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Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Sony is reportedly considering pushing its tentative launch for PlayStation 6 until either 2028 or 2029 due to the global chip shortage.The post Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage first appeared on iPhone in Canada.


Memory market turmoil: bankruptcies, investment, and new entrants

DRAM & NAND Shortages Will Extend Beyond 2030, Warns Phison CEO, Citing an Industry ‘Structural Shift’ That Will Destroy Consumer Businesses

17 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Phison CEO Says DRAM and NAND Flash Shortage Will Shut Down Many Consumer Electronics Companies in 2026

17 days / techpowerup

AMD Instinct MI455X Reportedly Facing Delays, Only Low-Volume Production This Year

17 days / techpowerup

Secondhand Laptop Market Goes 'Mainstream' Amid Memory Crunch

18 days / slashdot / msmash

How China’s GigaDevice and Montage earned a place in the memory chip market

18 days / scmp

Many consumer electronics manufacturers 'will go bankrupt' by the end of 2026 thanks to the RAMpocalypse, Phison CEO reportedly says

18 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

Micron Is Spending $200 Billion to Break the AI Memory Bottleneck

18 days / wsj / Robbie Whelan

Many consumer electronics manufacturers 'will go bankrupt or exit product lines' by the end of 2026 due to the AI memory crisis, Phison CEO reportedly says

18 days / reddit / /u/esporx

Citi flags post-HBM shift as edge memory, HBF advance

18 days / reddit / /u/restorativemarsh

Samsung seizes HBM4 lead as SK hynix risks from outsourcing and 1b DRAM

18 days / reddit / /u/snowfordessert

“RAMmageddon” Has Collapsed Every Major Tech Market as Executives Brace for a ‘Product Winter’ That Could Last Until the End of the Decade

18 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Intel Confirms Data Center GPU IP After Xe3P with "Xe Next"

18 days / reddit / /u/Dangerman1337


Other: AMD, leakers, and miscellaneous chip reports

AMD's desktop CPU market share grew by almost 15% in 2025, all thanks to Ryzen

18 days / reddit / /u/sr_local


Sony may delay PS6; Switch 2 prices could rise

PS6 release date could be pushed back until at least 2028 because of the ongoing RAM shortage

17 days / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

Sony PS6 To Use Cut-Back RDNA 5 Architecture

18 days / techpowerup

AI demand for memory chips could push PlayStation 6 to 2029

18 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

PlayStation 6 Won’t Include the Full AMD RDNA 5 Feature Set, Claims Leaker

18 days / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

Switch 2 price, PS6 release could be impacted by memory shortage

18 days / mashable

Sony’s PlayStation 6 might be further away than you hoped

18 days / digitaltrends

Sony Could Push PlayStation 6 to 2028/2029 Due to Rising Memory Costs

18 days / techpowerup

Sony weighs PS6 delay to 2029 as AI chip shortage upends gaming

18 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Memory shortages could delay PlayStation 6 launch until 2029, raise Switch 2 price

18 days / techspot

Sony May Push Next PlayStation To 2028 or 2029 as AI-fueled Memory Chip Shortage Upends Plans

18 days / slashdot / msmash

Switch 2 pricing and next PlayStation release could be impacted by memory shortage

18 days / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Sony Reportedly Considering 2028-2029 Launch for PS6 Due to Chip Shortage

18 days / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

PS6 could reportedly be delayed while Switch 2 might get even more expensive as Sony and Nintendo reckon with brutal AI-led memory chip shortage

18 days / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

PS6 could reportedly be delayed while Switch 2 might get even more expensive as Sony and Nintendo reckon with brutal AI-led memory chip shortage

18 days / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

Sony is ‘Considering Pushing Back’ the Debut of the PlayStation 6 to 2028 or Even 2029; Nintendo Switch 2 Price Could Increase in 2026

18 days / wccftech / Francesco De Meo


Steam Deck and consoles face memory-driven shortages

Valve finally confirms Steam Deck OLED stock issues in the US caused by memory crisis

17 days / techspot

Global GPU Prices Grew By Nearly 15% Over Three Month; GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, And RTX 5070 Ti See The Largest Increases

17 days / wccftech / Sarfraz Khan

Valve confirms Steam Deck is out of stock due to memory and storage shortages — supply of popular gaming handheld in trouble because of massive AI demand

17 days / tomshardware

Steam Deck OLED scarcity blamed on global RAM and storage crisis

17 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Valve admits Steam Deck availability is affected by memory and storage shortages

17 days / engadget / Mariella Moon

Valve Confirms Steam Deck OLED Availability Impacted by Storage and Memory Shortage

17 days / techpowerup

AI-fueled chip shortage forces Valve to halt Steam Deck sales

17 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Valve’s Steam Deck OLED will be ‘intermittently’ out of stock because of the RAM crisis

18 days / theverge / Jay Peters


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18 days / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

Thanks to the ongoing memory shortage, Sony is reportedly considering delaying the release of PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029.

18 days / bsky / @svegvari.bsky.social / svegvari.bsky.social

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