Good to know that I wasn't going crazy/deaf.
That's my fellow physical master race brothers and sisters making our last stand.
Considering the pandemic and current global ecomony, that's quite impressive tbh.
Playstation is a beast. I wish Xbox was a beast in sales and software.
I haven't been into that thread yet but I'm guessing it was made as a safe place to avoid the numbers
From here.
Yeah, that might be a good thing to do in the future.
Those are units so maybe worth highlighting that. It also gets a bit weird cause it's just full games units and not dlc/mtx where as MS's numbers would be everything.From here.
Also, I couldn't find one more data point so I skipped it: next quarter's forecasts. I remember Xbox is expecting a further double-digit (11%?) dip next quarter. Do we have forecasts for Sony's next quarters? Perhaps we can only compare hardware revenue forecsts?
Please let me know if you can add those here.
Keyword being 'all-time high for PS4 onwards'.
Back in the days of PS3 Sony didn't want people to know the hardware sales numbers either. But the people on the inside know how bad it was and opened the purse strings to AAA first party game at a major loss. They weren't in denial at least privately.
AAA offline single player games are like hen's teeth these days. Sony was merely doing its duty as a platform holder, filling in the gaps in supply for games that third party studios aren't making. Yes, it is nice that it made good money, but the important thing is having a balanced library of games with something for everyone.
5.2 million in a non holiday quarter is absolutely huge, it would need to be touching records. The PS4's highest FYQ4 was 3.1 million and the Switch at it's height in 20/21 had a FYQ4 of 4.72 million, it will be extremely difficult.
PS5 is a beast!
We only know in Japan:
The reason for Xbox numbers is quite obvious, when they had nothing last year and major releases the year before: Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, AoE...
If they can do it then expect NPD and European records to shatter. That would be a record, the highest FYQ4 ever was 5.81 million by DS in 2007 and the highest FYQ4 for a home console was 5.44 million by Wii in 2008 and even adjusting for inflation the Wii was around two thirds the price of a PS5 and DS less than half the price.
Considering the ever-increasing prices of console games (not interested in inflation unless my salary goes up by inflation), I'm more than happy to be "behind" in the transition forever.
Now that we know dics drive would be made an accessory, it probably won't matter anymore. Sony wouldn't want to abandon the weaker economies, so they would still make sure the disc player is either available or can be bought as a bundle. I see it as a good compromise. Having two separate SKUs to produce is not good long term.
That is the only reason. But people like to troll around.
It will considering you can get Xbox games day1 on PC and PC gamepass.
yea i remember they all put the laughing emoticon, and now Sony sets the target even higher lmao
They upped the forecast to 19m
But people on GAF stated that even 18m was impossible
These PS results are pretty insane even buy PS standards. 32 Million PS5's sold in 2 years and 2 months?
And that's before you factor in a light recession, covid lockdowns, and manufacturing constraints?
Xbox still need to improve their image.
You have to give Playstation management, credit for how they are able to correctly read the current marget. After the PS3 gen, they have not made many financial blunders at all. Yes, not all they have done im on board with, but the numbers are irrefutable.
