Ex-PlayStation boss doubts fans will pay $1,000 for PS6 and Project Helix

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden is sceptical that buyers will pay around $1,000 for the PS6 and Xbox Project Helix if the gains amount to little more than ray tracing and teraflops. He says console performance has hit a plateau and no longer delivers the leap seen from PS1 to PS2 or VHS to DVD.

• Layden: more teraflops and ray tracing won't justify a $1,000 price
• Analysts expect next-gen consoles to cost around $1,000
• He likened PS1→PS2 to VHS→DVD, but says the jump is smaller now
• Analysts believe Sony may push the PS6 to 2028–2029