PS6 may be delayed due to the chip crisis and AI boom

It seems that the seven-year math of Sony has finally encountered an insurmountable obstacle: the greed of the artificial intelligence sector. If you were counting your coins to buy the PS6 in 2027, it might be better to invest that money in something more immediate, as Bloomberg indicates that the next console will only show up in 2028 or 2029. It is a cold shower for those who were expecting the usual generational leap, but a relief for those who still feel that the PlayStation 5 has hardly begun to show what it is capable of - especially considering the time developers take today to deliver something other than a lazy remaster.

The main villain in this story is not the lack of creativity of the engineers, but the absurd increase in production costs. With companies like OpenAI building data centers as if they were Lego pieces, the demand for high-performance memory chips has simply exploded. The result is obvious: those who make video games now need to compete for components with giants who have much deeper pockets. Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing had already warned that this imbalance between supply and demand "is not a temporary fluctuation," suggesting that affordable hardware has become an urban legend in the current economic scenario.

This structural scarcity creates a scenario where launching a powerful console at an "affordable" price has become a Herculean challenge. Sony is basically stuck between releasing a prohibitively expensive device in 2027 or waiting for prices to stabilize, pushing us towards the end of the decade. It is a sensible decision from a financial point of view, but annoying for those who like cutting-edge technology.

The crisis does not choose brands and even Nintendo is feeling the impact. Reports indicate that the home of Mario is already considering price adjustments for the successor to the Switch in 2026, reflecting exactly the same chaos in the supply chain.

In the end, the current generation must be stretched to the point of exhaustion. If the PlayStation 5 already struggles to maintain 60 frames per second in some titles without sounding like a jet engine, the coming years will be a test of patience and optimization. "The structural imbalance between supply and demand" is the industry's new favorite excuse for justifying high prices and late releases. It remains to be seen whether, when the PS6 finally arrives, we will still have the budget for it or if we will all just be playing in the cloud on servers rented by OpenAI.