Five years deep into the PS5's life, the gaming world's buzzing about what the next generation could bring. Shuhei Yoshida, a former bigwig at PlayStation, has thrown his hat into the ring, suggesting Sony might need a whole new playbook for the PS6.

When Yoshida chatted with Skill Up, he pointed out that Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony are all doing their own thing with their current consoles. He's hoping Sony will shake things up in the future. "PlayStation's in a tricky spot," he said, "because Moore's Law isn't giving us as much of a boost as it used to." In simpler terms, throwing more power at the problem isn't making as big of a difference as it once did.

I mean, think about it. He even mentioned that graphics are so good now, it's hard to tell the difference between ray-traced and non-ray-traced visuals unless you're looking at them side-by-side.

While Yoshida admitted he's not in the loop on Sony's plans, he thinks they "clearly…cannot do the same thing they have been doing, increasing the graphics bar and providing high end experiences." He's not saying that pushing for better graphics is bad, but it might be a strategy that only appeals to a small group of gamers.

There's been whispers about Sony possibly working on a handheld device. If that's true, Yoshida thinks it "may be very attractive to all these people who have libraries of games on PS4 and PS5". I can see that. A portable PlayStation that lets you take your games on the go? Sign me up!

A New Generation at the Helm

Yoshida also brought up something interesting: there's a new generation of leaders at Sony now. "Up until Jim Ryan it's always been our generation, the first generation of PlayStation leading the company," Yoshida said. "Now [Hideaki] Nishino and Hermen [Hulst] are a much younger generation, so they can do something disruptive, they don't have to follow what [the company has] been doing. It's super interesting their next step."

So, what could that next step be? Yoshida didn't spill any secrets, but he did say that the "PS5 is an amazing system in terms of quality of experience" and that the "adoption of the SSD was almost a miracle" because of the faster loading times. Remember those days of waiting forever for games to load?

Mark Cerny, along with AMD, has been dropping hints about what we can expect from the PS6. It sounds like they're cooking up something special.

After Jim Ryan stepped down, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino took over as Sony's CEOs. Nishino has said that consoles will remain a key part of the company. So, while things might change, it sounds like PlayStation isn't going anywhere.