The PS5 Pro hasn’t hit the market yet, and there are already rumors about the next generation, the long-awaited PS6, which isn’t expected to be released until 2027. rather than going up, it seems that a pleasant surprise awaits us, or at least that’s Sony’s intention.
And according to a new report from ReutersThe new PS6 will once again feature an AMD chip, and that’s good news for gamers, at least on paper. The inclusion of an AMD chipopens the door for full backwards compatibility if Sony wants it, PS6 with PS4, PS4 Pro, PS5 and PS5 Pro. That is, the company would retain one of the functions that has become vital for users today.
As Reuters notes, Sony and Intel were in talks for the latter to win the contract to build the brains of the upcoming PS6. But sometime in 2022, Intel lost the contract to AMD. Although the details are unknown, everything seems to indicate that one of the disputes between Intel and Sony was logically related to What share of the pie will Intel get? of each processor installed inside the PS6.
PS6: Bad News for Intel, Good News for Users
Beyond the price dispute, Reuters notes that backwards compatibility is a major point of contention with Sony, and switching from AMD to Intel would mean lose backward compatibility with previous generationssomething that users not only become accustomed to, but also consider a basic feature, especially in a market moving towards digital technologies.
For Intel, which has lost the AI race, and for the consumer market, which is turning en masse to ARM chips, Sony’s console business could add about $30 Billion for Intel Over Console GenerationAccording to internal Intel forecasts cited by Reuters.
A long-term deal with, say, a console maker would be particularly attractive to a company like Intel, whose main competitors are gradually segmenting their markets at a time when chips with the advent of mainstream artificial intelligence and the growth of the gaming market, driven by NVIDIA, promise a lucrative future, at least on paper.
Overall, bad news for Intel could be good news for users, especially if Sony keeps backwards compatibility with the PS6.
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