The PS6 Brings a Sense of Renewal to Sony

All the talk is about the next generation of consoles from PlayStation and Xbox, respectively. This generation hasn’t delivered for many players out there. But that hasn’t stopped Sony from planning for a big 2025. Just as we have said, they would. We all know that with console sales stagnating and the need to push new technology onto us, the future lies not with PS5 Pro but with an entirely new generation. Even if GTA VI sells the Pro as everyone expects it to.

With the Nintendo Switch 2 now in the frame for release in Q2 of 2025. It’s going to be one hell of a year for everyone who is playing on the PlayStation and Nintendo side. Do not, however, discount what Xbox has coming because they’re ramping up their own studios and are committing to deadlines on games now. That’s just a fact of reality.

But getting back to all things Sony, we know that Jim Ryan has absolutely failed this generation with his focus on live service games. Bungie being in the shape it is in now is a real testament to that. The failure has set Sony back. We even have The Last of Us developers telling Sony they aren’t happy about the multi-player and the time wasted on its development. So the failures have stacked up this generation for Sony. However, it’s something they’re going to learn from and are swiftly in the process of correcting under the new leadership.

The engagement levels on PlayStation have never been better. When you look at the output, it hasn’t been as bad as this generation has in the last two prior. Obviously, there have been some great games, but everyone was expecting a lot more. 2025 is the start of the work towards that and the heading towards a new chapter with PS6. With the new leadership in place, Sony aims to be more prepared and focus again on what matters to the core fanbase. Not only because the players demand it, but because they need to have a strong turnaround to compete with whatever Nintendo has cooking software wise. They also won’t want to let Xbox get too much of a head start, even if that brand has never been at it’s lowest popularity with some of its decisions lately. But it’s also great to see that sometimes great studios survive bad company decisions. Seeing Tango Gameworks come back from the dead is incredible.

The PS6 then, is a chance to reflect and bring a repurposed Sony back into what it does best. All the while, the industry, will look to their lead and take some of the positives and negatives out of this generation to ultimately do better next time.

The PS6 excites me because we’ll likely see the best of every new engine, including Unreal Engine 5 and more. But also, because I have a lot of confidence that the PlayStation brand is now under new leadership that actually knows what it’s fanbase wants. Having the PlayStation and Nintendo in that mindset should bring some interesting scenarios in the future to the entire industry.