Sony appears to have made its intentions clear regarding the launch specifications for its next console. Analyst Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere estimates that the PS6 will launch in 2028 without a Blu-ray drive.
This assessment makes sense, given that the Japanese company has confirmed it will stop manufacturing discs for physical PlayStation games starting in January 2028. He also notes that a disc drive could still be sold separately to play backward-compatible PS4 and PS5 titles. A system for converting discs into digital licenses would be too complex to implement.
“First, we believe this almost certainly guarantees that the PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest. Ampere’s current expectation is that the console will launch at the end of 2028.
Second, at a minimum, the standard version of a PS6 will not include a physical media disc drive. Sony will be looking for all the ways it can reduce the cost of its next-gen console, and this is an easy win. It’s possible that an add-on disc drive could be made available to play older PS4 and PS5 games on disc. Removing the drive will upset some gamers that don’t want to pay for an add-on disc drive (if available) and that want to access their game collections on disc. It may be too impractical or too complex, but some process of transferral for older physical media to a digital license could alleviate some of these issues.”
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Author: 360 Technology Group
