Today, in a new video published by Sony and AMD, PlayStation console architect Mark Cerny and AMD's senior vice president and general manager of computing and graphics, Jack Huynh, talked about Project Amethyst and the two companies' "shared vision" for the future of gaming technologies and hardware. While most of the video was focused on what these three technologies will be, Cerny did slide in a slight tease for when we'll be seeing PlayStation 6 and that next generation of hardware.
"Overall, it's of course still very early days for these technologies, they only exist in simulation right now, but the results are quite promising, and I'm really excited about bringing them to a future console, in a few years time," Cerny said towards the end of the video after discussing advancements like Neural Arrays, Radiance Cores, and Universal Compression for most of the video.
It's not a lot to go off, of course, but it does at least give us public confirmation of the timeline that Cerny, Sony, and AMD have in their heads for when we can expect PlayStation 6.
The PlayStation 5 was released in 2020, with its mid-generation refresh and improved 'professional' version arriving last year in 2024. It wouldn't be surprising to see the PlayStation 5 generation last at least seven or eight years, putting an estimated release window for PlayStation 6 in 2028 or even 2029.
Even with the next generation still being years away, we've already heard several rumours about what the PS6 will include, like rumoured specs that estimate it'll have somewhere between 34 and 40 teraflops, and even what it'll not include, like a built-in disc drive that's tied to the console. It'll instead have a detachable disc drive at launch, which lines up with the current state of new PS5 consoles, since the disc drive on every model PlayStation makes now is detachable.
The video is an exciting prospect of what's to come from PlayStation hardware and AMD in the future. Hopefully, whenever it does arrive, it'll have been worth the wait.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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