PlayStation 6 will be the most powerful console by far

The PlayStation 5 has been with us for a few years now, and inevitably, unconfirmed information about its successor appears at every turn. The 6th generation of Sony's console is still quite a few years away, at least 3, if not more. Nevertheless, we have to wade through a maze of new information almost every other week, most of which is useless and just wild rumours.

Adding fuel to the fire was well-known developer Hideo Kojima, who presented the studio's roadmap for the next few years, including the sequel to Death Stranding 2 and the unknown project Physint, which the developer says will be a "next-generation action-spy game." Since the game is still several years away from release, and since it will require more than what existing game console hardware has to offer, there have been hints that the game will be released for the PlayStation 6.

Sony is reportedly going with AMD for chips and graphics cores. The most optimistic prediction is that the PS6 could play games at 4K (120 fps) or even 8K (30-60 fps). AMD has also entered into an agreement to equip the refresh of the existing PlayStation 5 Pro console. Elsewhere, too, Sony should make much-needed improvements. The RAM is said to be increased to 32GB (GDDR7) and a Gen 5 PCIe SSD is used, meaning we could see speeds of up to 14,000MB/s. The initial configuration will most likely be 1 TB, although we would prefer to see 2 TB.

Take all rumors with a grain of salt. A lot will change in the next 3-4 years, and until Sony publicly unveils a new console, we'll be in the dark about its capabilities.