PS6 LIVE: Sony update on release date and price as physical disc fallout continues

PS6 release date and price update from Sony

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.

Sony 'considering' physical discs u-turn, it's claimed

Sony is claimed to be considering a u-turn on its physical disc decision, according to someone understood to be a renowned industry insider.

Speaking on the latest episode of the Broken Silicon podcast, Moore's Law Is Dead said: "There is a survey Sony sent out to developers that is, what I was told by my contacts, a bigger survey than they've sent almost ever before, if not ever before.

"There was a question in it basically trying to ask in a not-direct way 'is there an issue with how we sell games physically' or something, asking developers for feedback on killing discs."

Sony recently announced its decision to stop the production of physical discs for PlayStation games that release from January 2028 onwards. Discs will continue to be manufactured after this date but only for games that release before then.

It's not been officially confirmed if Sony has sent a survey out to developers.