OREANDA-NEWS Sony Corporation will introduce a new generation PlayStation (PS) console in 2027. This is reported by the Wccftech publication with reference to a well-known AMD Kepler L2 insider.

According to the specialist, Sony engineers have completed the development of a new processor on which the console will be based. According to him, the active stage of testing the PS6 hardware will begin in 2025.

The insider noted that it usually takes about two years from the start of testing to the release of the device on sale. Based on this, AMD Kepler L2 revealed the release date for PlayStation 6 — 2027.

The specialist also noted that the next-generation console will receive an AMD RDNA 5 processor. The details of the modification were not disclosed: journalists said that they would become known as soon as AMD officially unveiled the processor.

The current PlayStation 5 appeared at the end of 2020. The PS4 model that preceded it was introduced in November 2013, 7 years have passed between the releases of the two generations of the game console.

On January 16, the Japanese corporation Nintendo announced a new game console Switch 2. It received an enlarged display, magnetic controllers and backward compatibility support with the first-generation Nintendo Switch console.