Saturday, October 17th 2026
PS6 RAM and Storage Alone Reportedly Cost Sony Over $680, Claims Leaker
The memory crunch looks like it is hitting the PlayStation 6 harder than expected. Hardware leaker KeplerL2 claims on NeoGAF that the RAM and NAND flash storage in Sony's next console alone cost over $680. He posted it as a reply to a forum member who floated $680 as a possible subsidized retail price, which pretty much puts that idea to rest. Keep in mind that figure covers only memory and storage, before the APU, cooling, power supply, and the rest of the hardware are counted. This is not the first time Kepler has updated his estimate. Back in March, he put the console's bill of materials at around $760, and by July, that had climbed to roughly $960.
Current leaks suggest the PS6 uses GDDR7 memory on a 160-bit bus with support for up to 40 GB, with 30 GB considered the more likely configuration. There have also been reports that Sony looked into cutting memory capacity to keep costs down, and the culprit is the same as everywhere else: AI data centers are soaking up DRAM and NAND supply, which pushes prices up for everyone. Sony has said nothing official about PS6 pricing, so it's reasonable to treat all of this with some caution. That said, if memory prices stay where they are, a PS6 that costs significantly more than the PS5 Pro seems likely, and a $1,000 price tag now looks quite possible.
Source:
KeplerL2 on NeoGAF
Current leaks suggest the PS6 uses GDDR7 memory on a 160-bit bus with support for up to 40 GB, with 30 GB considered the more likely configuration. There have also been reports that Sony looked into cutting memory capacity to keep costs down, and the culprit is the same as everywhere else: AI data centers are soaking up DRAM and NAND supply, which pushes prices up for everyone. Sony has said nothing official about PS6 pricing, so it's reasonable to treat all of this with some caution. That said, if memory prices stay where they are, a PS6 that costs significantly more than the PS5 Pro seems likely, and a $1,000 price tag now looks quite possible.
46 Comments on PS6 RAM and Storage Alone Reportedly Cost Sony Over $680, Claims Leaker
Crisis in consumer market of tech world is just one symptom of wider economic and societal issues.
There are already hundreds of thousands of protesters across several European countries, protesting against bad conditions in education, lack of opportunities, cost of living crisis, housing crisis, and more. Issues are compounding and younger generation can smell inequality, corruption and how the game was rigged against their current lives and their future.
Back to the story at hand... Sony and Microsoft should extend the current generation.
Now imagine delivering comparable visuals on an affordable console amid skyrocketing memory costs and supply constraints. I doubt it'll be commercially viable anytime soon, perhaps not for another 5–10 years. For now, optimisation should be the priority. FSR, DLSS where supported, frame generation and squeezing more out of existing hardware.
Let's make better use of what we already have before chasing another generation of silicon, what do You say bud?
So it's not just manufacturing costs, shortages or datacenter demand. It's also good old human greed. Under scarcity, prices can escalate disproportionately, sometimes exponentially rather than linearly.
And guess who ultimately pays the bill? 😵💫
Makes sense though lots of gamers here
Here in Slovakia, official inflation figures don't quite reflect my personal experience. Due to my gluten and lactose intolerance, my grocery bill has practically doubled since 2020. What used to cost me 100–120 euro now costs roughly 200 euro. My breaking point would probably be somewhere around 300–400e, and I imagine many households are already struggling.
Now add potential fertiliser shortages and further energy price shocks across the EU, and I'm genuinely worried about what's coming. I just hope something derails that catastrophe train before it reaches us 😬🍀🤞🏻That's something I've been wondering about for most of my life bud. I'm 42 yo (I'm an old fk 😅), and I fail to understand how easily people accept prevailing political and media narratives, while so many things around us seem to be falling apart. I'm not claiming there's necessarily some grand coordinated plan behind it, but the disconnect between public messaging and people's everyday experiences is genuinely disturbing.
And yup, I do understand Your concerns. What worries me most is how society will react, when these problems become impossible to ignore. And I have an uncomfortable feeling we'll find out in months, rather than years...
And that's what's really essential here!
Do you need better graphics than we have now to enjoy games 5 years from now? At least I don't. I can live with current level and be perfectly happy.
have toend up paying up for bruteforce and keeping an eye on when new GPUs are showing up. The console rumours are just a sideshow for me, especially since the PS4/XB1 where consoles were not subsidized ever.And secondly, even if people have the money, I'm concerned that hardware simply won't be available in the quantities we've grown accustomed to in the past two decades. So if publishers want us to keep buying and playing games, proper optimisation will eventually become a necessity, not an option.
As for console subsidies, I wouldn't count on them anymore. My personal prediction is that the PS6 could cost $1,199–$1,499, depending on storage capacity. And I might even be lowballing it 😅
Anyways, those are my two cents 🤝🏻