Don't think it means the PS5 is failing. If it is then everyone else is doomed. Could ve a sign of the markets death.
I don’t think Sony is failing, just highlighting the fact that missing a target set by a company usually means that shareholders will be unhappy. Upping the year;y target was done probably to make the fact that q1 target was missed look not so negative. The fact that they want to chase their higher target is beneficial for the players as this means price cuts and hopefully more, better games that will push people to buy hardware.
And the fact they are still sharing numbers says something as well. I'm really not seeing this as the death of PlayStation or anything similar.
Sharing numbers have nothing to do with this. It’s a company policy that’s all. No one sane would say that this means ”the death of Playstation”. They are still outselling Xbox approx 2:1 and are gaming market share.
Missing a target isn’t a bad if the target is set super high.
They are looking to outsell ps4’s highest years, that’s a pretty hard ask. They may be able to do it though.
Missing a target is always bad in eyes of shareholders. This means that 1. Market changed vs what it was when the target was set, 2. Sony ability to forecast accurately is somehow off, 3. Market might be getting saturated, 4. Events outside the Sony control are having an impact.
as stated above, this usually means price cuts and trying to capture bigger audience with better games, so gamers win. Unless Sony puts that new sales target for the year in hands of their GaaS games push.
Sony still got marketing rights to the new CoD and this game always sales and push hardware sales, they have got Spider-Man for this year as well.