Surprise ‘PS6 leak' leaves stunned gamers saying ‘this is nuts' over top-secret details about ‘powerful' new machine
TOP secret details about the rumoured new PS6 have been leaked, with gamers left stunned by the "nuts" changes.
The next PS6 handheld console is rumoured to be released next by Sony's PlayStation for the next generation of gaming hardware.
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The PlayStation 6 will follow the PS5 as Sony's newest handheld console
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KelperL2, who has previously shared information, provided more technical details of what they claim will be part of the new PS6 handheld console on the NeoGAF forum.
The post was shared on the GamingLeaksAndRumours Subreddit, which had KeplerL2 state: "The only AMD handheld with AI upscaling anytime soon will be the PlayStation handheld."
New technical details of the PS6
KelperL2 also revealed that the portable PS6 will have 16GB of RAM, 16MB MALL cache and 4MB L2.
This is more cache and improved memory compression than the PS5, although the handheld will only have 1/3 the memory bandwidth of the PS5.
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They said: "It's pretty obvious that a mode that cuts bandwidth in half is meant to stimulate the handheld."
Improved processing speeds and performance improvements, however, may offset the lower memory bandwidth.
They added: "There is no planned Z3 lineup for AMD's next-gen APUs.
"The next OEM handheld APU lineup (if it happens at all, as AMD seems to be losing interest in this market) will be with their next-next-gen lineup in 2029.
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Last year, the leaker also commented in a NeoGAF forum in September that the rumoured PS6 has "two SoCs (System-on-a-Chip) in development for next-gen, idk if it's a Series X/S situation or home console + handheld but probably one of them will be affordable at least".
They also speculated about the PS6 handheld on the same forum that it's console is a "15W SoC on 3nm", which is less powerful that the current PS5.
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This sparked speculation about whether the PS6 would even be able to play PS5 if less powerful, but KeplerL2 explained: "It can definitely run PS5 games, just not at the same resolution / FPS (frames per second), mainly due to lower memory bandwidth."
They added on another comment from a user: "Hard to estimate performance since it's using an unreleased GPU uarch but I think it's somewhere between XSS (Xbox Series S) and PS5."
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Another hardware leaker who is a reputable source on Chiphell, zhangzhonhao, also claimed the PS6 console will use AMD's next generation UDNA architecture.
The GPU will succeed AMD's RDNA 4 and CDNA by combining them, for possibly enhanced ray-tracing in the light, and is used in the PS5 Pro console.
Responses from gamers
After details from KeplerL2 were shared on Reddit, gamers responded in the comments.
One self-proclaimed active member of the Dev community wrote: "This this nuts and also bonkers".
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Another added: "This is massive news.
"My biggest worry with this handheld was no AI upscaling while Switch 2 has DLSS.
"Looks like a very compelling product now."
PlayStation release date history
Sony has turned out an enormous array of consoles over the years.
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Here's a list of
PlayStation – Saturday, December 3, 1994 (1st Saturday)
PS One – Friday, July 7, 2000 (1st Friday)
PlayStation 2 – Saturday, March 4, 2000 (1st Saturday)
PS2 Slimline – Friday, October 29, 2004 (5th Friday)
PlayStation 3 – Saturday, November 11, 2006 (2nd Saturday)
PS3 Slim – Thursday, August 27, 2009 (4th Thursday)
PS3 Super Slim – Tuesday, September 25, 2012 (4th Tuesday)
PlayStation 4 – Friday, November 15, 2013 (3rd Friday)
PS4 Slim – Thursday, September 15, 2016 (3rd Thursday)
PS4 Pro – Thursday, November 10, 2016 (2nd Thursday)
PlayStation 5 – Thursday, November 12, 2020 (2nd Thursday)
PS5 Slim – Friday, November 10, 2023 (2nd Friday)
Predictions suggest Sony's preference for "the second or third week of November", as during the end of the week on a Thursday or Friday or Saturday.
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