Last week, we reported on a rumored Blade Runner video game by Supermassive Games that was cancelled before it was announced. Today, it seems that rumor revealed more than it appeared on the surface.
As reported by The Phrasemaker, the big tell was that the rumor involved Supermassive Games. Supermassive’s parent company is Nordisk, one of Denmark’s biggest multimedia companies.
Nordisk’s games division launched in 2016, but the company itself dates all the way back in 1906. Nordisk Films is the oldest film studio that remains active, and is one of the oldest overall, only behind Gaumont, Pathé, and Titanus. The Phrasemaker also claims that Nordisk has a longstanding relationship with Sony, calling themselves the Nordic home of PlayStation on their website. Nordisk worked with Sony in the last five console launches, meaning every generation of the PlayStation.
So, The Phrasemaker believes Sony told Nordisk, and along the way Supermassive Games, that they were releasing the PlayStation 6 before or on September 2027. This is the tentative release date for Blade Runner: Time To Live. But that’s not all. They also cite other rumors that the PlayStation 6 chip in development by AMD is in its tapeout phase. If everything goes according to schedule, than it should only take two years for the PlayStation 6 to be ready to release, and that would be perfect for a September 2027 date.
We assume, if The Phrasemaker’s information is correct, that the 10th generation Xbox will have also released on or at September 2027. That sort of makes sense because the rumors actually have it that the console will release in 2026. But there’s one problem with The Phrasemaker’s theory. The original rumor about Blade Runner: Time To Live didn’t actually say it was a simultaneous multi-generation release. So, it’s possible that the September 2027 release date was really only locked in for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and perhaps also PC.
The reason we point this out is Supermassive Games and Nordisk would obviously not be able to demand either Sony or Microsoft delay or advance the development of their consoles to conform to Blade Runner: Time To Live’s release date. Maybe they were told that the consoles could be ready by that date, but none of these companies can 100 % guarantee their consoles’ release date until it happens. There’s just too many reasons the date could change.
Regardless, this is all interesting to think about, and possibly something Nintendo was mindful of while planning the Switch 2 launch. Nintendo may be dealing with the Switch 2 being left behind by another console generation nearly almost immediately, with only a year or two where they could establish third-party parity. That may not be as bad as it seems on the face of it, if Nvidia proves adept in keeping the console’s SOC competitive with newer AMD SOCs. The fact that Nvidia could be waging a second proxy war with AMD while we see Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft compete directly, means that the coming years will be really exciting for games, if you will be able to afford it.
