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Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’
The company is focusing on profitability in its third year.
www.theverge.com
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Sony's CEO: PS5 is entering the latter half of its life cycle, hardware sales pace to start falling from the next fiscal year
www.theverge.com
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Bojji
Member
Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’
The company is focusing on profitability in its third year.
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Last gen was 7 years, we will be half gen this summer.
Astray
Gold Member
Consoles launched in 2020, it's been almost 4 years since then.Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’
The company is focusing on profitability in its third year.
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I predict maybe 3-4 more years before we transition to PS6 and whatever Xbox has planned.
kazuyamishima
Member
First stage: 3 years and a half
Latter Stage: 3 years and a half
7 years in total, same as other PS generations.
Latter Stage: 3 years and a half
7 years in total, same as other PS generations.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
MS exiting. Time to focus on profitability. What could go wrong for consumers here?
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
I mean...the PS5 is going to be 4 years this year. So yeah...we're about to enter its 2nd half for a total of 8 years. Around 110/120M sold overall once all is said and done.
The Pro coming halfway through the gen.
The Pro coming halfway through the gen.
Killjoy-NL
Member
MS is in trouble again, so it's time to resort to doom and gloom for Sony as usual.
Typical pattern.
Must be some bad news incoming tomorrow for a certain fanbase.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Man it's been almost 4 years and the exclusives library for the ps5 is still dry as fuck. How are we halfway across the gen?!?
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
This gen has been atrocious, if we are entering the latter gen of the console lifecycle.....
RoadHazard
Gold Member
It hasn't been almost 4 years though, it's been 3 years and 3 months, i.e. 3¼ years.
Killjoy-NL
Member
Almost like there was a pandemic at the start of this gen.
balls of snow
Member
I cant believe Rockstar are gonna do it again! Release gta at the late stage of a consoles life and get a next gen version going a couple years later. Masterclass timing and planning.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Sorry I wasn't the best with math or dates. Still though I feel like the gen should be extended because we are getting pro models already... like wtf is this. By the time we get 3 years worth of games we'll be waiting for the ps6
Yeah. And because of that the gen kind of sucks. Acknowledging covid doesn't suddenly make it better.Almost like there was a pandemic at the start of this gen.
kazuyamishima
Member
Covid, the Ukraine-Russia war and now the Gaza-Israel conflict have brought a lot of problems, inflation, rising living cost, shortages and so much more. All of the above fucked up development of new games.
The company wants to maintain profits so price cuts have been very scarce (none at all). The PS4 at this point in time was already reduced 25% compared to its launch price.
Luckily, 2024 looks a bit better in terms of current gen games.
MisterXDTV
Member
I cant believe Rockstar are gonna do it again! Release gta at the late stage of a consoles life and get a next gen version going a couple years later. Masterclass timing and planning.
It's a given they are looking to sell it 3 times:
PS5->PC->PS6
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Most studios will start pumping out their big guns in 2025. It was always going to be like that. If you think about it most studios haven't announced what they are working on.
As usual, the first few PS gens are carried by 3rd party stuff, crossgen titles and some exclusive content.
Covid and development cycles getting longer just means we gotta wait more for those huge years.
That's also why PS profits are in the dirt. Sony is paying for god knows how many of these huge AAA titles as we speak since many of these studios take almost half a decade to release anything.
If anything this just makes me excited for those 2025/2028 years.
There's also the fact that since these games are so damn expensive, Sony wants to have the most PS5 units out there possible and the biggest audience they can possibly have to release these huge productions. By 2025 they will have more than 70M units out there and games like GTAVI almost as an exclusive title (let's face it, no one is buying a Series X at that point) they will keep getting healthy sales for when their heavy hitters come out.
MisterXDTV
Member
Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
"Help us Nintendo...you're our only hope"
On the other hand...this might not be a rough patch for traditional console game but rather a shift in customer spending.
Hope everyone took this guys advice and got phones.
On the other hand...this might not be a rough patch for traditional console game but rather a shift in customer spending.
Hope everyone took this guys advice and got phones.
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Killjoy-NL
Member
No, but acting like we aren't seeing the results of arguably the most drastic event in our lifetime is borderline amnesia.
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SSfox
Member
And so? What does this have to do with what I said? Who gives a shit it's just an upgrade, not the real next gen PS console.But PS5 Pro is coming soon.....
Ronin_7
Member
WTF what? This means PlayStation 6 will launch around 2028.Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’
The company is focusing on profitability in its third year.
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7-8 years life cycle seems fine.
Haven't you said MS releasing next gen in 2026 is good?
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Shouldn't we be better than the Xbox "wait for next year" shit? And how do you know 2025 won't be like 2023 where the best and biggest games of the year were multiplat cross gen titles?
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
I should probably calm it as I'm getting into system war territory now...
Nobody could buy one for most of that time. No real exciting games have come out. The gen is mostly ps4 games running at 60fps in 4k.
Total disappointment. I bought 1 game last year and it was a remake, and I haven’t even played it yet.
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Tiago Rodrigues
Member
You're only waiting for next year if you want to.
While you do that i'm playing Helldivers 2, TLOU2 Remastered, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, etc.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Here come the pro.
SimTourist
Member
What a shit generation, barely got any games and already sunsetting it. A real bruh moment.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
In terms of length, I agree. But at least the feeling is that in terms of number of impactful releases, playstation is diminishing in each consecutive generation. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
MasterDerico
Member
Exactly. And ps4 still delivering good stuff!
Mithos
Member
Not really, I want one, just not us$680 (7200sek) want one.
kazuyamishima
Member
PS4 from PS3 was a significant downgrade of releases, but the sales increased considerable and made more profit than the previous gen, the same is happening with the PS5.
Problem is, the output strategy has been really weird, they had 3 major first party games in 2022, 1 in 2023 and none in 2024.
MisterXDTV
Member
They will price cut PS5 Slim, but will launch a PRO model for a higher price to offset the decline of the baseline model...
Just like they did last gen
RoadHazard
Gold Member
He didn't say it's now at the end of its life, the actual quote is:
Will enter the latter stage. And yeah, in about 9 months it will be 4 years old, which is probably the halfway point.
All of you thinking this means it's gonna start winding down now are strongly overreacting and misinterpreting this.
I'm not sure that's true, the PS3 and PS4 both had their best years in the latter halves of their lives. Unless you mean in terms of console sales. Then, yeah, obviously that's gonna be lower in the last few years (which we're not in yet with the PS5).
Will enter the latter stage. And yeah, in about 9 months it will be 4 years old, which is probably the halfway point.
All of you thinking this means it's gonna start winding down now are strongly overreacting and misinterpreting this.
I'm not sure that's true, the PS3 and PS4 both had their best years in the latter halves of their lives. Unless you mean in terms of console sales. Then, yeah, obviously that's gonna be lower in the last few years (which we're not in yet with the PS5).
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StereoVsn
Member
We shall see. If they only cut Slim DE by like $50 to bring it back to original price, that’s going to be a whole lot of nothing.