PS6 LIVE: Swelling component costs likely means expensive console price

Swelling PS6 component costs likely means expensive console price

A renowned gaming hardware insider claims component costs for the expected upcoming PS6 console are expensive which likely means a high price for the console when it launches.

On the NeoGAF forum, KeplerL2 said: "RAM + NAND alone is over $680." The insider also claimed these costs were significantly lower when plans for the console were finalised.

There is a shortage of crucial components required in the manufacturing of consoles and gaming PCs, such as RAM and GPU, because of tech giants swallowing up large amounts of supply by building AI data centres.

It's why console prices have unprecedentedly risen in price, as they're much more expensive to make because of component costs skyrocketing as demand is vastly outweighing supply, instead of deprecating as the technology gets older.

PS6 component costs have not been confirmed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Sony official update on PS6 release date and price

Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki has shared official updates on plans for the release date and pricing of the expected upcoming PS6 console.

Speaking with Wall Street Journal (via Digital Foundry), Totoki said: "We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console or at what prices. So we would like to really observe and follow the situation."

This comes after a renowned hardware insider claims the speculated accompanying handheld console could cost more than $600 on its own and there have been claims from other insiders that the PS6 could release as soon as 2027 - but none of this has been officially confirmed.