According to a job advertisement from Sony Interactive Entertainment, the PS6 could undergo a radical change compared to the Japanese manufacturer’s previous consoles.
In any case, this is the result of speculation in expert circles. By examining Sony’s job posting in question, the Japanese giant could be hinting that a profound architectural change could be coming to the PS6.
The manufacturer Sony is already thinking about the architecture of the PS6
The job offer The new version released by Sony concerns the development of software systems. The candidate must ensure that games and programs are compatible with different architectures. There is even talk of a “new architectural system”. Without ever mentioning the PS6, we could therefore imagine that the Japanese manufacturer’s future console will have a different CPU architecture than other consoles. Experts therefore speculate that x86 could be abandoned in favor of ARM.
Roughly speaking, the ARM architecture is currently booming compared to x86. The former favors energy savings, calculation speed and stability, to the detriment of the raw performance reserved for the latter. However, ARM processors continue to develop and enjoy the favor of manufacturers. This is particularly true for Apple for its Macs and a priori for Microsoft regarding the next iteration of Xbox consoles such as the Series 2. According to Microsoft, this would also “offer” the biggest technological leap ever in a console generation “. We’ll see how it compares to the PS6 in due course.
Sony could definitely follow this architectural trend with its famous PS6. In the past, we’ve learned that the Japanese giant would like to make it backwards compatible with previous consoles. This new job offer further illustrates this desire. But even if such a radical change were plausible with new, fairly meaningful evidence, it all remains pure speculation at the moment. To be sure, we have to wait for official confirmation.
