Sony has still yet to decide on a release date for PlayStation 6, its CEO says.
In a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Sony CEO Hiroko Totoki discussed numerous aspects of Sony’s business, including his view that the future of company is entertainment instead of electronics.
While the article mainly looks at Sony’s shift from making televisions and products like the Walkman and Discman to its increased focus on movies, music and video games, it does briefly touch on the PS6.
Discussing the challenge of the current era, which is identified as the continued global component shortage and trade wars, Totoki said: “Considering that importance, we need to take some action. Otherwise, we cannot survive in this landscape”.
The article notes that a number of analysts expected PS6 to arrive in 2027, but that the component shortage has caused them to rethink these predictions.
It then states: “Totoki said the company still hasn’t fixed a date for PS6’s launch.”
Totoki last gave an official comment on the PS6’s release date back in May, where he also said it hadn’t decided one yet. The Wall Street Journal’s new article suggests no progress has been made on this.
“We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console, or at what prices,” Totoki said in May, via Sony’s translator. “So we would like to really observe and follow the situation.
“Looking at the current circumstances, the memory price is also expected to be very high FY 2027, because there will still be a shortage of supply. So under that assumption, we must think carefully what we will do.”
