Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Now this is...something. No wonder they hit that panic button. Not even shipping 1M consoles for an entire quarter is something that even MS didn't expect early this gen i think.
How bad is it going to do next year?
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PS5 Outsold Series X/S by Almost 5x Last Quarter
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Now this is...something. No wonder they hit that panic button. Not even shipping 1M consoles for an entire quarter is something that even MS didn't expect early this gen i think.
How bad is it going to do next year?
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
They’re closing down studios left and right + porting their games to PS5. I honestly don’t know why anybody would buy an Xbox right now. It can only get worse from here.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Yup, Xbox consoles have fallen through the floor.
Sony also doesn't see the ps5 outselling the ps4. I think we will see it slip and fall further behind here on out. That is why they mentioned that they are focusing on player time and retaining players across other platforms.
More PC stuff incoming with psn logins
Sony also doesn't see the ps5 outselling the ps4. I think we will see it slip and fall further behind here on out. That is why they mentioned that they are focusing on player time and retaining players across other platforms.
More PC stuff incoming with psn logins
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
How do you spin this negatively for Sanyo's machine?
It's on them, Phil did mention it before, it's not like it's not selling every unit, this is a different case than last gen.
ByWatterson
Member
Punished Miku
Member
If I didnt already have one, worth it to get a S on discount just for a Ninja Gaiden Black / 2 box. But yeah, its definitely toast.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Skifi28
Gold Member
Yes.
mayham2199
Member
I don't think anyone could have predicted the sales would drop off so bad.
feynoob
Gold Member
You get more green rats on Sony empire ship.
ChorizoPicozo
Banned
Mibu no ookami
Member
Imagine living in your world.
Sony has the PS5 keeping pace with the PS4 through next fiscal year. There is no telling what the following fiscal year has in store i.e. potential price cuts and GTA6.
Will you close your account if PS5 outpaces PS4 by the end of FY25?
As for focusing on MAUs, they aren't talking about PC. They're talking about combined MAUs on PS4 and PS5 that highlight they still have more consumers to convert from PS4 to PS5. The combined MAUs between devices shows the real strength of the PlayStation platform.
I spoke about it in another thread, but Europe has a long way to go and is the reason why PS5 is lagging behind PS4. What do you think happens when CoD and EA FC don't release on PS4? These people will go out and buy PS5s.
Once PS6 launches, PlayStation as a Platform is going to be a thing. They'll probably continue supporting PS5 for another 5-6 years post PS6 launch as it will make little sense to force people to PS6. I think you can also expect PS6 to launch for 600.
ChorizoPicozo
Banned
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
They did.
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Microsoft is bringing Sea of Thieves to the PS5 on April 30th. It’s the second previous Xbox-exclusive that’s coming to PS5, with Hi-Fi Rush available on the PS5 on March 19th. These are part of four Xbox games coming to PS5 and Nintendo Switch: • Pentiment - PS4, PS5, and Switch on February...
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GHG
Gold Member
Can you reference where they've said that?
Sleepwalker
Member
Shadowstar39
Member
The economy is shit. People aren't locked down due to covid anymore , limited new games, no first party stuff, woke shit left and right, oh and no price cuts. Its no wonder its below ps4. It won't go above unless they fix the things I just mentioned. Unfortunately, the younger audience doesn't care about games, good music or movies, so they won't give it a boost. Just streamers, and fortnite/minecraft/roblox/cod - gaas. So software will be down too, as its just people over 25 buying games (mostly).
Xbox dug its own grave with gamepass and trying to buy up the industry. We all know that.
Xbox dug its own grave with gamepass and trying to buy up the industry. We all know that.
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Skifi28
Gold Member
They'd rather use the hardware preparing for the cloud renaissance. 7 billion gamers!!
Sleepwalker
Member
ChuckeRearmed
Member
They are basically selling with the same split as PS4/XBO 
Killjoy-NL
Member
Wasn't there a report a while ago that MS stopped production of Series consoles?
This makes it rather believeable.
This makes it rather believeable.
Iced Arcade
Member
Not surprised. They keep handing out reasons not to buy an Xbox.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Moriarty1889
Member
Very true indeed. Phil has spouted his utter BS that you don’t need to buy their console………that right there should have gotten him fired. He basically pushed away potential customers. The man is an absolute moron and it’s unbelievable he is still at the helm of Xbox.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
4.5M in a quarter with 29% yoy drop = failure
.8M in a quarter with 25% drop =
.8M in a quarter with 25% drop =
Nydius
Member
True, but what makes it damning is that they’ve kept the exact same gap despite adding a budget SKU.They are basically selling with the same split as PS4/XBO
The whole point of the Series S was to close the sales gap by offering something cheaper and more enticing. It’s failed to accomplish that goal and if they were competing with only a single SKU like the PS4/XBO days (pre-pro/X), they’d be much further behind.
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No it's not it's worse nowThey are basically selling with the same split as PS4/XBO
AtomicStarving
Member
Now you know why MS is so happy with PS5 (from Satya Nadella himself). You will start to see BIG games day one from MS on PS5 to catch the "hype".
Games with dead hype like Hi Fi Rush aren't gonna do well on PS.
Games with dead hype like Hi Fi Rush aren't gonna do well on PS.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I guess Xbox still makes sense if you want to get Gamepass, you don’t care about PlayStation exclusives and you don’t own a decent gaming PC. I have to think that market is pretty small and already satisfied, though.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
I mean, the market clearly demonstrated that it is not about the price of the device per se at this point - people just buy stuff they want to and that's it. PC market is a clear example of that - as GPU purchases are not stopping due to GPU prices. Last year we essentially saw that Xbox sells better with lower price so it would sell more if it was cheaper than PS (like 199/399), but I don't see that happening as margins on hardware is too low for that and hardware die does not shrink anymore either.
All in all, between Xbox and PS5 the market just does not find Xbox attractive for the same price. Maybe that what contributed to Xbox 360 success - it was cheaper than PS3 at that time (and even did not help much worldwide aside USA).
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Sony had me convinced to upgrade from ps4 slim to ps5.
Killjoy-NL
Member
PS5 Digital completely destroyed the Series 2 SKU strategy.
Pelta88
Member
They are basically selling with the same split as PS4/XBO
+100 Billion on two publishers “In order to compete.”
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Negotiator101
Member
Yeah 29% is pretty bad.
ChorizoPicozo
Banned
... makes you think, isn't?
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Those publisher acquisitions are just investment. ABK as a purchase was absolutely perfect, but with Bethesda they kinda overpaid in the end - should have cost around 5b rather than 7.5b looking at their output.
Mr Moose
Member
Bernardougf
Gold Member
They did.. they went stealth third party and started to close studios. Xbox as people knew it is over. Lets wait for Microsoft Gaming plans.