Hardware insider Moore’s Law Is Dead has shared an estimate for the retail price of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s next-gen console, the PS6, and the PlayStation handheld.
During the latest episode of Broken Silicon, hardware insider and content creator Moore’s Law Is Dead (MLID) offered an estimate for the retail price of the PS6 and PlayStation Handheld. Based on current market conditions, historical pricing trends, and insider knowledge of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s strategy, he came to the conclusion that the company’s next-gen hardware is unlikely to be cheaper than the current inflated PS5 pricing.
With the base PS5 reaching as high as $650 and the Pro variant being $900, MLID suggested that these prices reflect major structural shifts in the global economy. As his guest Dan stated, “this is just the reality of a market where we’re doing tariffs constantly [and] energy prices [are] going up.”
According to the hardware insider, Sony Interactive Entertainment is likely aiming to launch its next-gen console at a price point similar to where the PS5 currently sits due to inflation. Adjusted comparisons show that even historically expensive systems like the PS3 were not far off from today’s pricing when accounting for economic changes. In fact, he noted that a $599 PS3 in 2006 equates to roughly $971 today, close to the current price of a disc drive-equipped PS5 Pro.
Based on the content creator’s assessment, the PS6 is expected to land somewhere in the $600 to $700 price range at launch, aligning with a prior estimate from fellow hardware insider KeplerL2. According to him, rather than the large, premium-heavy build of the PS5, the PS6 is expected to be engineered “from the ground up to be as cheap as possible.”
As for the PlayStation handheld, based on its expected performance profile and hardware constraints, MLID estimated that the device will be in the $300 to $400 price range, positioning it competitively against other portable gaming devices.
