Sony still doesn’t know when the PlayStation 6 is coming out, and its CEO isn’t pretending otherwise. In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, Hiroki Totoki confirmed the company has yet to lock in a launch date or a price for its next console.
This isn’t a new position for Totoki. Back in May, he gave nearly the same answer, saying Sony hadn’t decided on timing or pricing and needed to “really observe and follow the situation” before committing to anything.
According to WSJ, the delay comes down to a global memory chip shortage driven largely by AI demand, and it’s reportedly pushing expectations for a 2027 launch even further out. Totoki framed the situation as more urgent than his May comments suggested, tying Sony’s hardware decisions directly to the company’s survival.
“Considering that importance, we need to take some action. Otherwise, we cannot survive in this landscape,” Totoki told WSJ.
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Sony Isn’t the Only One Stuck Waiting on Chips
Sony isn’t navigating this alone. Xbox is facing the exact same bottleneck with Project Helix, its own next-generation hardware effort, and Microsoft executives have voiced nearly identical concerns about component supply.
Xbox’s Asha Sharma has echoed Totoki’s cautious tone, suggesting neither company wants to rush a console out at a price point the memory crisis would force on them. That leaves both PlayStation and Xbox in the same holding pattern, watching chip prices instead of setting dates.
Sony does have one added wrinkle Microsoft doesn’t. The company has already committed to ending physical disc production for its consoles starting in January 2028, a self-imposed deadline that puts extra pressure on wherever the PS6 timeline eventually lands.
For now, the PS5 remains the only PlayStation hardware Sony is actively selling, and Totoki’s comments suggest that isn’t changing anytime soon. Whether the PS6 arrives in 2027, 2028, or later will likely come down to how quickly the memory shortage eases rather than anything happening internally at Sony.
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