The upcoming Xbox Helix, PS6, as well as the PlayStation handheld are allegedly still on track for a Holiday 2027 launch.
Known hardware insider KeplerL2 took to the gaming enthusiast NeoGAF forums to share details regarding the launch of Xbox Helix, PS6, as well as the rumored PlayStation handheld. According to them, each of the aforementioned hardware are still on track for Holiday 2027, corroborating fellow insider Moore’s Law Is Dead‘s recent information on the matter.
Moore’s Law Is Dead (MLID) mentioned that the unannounced PS6 is being designed to comfortably run most games at a resolution of 4K while targeting a frame rate of 120 fps alongside ray tracing features. According to him, the next-gen console is still on track for a late 2027 launch. Furthermore, he reiterated that the PS6 will feature a custom AMD GPU with 54 compute units and a clock speed approaching 3 GHz, potentially delivering close to 40 teraflops of graphical power, which is roughly 4 times the raw compute performance of the PS5’s GPU. The console is also said to feature 8 Zen 6C CPU cores for games along with 2 low-power Zen 6 cores dedicated to OS and background tasks, allowing the main CPU cores to remain focused on game workloads. The combination of newer CPU architecture, higher clocks, and architectural improvements could result in 3 to 4 times the CPU performance of the PS5’s Zen 2 CPU.
Similarly, Windows Central’s Jez Corden recently said, “the current landing strip [for Xbox Helix] is 2027, late 2027, [from] what I’ve heard.” He further claimed that the upcoming device is planned to run full Windows. “The current plan, if it’s not going to change, and I don’t see any reason why it would change, is for the next Xbox to run full Windows.” Additionally, according to information shared during the recent GDC presentation from Microsoft, an early devkit for Project Helix hardware may be provided to developers sometime in 2027, allowing studios to begin preparing games for the next-gen of Xbox platforms.
On the other hand, according to a recent analysis from Sandstone Insight Japan, authored by MST Financial analyst David Gibson, the PS6 launch is expected to be delayed longer than many in the industry currently assume, as Sony Group believes that the PS5 will have a longer-than-usual lifecycle. Global RAM shortage has been linked to delay rumors.
