The Sony PlayStation 6 console will be backwards compatible with PS5 and PS4 games, according to a new leak.
The rumour is from the leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead, who claims to have seen a leaked document confirming the specs for the PS6 console, which also features news on a purported PS6 handheld console.
While claiming to confirm the existence of the handheld that has been rumoured more strongly in recent weeks, the leaker says the last two generations of PlayStation will be carried into the PS6 era. For reference, Canis, which MLID references in the comments below, is the rumoured codename for the PS6 handheld.
Speaking on the Broken Silicon Podcast (from the 2:28:00 mark), the leaker says: “The PS6 handheld is a PS6, and what I want to leak today, because this document is years old, and it directly shows Canis backwards compatibility support. Another part of this doc it literally says ‘back compat PS4, PS5.’ Just says it right there.
“I just wanna leak this today: The PS6, yes, it has backwards compatibility to 4 [PS4] and 5 [PS5], and they explicitly say it all over the place. Even the handheld, they explicitly say it runs PS6, PS5, and PS4 games.”
The information he refers to comes from an old AMD document that specifically mentioned the backwards compatibility courtesy of the RDNA5 architecture.
The most recent information suggests there might be three PS6 models. A standard and an ‘S’ style model that would be more affordable and the handheld that sounds like a PlayStation-themed rival to the Steam Deck. We still don’t know when Sony plans to unleash a new generation on gamers. A lot of that will depend on the continuing tumult with memory and GPU pricing. The smart money is on late 2027 or early 2028.
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