‘The Solution Is to Get Rid of Consoles’: Analyst Predicts $1,000 PS6 and a Transition to Game Streaming

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The least expensive PlayStation 5 will soon cost $599.99, a significant increase from the original price of $399.99 when it first came out five years ago.

As a gamer, it’s really worrying to see console prices going up across the board! People are now predicting that if the PS6 comes out next year, it could cost a whopping $1,000 – that’s a serious amount of money!

This will significantly change the gaming industry, likely making many games unaffordable for players.

According to well-known Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, the answer to current challenges lies in shifting to game streaming services.

During his recent appearance on Pachter Factor, after forecasting a $1,000 price for Sony’s upcoming product, he stated:

I expect game prices to continue rising, and I think the best way to deal with that is to move away from traditional consoles and start playing games through streaming services on TVs. Eventually, someone will develop a way to play console-quality games without needing a console at all, and people will embrace it. I’ve been anticipating the decline of consoles for over a decade.

Sony has a strong streaming service that lets you play games on your PS5 or PS Portal. With the PS Portal, you don’t even need a PlayStation console to play.

Honestly, playing feels pretty great overall, but sometimes there’s a noticeable delay – it’s just a limitation of streaming the game. Games like visual novels and turn-based RPGs run super smoothly, but anything that needs quick reactions, like fast-paced action games, can be a bit frustrating because of the lag.

Beyond the clear issues with how the game plays, we’re also concerned about whether this is financially sustainable.

Right now, you need a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription to stream your games, and that adds a considerable expense. Sony explains this cost by saying they have to run each game on their servers to offer the streaming service, which appears to be expensive for them.

Are companies truly eager to maintain large data centers, handling all the power costs, just to deliver games to you? And are players willing to pay a significant monthly fee to stream their games instead of owning them?

Ultimately, we’re glad Sony is still putting money into this, as we share Pachter’s view that it has potential for the future. However, that future still feels quite distant.

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2026-04-02 03:07