There have been an almost-unending rumors over the past two weeks that Mark Cerny, the PS5’s designer, is still in charge of Sony’s PS6 console. Most of these reports are based on a recent patent from Cerny that outlines a technique for accelerating ray tracing on the PS5. However, further investigations revealed that this may be for the Sony PS6 instead of the PS5.
At the very least, this rumor concerning the PS6 console’s design is an informed estimate. Twitter users spread reports that Cerny is in charge of the PS6’s design.
Cerny was busy at work on the PlayStation brand, “likely to be the PS6,” according to @PS6Countdown. Another user claims to have heard something similar from a reliable source. However, it will be good to take this info with a grain of salt.
Cerny Still In Charge Of Sony PS6
Cerny’s patent is not built on PS5 tech, according to Digital Foundry’s “Dictator,” who makes this clarification on Resetera’s website.
He said, “PS5 and AMD do not have such a unit on any published hardware, while this invention has an RT unit (ray tracing unit) like Intel or Nvidia. This is for later versions of the PlayStation. The Sony PS6 or PS5 Pro/Slim may be referred to as this “iterative version”.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Cerny will be in charge of the creation of the Sony PS6 given that he was the primary system engineer for the PS4, PlayStation Vita, and PS5.
The PS6 release date will be after 2027, and “The Last of Us 3” is rumored to also arrive on the PS6.
