And PS4 never really droped in price either.
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Sony's Jim Ryan is confident the PS5 can sell at least 108 million units
- Thread starter Lunatic_Gamer
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- News Business Hardware
Roronoa Zoro
Gold Member
Shame. Imagine the 20 million or more they could have gotten with more price reductions on PS4. Hell imagine the install base buying subs and locked into your ecosystem if they were $100 cheaper this year. Sure you lose some hardware profit now but that aggressive pricing can get way more PS+ and first party sales going
Roronoa Zoro
Gold Member
You lack ambition. You forgot to even buy Nintendo
Audiophile
Member
110 in the gen, 125 overall.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
A minimum of 130 million.
- PS5 Pro comes out in 2024
- GTA 6 comes out in 2025
- PS5 should be $299 starting in 2026-2028
- PS5 DE may even cost $250 in 2026-2028
vivftp
Member
Not sure why this thread got bumped, but I'll just quote myself from the first page:
The person asking the question specifically asked if Jim thinks they could sell an additional 70 million beyond the 38 million they've already sold. Jim was answering that question, which is where the 108 million figure comes from.
The PS5 will vastly outsell the PS4s lifetime figures, but Sony hasn't given any official projections for that
CobraAB
Member
I buy a console to game. Mileage may vary for others though.
Killjoy-NL
Member
I'm willing to bet that PS5 becomes the second best-selling console in history, just behind PS2.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Damn, Jimbo. You're a humble man.
Quixz
Member
GTA 6 will move PlayStation 5s but it'll have to do Switch numbers to get to second place.
vivftp
Member
We'll have to see where the Switch winds up when all is said and done, but I do think the PS5 could give the PS2 a run for its money when all is said and done. With many of SIEs heavy hitters ahead of them, the PS5 Pro and GTA6 on the horizon, we're gonna be seeing big years for some time to come. I wouldn't be surprised if they're able to match or surpass this FYs goal of 25 million either next year or the following year. Not to mention this gen is projected to go a year longer than last gen, and it's entirely possible that Sony won't immediately kill off the PS5 like they did with the PS4 when supply shortages started hitting hard.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Not with just Last of Us sequels, reboots, remasters and GAAS crap.
Killjoy-NL
Member
True, but I think it'll surpass Switch.
Currently it's:
PS2 (159M)
Switch (133M)
PS4 (117M)
PS5 is now a week behind PS4 in terms of sales, despite 2 years of supply constraints and a pandemic, with seemingly increasing momentum. It was also reported that it was following PS2 in Japan recently.
With people jumping ship from Xbox, it will probably push PS5 ahead of Switch in the end.
That's my guess though.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
GTA6 alone is going to do gangbusters, and the way Sony has been marketing the hell out of GTAV this month from their "win a PS5" blog to the game being on the + service, they probably have the marketing locked down. More than likely to coincide with the Pro as well for the best experience of the game.
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HeWhoWalks
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These illogical posts. Always comical and telling.
Anyway, that confidence is well put. Should clear that number and plenty more with relative ease.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
108M must mean console market is slowing down and gamer shifting to PC or mobile more and more.
Switch is trending down, Series S/X arent selling great, and PS5 will sell less than PS4's 120M? You'd think Ryan would say "at least 120M"
Switch is trending down, Series S/X arent selling great, and PS5 will sell less than PS4's 120M? You'd think Ryan would say "at least 120M"
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HeWhoWalks
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Switch is trending down? It's a 7-year-old device. The PS5 is about to pass the PS4 launch aligned. The only one down did it to itself and is hardly any indication of any substantial mobile/PC uptick of the general market.
Besides, Jim knows what he's saying. 108m is a modest number that the PS5 will have little trouble passing.
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