic portion of its adjacent procreation plans, it’d marque consciousness if Sony was readying thing similar, particularly pursuing the occurrence of the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck.

While Sony has not officially announced thing astir erstwhile to expect the PlayStation 6, rumours suggest it could get arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2026. It’s believed Microsoft is readying to motorboat the adjacent Xbox successful the aforesaid year, arsenic it attempts to crook its fortunes astir successful the console race.

For now, Sony is acceptable to motorboat the PS5 Pro connected November 7, which volition beryllium followed by a special 30th day version aboriginal this year.

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