The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld

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The video game industry is in turmoil. Microsoft and Sony are starting to pivot to their next consoles, but it’s not looking great: Prices are soaring, Sony is killing the video game disc, and Microsoft is jettisoning studios ahead of the transition. What could entice people to pay?

On the Xbox front, we genuinely can’t say. But on June 5th, Sony dropped an unusual number of hints about the future of PlayStation in an investor “business meeting” Q&A.

This Q&A arrived a month before Sony announced the end of PlayStation discs. But when I reread it with the death of discs in mind… it hits differently. Let’s walk through it, shall we?

Page two is where Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino drops the first hints (all bolding mine):

In developing the next-generation platform, we aim to anticipatechanges in how players play and their evolving...

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