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While I've played mainly on PC for 30+ years, I've owned most of the consoles, lately due to kids playing on them.
PS6 will be the first non-contender. Simply not gonna even think about getting it. On xbox and playstations earlier we have loaned games from local library, and thats great for kids.
Maybe I'll have to build pcs for them now. Bad time for that, too.
I'm not a Playstation fan, I just want to play on the sofa, so I bought it just for that. It was a PS1, PS3, PS4, PS5.... ooh wait, in fact I did have nearly all of them
PS6? No way. For me the PS always was a good offer for couch gaming.
Unless Sony changes course, a future PS6 looks mighty unattractive, price and usage-wise.
My next "console" will be something with Steamos or Bazzite or any wine/proton install. Maybe something that I can also use for running LLMs when I work.
If memory wasn't so expensive, I'd already have ordered a 128G Strix Halo box (good enough for most games, good enough for a lot of local models)
Well you don't have to build them right now. You've got time. As I understand Sony is pushing PS6 release into 2028 due to all the hardware shortage. Either the bubble pops and hardware prices drop (or maybe China gets its production high enough to bring the prices down) or prices will still be so incredibly expensive that the next gen consoles will also be pushed back. Use the hardware you have right now and let us all cling to the hope that maybe in the future things will be better.