Sony to reduce PlayStation 6 RAM to 24 gigabytes to keep device price from skyrocketing - insider

Sony has not yet decided on the launch dates for the new PlayStation 6 console. During the earnings conference call for the fourth quarter and the entire 2025 fiscal year, Sony executives acknowledged that the ongoing memory shortage and high component prices could seriously impact the cost of the future system. According to the company, this could make the console's starting price too high for the mass market.

Amid discussions of the situation, a well-known insider and AMD specialist under the nickname KeplerL2 shared on the NeoGAF forums what compromises Sony might consider to reduce the cost of the PlayStation 6. According to him, without seriously cutting down the system's capabilities, the company does not have many options left.

The insider noted that some users' suggestions to reduce RAM to 20 GB and install a 500 GB SSD would effectively strip the console of its status as a full-fledged next-generation device. In his opinion, the most realistic cost-saving measures could be to keep a 1 TB SSD and, in an extreme case, reduce the memory bus to 128 bits along with lowering video memory to 24 GB.

KeplerL2 also stated that switching to a 128-bit memory bus would reduce the cost by approximately $60 at current G7 memory prices. As an additional benefit, he mentioned an increase in the yield of good chips due to the ability to disable defective memory controllers in the APU.