The PlayStation 6, the next Xbox, and all the others may find themselves in this situation.

It is no longer possible to make the graphical advances that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, for example, made as successors to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Even between the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4, there was not much of a leap, and the magnitude of the leap between the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 has certainly diminished. Not coincidentally, this is according to a well-known AMD leaker who believes that either a slight performance improvement or a significant price hike will characterize the new consoles.

Kepler was responding to comments made by Hiroki Totoki, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment (it is becoming increasingly difficult to increase the profitability of the PlayStation 5 as parts become more expensive over the life of the console). According to him, the situation is only going to get worse, with FinFETs (Fin Field Effect Transistors) the cost per transistor has not changed, but with the switch to GAAFETs (a different type of transistor, but also 3D) or CFETs (2 Nanometer Process Field Effect Transistor) it will increase. Gone are the days of cutting costs by making dies smaller, so either there won’t be a big jump in performance, or console manufacturers will charge much more for new hardware.

Cost per transistor has remained flat through FinFETs and will go up with GAAFETs/CFETs.

The days of free cost savings with die shrinks is over and things will only get worse.

Future consoles will either have increasingly smaller performance gains or significantly higher prices https://t.co/4UZSOzy4sh

— Kepler (@Kepler_L2) February 14, 2024

We’ve already written that Microsoft may release two versions of the next-generation Xbox. The cheaper one could be based on a Nintendo Switch clone that will be able to run games locally, while the more expensive one could be made as a traditional console. And the PlayStation 6 is said to be the most powerful on the market, so the two companies could go in two different directions with AMD. Microsoft has also mentioned a big performance leap, so maybe they could go in the cheaper direction, while Sony would rather have better performance at all costs.

We should add here that this is not official information and we are at least two years away from the PlayStation 6 and the new Xbox…

Source: WCCFTech,