Rumor mill: The memory crisis is expected to last for several years, but Sony hopes things will have improved by the time the PlayStation 6 arrives. According to a new rumor, the next-gen console will pack a hefty 30GB of GDDR7 with 640 GB/s bandwidth, marking a 42% increase over the PlayStation 5.
Bottom line: Amid Microsoft's ambition to turn Game Pass into gaming's dominant business model, one of its most valuable assets is showing signs of strain. Call of Duty, a $35 billion global franchise known for annual billion-dollar releases, appears to be in decline less than two years after Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
What we know so far: Over the past few days, unknown hackers have leaked the security keys Sony uses to safeguard the PlayStation 5's chain of trust. Known as BootROM keys, the data could – at least in theory – dramatically accelerate the PS5 hacking scene, cracking open what has long been a black box of custom hardware logic and tightly controlled encryption methods.