Sony’s as yet-unannounced PS6 could feature a 1TB SSD with no disc drive, according to hardware insider Kepler_L2.
Speaking in a post on NeoGAF, the insider was following up on a previous claim that he believes it’s “still possible” for the PS6 to carry a price tag of $699. A user asked the leaker what configuration was in mind for this figure in terms of storage and disc, to which he replied a 1TB SSD with no dis drive.
“It’s the most obvious area to cut costs, and if PS6 SDK supports neural texture compression, game sizes could even be smaller than PS5,” wrote KeplerL2.
What isn’t known at this point is whether the insider s talking about AMD’s Neural Texture Block Compression or the Neural Texture Compression from Nvidia. However, we do know that Sony has partnered with AMD for Project Amethyst, which is powering its next-generation hardware, so there’s that to consider.
Speaking in a video posted in October last year, Mark Cerny (PS5 lead architect) and Jack Huynh (SVP and GM, Computing and Graphics Group for AMD) revealing that one of the main feature born of the collaboration is Universal Compression, which saves valuable GPU processing bandwidth. In the same video, Cerny revealed that he’s looking forward to bringing next-generation AMD rendering features to a new console ‘in a few years time,’ which is obviously going to be the PS6.
As for when we’ll see Sony’s next-generation system hit the market, it has been claimed that the PS6 will see the light of day around Holiday 2027.
