PS6 to launch in late 2027 claims insider, despite memory shortage

An insider has claimed Sony’s PlayStation 6 will not be delayed by the worldwide RAM shortage, as they outline some of its capabilities.

The RAM shortage has already affected the price and rollout of hardware like Valve’s Steam Machine, but there’s a big question around whether it will impact the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft.

Over recent months, reports have claimed Sony is considering pushing back the launch of the PlayStation 6 to ‘2028 or even 2029’. If it’s the latter, that would mean the PlayStation 5, which launched in 2020, would go nine years on the market without a successor.

Sony has only talked about its next gen plans in vague terms, without an explicit mention of a launch window, but there’s typically been a seven year gap between consoles – so the natural assumption is that the PlayStation 6 was originally planned for 2027.

While many suggest a delay is on the cards, insider Moore’s Law Is Dead has claimed the console is still on track to launch in late 2027, despite the memory shortage.

The YouTuber, who has been accurate in the past when it comes to both PS5 Pro and Nintendo Switch 2 specifications, claimed he has seen contract ‘documents’ between Sony and TMSC for the PlayStation 6, the latter of which is manufacturing the console’s chip.

He claims ‘Q2 of 2027’ is when ‘they’re meant to start manufacturing PlayStation 6’s on the TSMC 3nm node’, based on these documents. Additionally, he says if they were to pull that contract, it would cost them more money than to pay the inflated RAM costs.