cormack12
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Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com...-monthly-players-than-ps4-for-the-first-time/
Crossgen period was brutal af this time.5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
i think people will jump every 2 gen instead of 1 now.5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
This honestly makes me really curious what their plans are for PS6 in regards to this. They can't go the PS5 Pro route. A $700 box isn't going to incentivize people to jump right away.i think people will jump every 2 gen instead of 1 now.
not surprise if the remaining ps4 users skips ps5 and jumps to ps6.
Sony MAU strategy makes sense now.
Cross platform between ps5 and ps6 will last even longer.
Crossgen period was brutal af this time.
Most played games are live service games who are playable on last gen devices. Add to that the fact the PS5 don't have a permanent price drop until now, but a permanent price hike in some regions.5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
The only think i can think of are very good launch ps6 games, better than ps5 ones.This honestly makes me really curious what their plans are for PS6 in regards to this. They can't go the PS5 Pro route. A $700 box isn't going to incentivize people to jump right away.
I've owned every Sony console they ever made (even Vita TV, but not PS5 Pro) but I'm at the point where PS6 needs to really be something more than more power at a higher price for me to bat and eye and be there early on.
It is that, but it's also that the AAA producers this gen have been too slow and underwhelming with actually new games to justify the move.Most played games are live service games who are playable on last gen devices. Add to that the fact the PS5 don't have a permanent price drop until now, but a permanent price hike in some regions.
5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
Wait for the next gen then, games will release on PS5 + PS6 + PS7Crossgen period was brutal af this time.
Yeah, plus Fortnite/GTA 5 kids have no issue continuing to play on their PS4.
I mentioned this before. But by certain metrics, PS2 is actually 200 times more powerful than PS1. Moores Law had been justifying hardware upgrades for decades, but now this is going away. There is no longer easy, cheap and powerful upgrades that directly make the previous gen obsolete.Wait for the next gen then, games will release on PS5 + PS6 + PS7
5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
PS5 is selling at the same pace as the PS4 and will easily overtake it with GTA6.
More people are still using PS4 than past generations because of live service games and annual release titles such as sports games and CoD...
Black Ops 3 was the last CoD released on PS3 in 2015... 3 years after the PS4 launched. 5 years into the PS5 and CoD is still releasing on PS4.
Sony sold 50 million PS2 between 2006 and 2013 while selling slightly more PS35 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
I am in that group. Had a PS4 and no intention of buying a PS5 now. Only game I 'must have' is Death Stranding 2 which will come to PC eventually.i think people will jump every 2 gen instead of 1 now.
not surprise if the remaining ps4 users skips ps5 and jumps to ps6.
Sony MAU strategy makes sense now.
Cross platform between ps5 and ps6 will last even longer.
I hate selling and buying consoles so I'll likely be playing on my PS5 far into the PS6 gen and then maybe during PS7 get a new console. #team_vintage5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
Some seem to forget how heckin' troublesome it was getting a PS5 during the covid years. I paid far more for mine than what I would have cared for during normal times and I bought it from a store, not a scalper. There were also not many PS5 exclusives during that time so I remember my colleague having had no real reason to upgrade from his PS4. Weird times and we still feel the repercussions from the pandemic.They wanted this to be the fastest transition to a new generation ever, instead it took them five years just to get the majority of players moved to next gen
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So unless everyone trashes their switch 1 in less than a year, switch 2 will be considered a failure? Lol.Happens when you ignore the reason why your previous console succeeded.
Good thing Microsoft is too busy sorting themselves in their feet repeatedly or this would have been another PS3 disaster situation.
5 years. Slowest conversion rate of any Playstation, I wonder? Makes sense.
Crossgen period was brutal af this time.
The slower games come out, the slower the conversion rate.
This gen shift doesn't really kick off until GTA6 comes out next year.
Second half of 2026 is when things will truly tilt forward for the better.
Amazing that this logic is somehow still lost.They wanted this to be the fastest transition to a new generation ever, instead it took them five years just to get the majority of players moved to next gen
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We fully understand that ppl who bought ps4 late in the gen will not go for ps5 as soon as it launches, we meant the dev output in terms of current gen games only, that was terrible this gen coz crossgenperiod was too long.Amazing that this logic is somehow still lost.
If you sold 120M in 7 years and are projected to sell another 120M in 7 years, what do you think would be the number of users 3.5 years in? It's a slow conversion rate precisely because PS4 sold THAT much, you just can't reasonably make those 120M users transition to the next console in a lot less time than it took the past generation to sell as much.
Sure, but cross-gen hardly had any impact by the looks of it.We fully understand that ppl who bought ps4 late in the gen will not go for ps5 as soon as it launches, we meant the dev output in terms of current gen games only, that was terrible this gen coz crossgenperiod was too long.
What's the benefit of going from Xbox to ps5 right Now ?????Sony is not releasing any thing of substance and Microsoft has Gamepass ….Why would a gamer Not some fanboy crap go from Xbox to ps5 ??And maybe allot of xbox refugee?
What's the benefit of going from Xbox to ps5 right Now ?????Sony is not releasing any thing of substance and Microsoft has Gamepass ….Why would a gamer Not some fanboy crap go from Xbox to ps5 ??
It's hard to say.After 77 million units sold? Just how many PS4 are out there active?
PSP to Vita?PS2 to PS3
Remember PS3 sold just over half of PS2.
The updated slide removed the numbers but if you eyeball the ratio - about 40M. +/- 5M.After 77 million units sold? Just how many PS4 are out there active?
How are there future uncertain because they doing it differently then Sony with that Nintendo future would be uncertain…..But you said refugees I only ask the benefits at this point ?? Btw Microsoft has the best digital library outside of PC …Maybe because they want to continue buying games (not everything is on gamepass) and they are worried of losing their digital games with how uncertain Xbox's future is. Maybe they always wanted to play PS games but wanted MS games more but now they can just go to PS and get both? Maybe their friend left the ecosystem and they are following?
After 77 million units sold? Just how many PS4 are out there active?
Part of the problem with not advancing with the gen here, the most cross platform games exist, the less incentive to move to the next (current) system is there to playersi think people will jump every 2 gen instead of 1
Cross platform between ps5 and ps6 will last even longer.
PS4 didn't have this either. MGSV was available on PS3, 360, XB1, and PC in addition to PS4, all on Day One.Not saying this just because I am a big Metal Gear fan, but I think the one thing that really affected PS5 was the fact that it didn't have an exclusive system seller MG game - like MGS6.
i think people will jump every 2 gen instead of 1 now.
not surprise if the remaining ps4 users skips ps5 and jumps to ps6.
Sony MAU strategy makes sense now.
Cross platform between ps5 and ps6 will last even longer.
They wanted this to be the fastest transition to a new generation ever, instead it took them five years just to get the majority of players moved to next gen
Stellar