Sony Assures Gamers: Ample RAM Available for PS5 Production Amid GTA 6 Launch

A surge in demand for memory and storage, driven by AI advancements, is pushing hardware prices higher across the gaming sector. However, Sony has assured that it has secured enough RAM to navigate through this holiday season and into early 2027. What lies beyond that is uncertain as the PlayStation 6 looms on the horizon amid a challenging economic climate for gaming.

In its latest earnings report, Sony addressed the memory market’s impact on PlayStation 5 hardware, stating, “We have secured the quantity of memory necessary to meet our projected sales volume for FY26, and there is no change to our plan for hardware profitability for FY26 to remain similar to FY25.” This leaves some ambiguity regarding the possibility of another PS5 price increase later this year.

At the very least, it seems that Sony is indicating there will be no shortage of consoles this holiday season, especially with players eager to grab current-gen hardware ahead of the Grand Theft Auto VI launch in November. The company even adjusted its projected revenue for the fiscal year upward by 3 percent, along with a 10 percent increase in operating income.

Last quarter, Sony sold 1.38 million new PS5s, a decline from 1.56 million during the same period last year. This drop is likely less severe than anticipated, especially considering the base PS5’s price rose by $100 back in March. While third-party game sales saw an increase year-over-year, first-party sales fell by 900,000 units, indicating that Staros hasn’t performed as well as expected. Four months later, Sony has yet to disclose sales figures for Housemarque’s latest sci-fi shooter or provide updated numbers for last year’s Ghost of Yotei.

The total number of monthly active PlayStation users reached 125 million, an increase of 2 million from the same time in 2025. Although Sony recently announced that physical game discs will be phased out by 2028, the ratio of digital to physical sales only slightly decreased by 1 percent last quarter. The total lifetime sales of PS5 consoles now stand at 95.3 million. While it continues to lag behind the PS4’s lifetime sales over a comparable timeframe, the gap is narrowing despite the ongoing price hikes, first due to tariffs and now due to the memory supply issues.