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It will probably be a few years before the PS6 is released. However, it seems that it is already clear what will happen to the games on old consoles.
The life cycle is still thefar from the end. Four years after its release, the current generation of consoles gets its hands onnow the Pro version has been donated. Nevertheless: If you look far enough into the horizon, you can already see the PS6 as the future successor device. What awaits us is currently still purely a matter of speculation. However, the gaming machine of the future should certainly be equipped with a certain feature - to the delight of everyone-Fans.
Sony gives AMD the green light for the PS6 – for good reasons
The past is the future:The PS5 is the first Sony console on which games from the previous model can be used. That probably won't change with the PS6. As the Reuters news agency has learned, backward compatibility was an integral part of negotiations with chip manufacturers. Ultimately, these discussions ended in AMD's favor. The company already had the central technical component for the PS5 andprovided..
When will the PS6 be released?
Based on the previous life cycles of Sony consoles, the release of the PS6 could not be expected until 2027 at the earliest. The PS4 was released in 2013, seven years after the PS3, and the PS5 followed in 2020, also seven years later. Given this rhythm and the fact that the PS5 continues to show strong market momentum, a similar gap seems realistic. However, Sony is also likely to take factors such as technological advances and competitors' market share into account in its planning.
Which games will be backwards compatible?Based on the supposedly firm intention, the so-called continuesBackwards CompatibilityTo ensure that at least PS5 titles will run on the PS6. The question is whether this will still apply to PS4 games as it currently does.
But it is also possible that Sony will even expand its backwards compatibility and we will be able to dig out storage gems like PS1 classics. From a sales perspective, this would certainly be a big selling point for quite a few people. However, you would then have to consider whether you shouldPremium and the associated classics catalog are obsolete.
What other features should there be?Unfortunately, there are hardly any credible reports like those from Reuters about the PS6. Therefore, all further speculation is open to speculationsomewhere between making a wish and guessing in the dark. However, it can be predicted that AI will play a major role even without official information or a crystal ball. Even in its current infancy, technological advances in terms of performance and graphics are promising. This is what shows above all else.
