Particularly hot topic of the moment, the impact of AI on the world of video games would be such that even the PS6 and the next Xbox could find themselves impacted.
If you have followed the news in recent months, then you are probably aware that generative AI will have been one of the most heated subjects of this year 2025. Just look at the reactions triggered by the latest words of the boss de Larian Studiosor the recent controversy around Chiaroscuro Expedition 33 to Indie Game Awardsto realize it. And the fact is that this could go even further in the coming years, since the PS6 like the next one Xbox could also be impacted.
PS6 and next Xbox delayed because of AI?
In any case, this is what Tom Henderson has just revealed in a new report published in the columns of Insider Gaming. Indeed, according to the journalist’s sources, the tech industry is currently preparing for a significant increase in the price of RAM due to the rise of AI, which could ultimately delay the release of the PS6 as well as the next Xbox. This would be due in particular to the fact that AI is a technology that is particularly demanding of RAM, which leads to an increase in RAM requirements, and therefore by extension to increasingly reduced availability.
Result: in recent months alone, we have already noted an exponential increase in the price of RAM by several hundred percent, a phenomenon that seems set to last for a long time. This is why many manufacturers and manufacturers, particularly on the PlayStation and Xbox side, expect a shortage in the years to come, and therefore potentially a delay in the production of the PS6 as well as the next Xbox. At least if they want to avoid confronting players with consoles sold at exorbitant prices.
Because at a time when the price of machines is already deeply debated, the fault in particular of several successive price increases since the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series, such an eventuality is naturally cause for concern among manufacturers. « This situation has led manufacturers to wonder if the release of [la PS6 et de la prochaine Xbox]planned for 2027-2028, is not expected to be postponed, in the hope that RAM manufacturers can develop their infrastructure to increase production and lower prices »explains Henderson.
The current generation could be affected too
Of course, let’s still keep a little perspective on the situation. Because if we actually know that both PlayStation and Microsoft are currently working on their next consoles, for the moment, nothing says that the 2027-2028 period will be the one which will see the birth of the PS6 and the next Xbox. Moreover, there is no doubt that many players would not be against the idea of seeing the current generation continue, as it does not yet seem to have reached its full potential. Let’s just hope that there will then be no question of further price increases for the PS5 and Xbox Series, which, according to Henderson, unfortunately remains a possibility.
Source : Insider Gaming
