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There has been some unconfirmed speculation among the gamers and many sites that deal with gaming that the next generation of consoles, PlayStation 6 and Xbox-PC, might even be in production, but it was a well-kept secret, of course. Some believed that the PlayStation 6 and the next Xbox PC were expected to launch around 2027. However, those timelines are now uncertain following the sudden surge in demand for memory.
The problem began in late 2025, when memory makers shifted their focus to the more profitable AI data centre market. This caused memory shortages for most non-AI products, pushing hardware prices higher and raising concerns about future gaming consoles and devices.
The memory shortage is likely to hurt nearly every part of high-end gaming, and Insider Gaming reports in their Insider Gaming Weekly podcast that Sony and Microsoft are already preparing for possible changes to their future console plans.
If memory prices keep rising, which is highly likely because we know what happened a couple of years back with GPUs and crypto mining, the next PlayStation and Xbox consoles may not arrive until late 2028 or even 2029.
With current prices of RAM and SSDs, the consoles would have to be way more expensive than all previous generations at their launches, which could negatively impact the sales, and Sony and Microsoft are very well aware of that.
Apart from consoles, the PC users can be worried as well, but luckily, not as worried as they were when GPU prices went wild because RAM and SSDs are still way cheaper than GPUs.
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