You state the difference was 3.9M.  That's actually a difference of 2.9M.  I agree with your analysis, though.

Haha whoops, its too early for math

Excellent sales by the way, on track to hitting 100 million sometime in mid-2019.

I don't see anything bad in lower shipments actually. PS4 probably already peaked and it won't be a surprise if it will be down YoY in 2018. It is just already too good and almost everyone bought it at least from those who wanted it. I don't see how it can be a disaster if it sells 18m this year instead of 20.

Mostly just due to 3 movies: Spiderman: Homecoming, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and, sadly, the Emoji Movie. Thankfully, the last one was also by far the worst performing one of the bunch.

oh i meant their TV sets. They make some of the best in the business.

PS4 could have sold more if the Pro wasn't such a half hearted attempt at a mid gen upgrade. The difference in Far Cry 5 is staggering, 1620p on PS4 Pro and 4K on One X and its the same for many multiplatform games. There is no freesync and no backwards compatibility and the Switch has captured public attention. They have to do more if they want to keep the price at $300 and $400 but if they do a price cut it could sell amazingly.

Wrong thread.

Pro wasn't a half hearted attempt. It was a smart way of going about it so it's cost wasn't crazy. They basically just doubled up on the GPU they were already buying from AMD, with a few slight improvements, and over clocked everything. It's why it's $399 and not $499. It'll also allow them to earn more profit when they do cut the price. In the end, what truly matters, is the Pro is going to easily outsell the X. And when the PS5 comes out, they are both going to look weak in comparison.

They are pretty good, I agree. But their problem is it's often not enough to justify their higher price compared to the competition.

Just last month, we wanted to buy a new 4K Smart TV. We were interested in both Philips and Sony, but ended up buying neither. The Philips we were interested in was not available, and the Sony 50" Smart TV did cost as much as the Sharp 60" 4K Smart Android TV we finally ended up buying. And that Sony TV had 2 model lines above the model we choose with the same size, which both would have been more expensive than what we bought.