Monday, June 29th 2026
PS6 Hardware Cost Estimated at $900+
The upcoming Sony PlayStation 6 is slated to launch sometime in 2028, and with recent reports claiming that the ongoing RAM crisis likely won't end or ease up much before then, concerns are mounting about the price of next-gen gaming consoles. Those concerns are seemingly justified, with ubiquitous hardware leaker, KeplerL2, indicating that the PS6's bill of materials cost has increased by as much as $200 since they predicted the cost at $760. This puts the BOM cost of the PS6 at around $960, if the leaker is to be believed, and current speculation suggests that the console may be priced at around $850-899 when it reaches the end consumer.
Somewhat alarmingly, this price prediction is only for the base model Digital Edition, and Sony seems to not want to ditch the Disc Edition entirely—although it may be approaching disc media differently with the PS6—so gamers who want a disc drive may need to pay as much as $950 for the PS6. Recently, following Sony's April price hikes that resulted in a $649.99 PS5 Disc Edition, Microsoft increased the price of the Xbox Series consoles across the board by $100-150, pushing current-gen consoles to their highest prices so far. The Valve Steam Machine also recently launched at a painfully high price as a result of the RAM crisis.
Source:
KeplerL2 via NeoGAF forums
Somewhat alarmingly, this price prediction is only for the base model Digital Edition, and Sony seems to not want to ditch the Disc Edition entirely—although it may be approaching disc media differently with the PS6—so gamers who want a disc drive may need to pay as much as $950 for the PS6. Recently, following Sony's April price hikes that resulted in a $649.99 PS5 Disc Edition, Microsoft increased the price of the Xbox Series consoles across the board by $100-150, pushing current-gen consoles to their highest prices so far. The Valve Steam Machine also recently launched at a painfully high price as a result of the RAM crisis.
55 Comments on PS6 Hardware Cost Estimated at $900+
If its anything like the PS5 release, you won't be able to get your hands on one for about 3 years AFTER the original release date. And by then, you'll have 20 titles to pick from...
just sink your money into a PC IMO.
(Ratchet and Clanks and Spiderman were fetching FULL Price for like 5 years after the console dropped LOL. Probably cause the majority of society couldnt get their hands on the actual console for that long)
They already had it, Spider-Man 2.
I'd say $1,199 is pretty accurate.
My magic ball says.
So chill, PS6 could cost as much as a kit of 64gb of ram.
The loser in all of this AI mess is the desktop user, we only buy one or two SSD's or a kit of ddr5 ram, Sony buys hundreds of thousands.
Sony a 'small' player .... we must be living in different worlds.
Besides since Micron dipped, consumers don't buy from RAM manufacturers directly. We buy from RAM resellers like G.SKILL, who also bulk buy. No clue how much RAM G.SKILL moves though per year. From what I hear even G.SKILL is having trouble sourcing RAM.
"Small buyers" are corporations like Sony, G.Skill, Corsair.
People that used to build and sell PC's in the local shop are the customers of "small buyers", no direct ties to DRAM manufacturers.
1999 USD with a 512 GB SSD
2499 with a 2 TB SSD
(whats the next new TV tech after OLED gonna be? Ill take one from GSkill so i can compare)
Before you dig a bigger hole, Sony's been pioneering home entertainment for decades....Playstation is just ONE (and possibly most well known) of their devices. (Well that or SPDIF for you old timers ;))