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PlayStation 6 Will Have AMD Chip With Backwards Compatibility, It’s Claimed

The next-generation PlayStation 6 (PS6) is already well in development, and major decisions on the console have already been made.

According to a new report from Reuters, the new PS6 will, once again, feature an AMD chip in the system. The report says that Sony and Intel were in talks, but Intel lost the contract to AMD back in 2022.

The report claims that one of the disputes between Intel and Sony involved how much profit Intel would make from each processor. On top of the price dispute, backwards compatibility is said to be a major sticking point with Sony.

“Moving from AMD, which made the PlayStation 5 chip, to Intel would have risked backwards compatibility, which was a subject of discussion between Intel and Sony engineers and executives,” the report states. “Ensuring backward compatibility with prior versions of the PlayStation would have been costly and taken engineering resources.”

Whether that means backwards compatibility with just PS5 and PS4 games or that means further back in the PlayStation catalog is currently unknown.

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#1 Sep 16, 2024

Nice. This could mean it gets native PS5/PS4 Games Support.

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#2 Sep 16, 2024

Very cool to keep the same family of chips.

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#3 Sep 16, 2024

Intel sure shot themselves in the foot didnt they?

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#4 Sep 16, 2024

I wonder how big the gap with the ps5 pro will be, given the ps5 pro alteady has texhnology not yet available on their own gpus

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#5 Sep 16, 2024

Intel sure shot themselves in the foot didnt they?

Massive W for AMD, yet again.

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#6 Sep 16, 2024

I just hope they can finally get PS3 games to work natively.

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#7 Sep 17, 2024

According to a new report, the PlayStation 6 (PS6) will have an AMD processor and backwards compatibility is of high importance.

Read the full article here...

This and the MLID video about the PS6 has got me very excited about the PS6 although it might not be out until 2028... But still it sounds like the PS6 and PS6 Pro will be a bigger upgrade compared to the PS5/PS5 Pro... So I can't wait until it's 2028 for sure! 👀

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#8 Sep 17, 2024

This and the MLID video about the PS6 has got me very excited about the PS6 although it might not be out until 2028... But still it sounds like the PS6 and PS6 Pro will be a bigger upgrade compared to the PS5/PS5 Pro... So I can't wait until it's 2028 for sure! 👀

I wouldn't be suprised if the PS6 Pro is like $900 without the drive. And we'd be lucky if we get a massive generational leap at $600 if that's the base PS6.

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#9 Sep 17, 2024

According to a new report, the PlayStation 6 (PS6) will have an AMD processor and backwards compatibility is of high importance.

Read the full article here...

Hopefully this console will play all the PlayStation games

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#10 Sep 17, 2024

I wouldn't be suprised if the PS6 Pro is like $900 without the drive. And we'd be lucky if we get a massive generational leap at $600 if that's the base PS6.

I mean yeah I think the price might play a big rule in how much of a generational leap the base PS6 will be... But I do indeed see the PS6 Pro costing a lot and been the leap we're looking for... But whatever happens when the PS6 is out so do I expect the leap to be more than what the difference was between the PS4 and PS5 though!

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