Sony Group Corp's (NYSE:SONY) newly appointed joint CEO Hideaki Nishino reaffirmed that consoles will continue to be “core” to the company's gaming strategy, even as it expands into other platforms. In a recent interview with Japanese publication Nikkei,

The effort by Intel to win out over Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) in a competitive bidding process to supply the design for the forthcoming PlayStation 6 chip and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.

According to a report from Reuters, AMD is, once again, stepping up to design the next-gen chip for Sony’s upcoming console. An exclusive report revealed why AMD was chosen over

Sony held a bidding process back in 2022, and AMD won out thanks to backwards compatibility. Sony is reportedly going to stick with AMD as its main chipset manufacturer for the Pl

A report from Reuters focuses on Sony’s plans beyond this fall’s new $700 system, saying that the battle to win a contract for the chip powering a future PlayStation 6 came down to AMD vs. Intel, with others like Broadcom eliminated earlier,

Now, it's being reported Intel almost swooped in, as it was reportedly close to signing a deal to make the chips for the company's next-generation PlayStation 6, due in 2026 or so. Reuters has the paywalled scoop on the scuttled deal between Intel and Sony and states the PS6 contract could have been worth up to $30 billion for Intel,

Although Sony is looking to increasing its "share of the overall game market by developing content for PCs", the company's joint CEO Hideaki Nishino has reaffirmed its consoles will remain at the "core" of the business.

On the heels of the PS5 Pro reveal, new traces of the PlayStation 6 suggest Sony is once again eyeing backwards compatibility and tapping AMD to power its consoles. Reuters reports that, in 2022, Intel lost the contract to provide chips for the PS6 to AMD.