DriftingSpirit
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Good sales.
The business as a whole seems to be going nicely as well.
The business as a whole seems to be going nicely as well.
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PS4 passes 63.3 million shipped (as of June 30)
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Acquiescence
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I'm all out of Knack jokes.
What about Knack 2?
MisterR
Member
There are still a ton of people on Neogaf who still think they are about to go out of business at any minute.
Plague Doctor
Member
Madness how quickly it is growing.
Knack 2 is no joke.
Acquiescence
Member
Knack 2 is actually threatening to be quite good by all accounts, so I can't poke fun it.
Toni
Member
How right you are 😂
Game & Network Services segment
Sales for the quarter increased 5% year-on-year. Operating income decreased 26.3 billion yen yearon-year to 17.7 billion yen, primarily due to the absence of the significant contribution from Uncharted 4, a first-party title that went on sale in the same
quarter of the previous fiscal year, and the impact of a price reduction on PS4 hardware. Network revenue increased 34% year-on-year.
Our operating income forecast has been upwardly revised by 10 billion yen to 180 billion yen, primarily due to the impact of appreciation of euro against U.S. dollar.
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Dirtyshubb
Member
Absolutely insane figure there, shows how much digital is growing considering new owners wouldnt account for that rise.
Savinowned
Member
I really thought the Pro would be a bad idea but it seems to fit really nicely within their portfolio now without taking away from standard PS4 sales. Well done Sony.
Considering they had a global 2 weeks pricecut on the ps4, which they admitted costed them revenue,your hottake is probably not 100% correct.
Toni
Member
Operating income decreased because compared to last year, there was no Uncharted 4 release or a major exclusive game released during the period of the quarter.
Not because PS4 sales as a whole are declining. Read the summary please.
Baby Driver is not in the league of MiB.
Baby Driver budget - $34M
Baby Driver box office - $138M
MiB budget - $90M
MiB box office - $589M
DriftingSpirit
Member
I think that person was saying Homecoming and Baby Driver vs MiB.
MrPink93485
Member
Baby Driver wasn't even a lock to gross over 50-60 million US back when it released. The budget is what, 30-40 million? It's going to be a nice over-performer for Sony.
Homecoming probably performed within the range Sony was expecting it to. The Spider-Man franchise isn't exactly what it was 10 years ago and Sony surely knew that. The most important thing for them is that they have a route going forward, which was unclear after TASM2
It's not a hot take, it's just nonsense.
Not a chance. It won't even pass Wii
Transistor
Banned
I could see the PS4 hitting 100+ lifetime if the price drops low enough.
That is absolutely ridiculous
Gotdatmoney
Member
Yeah it will imo in terms of passing the Wii. It will have a good shelf life for the next 3 years and then slow burn. 110-120m when all is said and done.
There will be no hat eating.
If he was actually confident in his prediction he would offer to stop posting in any sales related thread for the rest of 2018 if he's wrong.
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
Member
I think it will end up at 120M if Sony do the PS2 treatment and sell it for $99 until 2025.
on the other hand if Sony goes the PS3 way it will barely pass the 100M mar
PS4 is a monster either way
on the other hand if Sony goes the PS3 way it will barely pass the 100M mar
PS4 is a monster either way
airmangataosenai
Member
Man, over the next 2.5 years they only need to average slightly less tha 15 million a yearto reach 100 million by the end of the decade. 3 full holidays remain between now and then too, fucking crazy.
Even assuming sales decline and they pnly can average 6 million each holiday quarter, that leaves them only needing to average around 2.6 million per quarter for the remainder to make it.
Even assuming sales decline and they pnly can average 6 million each holiday quarter, that leaves them only needing to average around 2.6 million per quarter for the remainder to make it.
Woah that's some nice growth.China growth y/y is big*, and justifies the huge amount of attention Sony as a whole are putting on it.
*Smaller base, but it's already larger than 'other areas' and out of AP I think it should be near South Korea
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
most successful outdated hardware ever \o/
Lol. PS4 will pass WII 99,9%.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
China growth y/y is big*, and justifies the huge amount of attention Sony as a whole are putting on it.
*Smaller base, but it's already larger than 'other areas' and out of AP I think it should be near South Korea
Is this for Sony's PlayStation business or Sony as a whole?
I'm surprised that the Japanese revenue figure is so much larger than the rest (even the US)...?
128GB onboard flash + buy your own external USB storage. Similar to the Switch.
I guess it can be done.
airmangataosenai
Member
I still cant fathom hiw these people come up with these estimates. Even if they say a cataclysmic decline it will still hit Wii numbers at minimum by end of life. They shipped nearly 10 million last quarter, even a decline to 6 million average would get them to 100 million by 2020. And Sony systems have a long life, PS3 wasnt fully discontinued until May pf this year.
Has to be for a whole.
Probably but aren't Sony mobile games doing really well in Japan?
That is true too hmm.
InsaneTiger
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makingmusic476
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I wonder if we'll ever see a $199 PS4 and a $299 Pro.
PS4 OS doesn't even let you install a harddrive that small.
AmuroChan
Member
One of Sony's most profitable divisions, their Financial Services arm, operates in Japan only.
Good luck with that.
Transistor
Banned
In its current state. The OS could be modified to utilize a small internal storage, but still force greater than 256gb external.
Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule
Member
Just look at how bad PS3 sold after The PS4 launch. The PS4 killed PS3 and i expect something similar to happen in 2019 if Sony doesn't lower the price below $149 (assuming they get the ps5 price just like they did with ps4)
mejin
Member
Yeah, I believe its a safe bet.
Birgitte2004
Member
I am literally blown away. You believe that in spite of shipping 20 million last year, this the remainder of this year they are only likely to ship 6.7 million. And apparently anything more than that is channel stuffing.
On top of which, you predicted the holiday quarter to be down 2 million, which would already be 7.7 million shipped.
So apparently the PS4 is going to have negative shipments for the other 2 quarters this fiscal year, by your own posts in this thread.
It's hard not to feel confident in predictions higher than yours, given that.