47.4M PS4s shipped as of end of September. Financial report

[KBG29]

RenCutypoison said:

KBG29 said:

I absolutely believe there will be a PS4 Pro + and PSVR Pro before we see PS5. The leap in tech to make PS4 completely obsolete won't happen for many more years. We need SSD's to drop in cost, and HBM Memory to reach larger pool sizes before that happens. PS5 to be even close to the same leap as previous generations has to have 40TF of power and 128GB of RAM. Even at that, with deminishing returns, it still won't have the wow people expect. If PS5 comes in 2018 like a lot of people are saying, there will be a lot of disappointed people that, and the worst selling PS home console of all time.

Well they are a lot of potential upgrades and new tech options before the PS5 come out, including a PS4 portable by the time PS5 come out and a native 4K option on PS4proPlus, a 1TB SSD  version, a PSVR with an integrated GPU upscaling the resolution and the obvious PS4proSlim.

Waiting for 2020 before releasing a next gen console would be beneficial for everyone as they could wait for native 4K withot sacrificing polycount and effects. 

Completely agreed. PS4 Pro Plus should bring solid 4K and support a 1440P PSVR with HDR, and have all PSVR tech built in for easier set up. I also think a PS4 handheld is an absolute must, along with PS Phone finally happening. With only 17 million Xperias forcasted this year, with 5 million in profits, it is time to hand the mobile division over to a branch that can actually make it profitable. Even if Sony only sold 10 Million PS Phones and Handhelds per year, the profits would be 10 times that of the Xperias.

If I ran things at Sony, I would have a three year cycle starting right now.  

2016 = PS4 Pro & PSVR

2017 = PS4 Laptop/Tablet

 2018 = PS4 Handheld, PS4 Handheld/Phone & PS4 Phone

2019 = PS4 Super Slim/PS4 Pro Slim/PS4 Pro+/PSVR Pro

2020 = PS4 Laptop/Tablet Slim & PS4 Laptop Pro

2021 = PS4 Mobile Line Revisions

2022 = PS5 and PSVR2

Super simple, Home and VR, Office, and Mobile. Every year a platform is improved to meet a lower entry point, and maintain a flagship product. This gives them a massive reach appeasing to many different kinds of consumers, and allows them to take full advantage of the PS4 OS and PlayStation Network. This gives them constant improvement, constant revenue and profit streams, and allows them time to build PS5 into something truly worthy of a next gen console.

For consumers, this means more choices, more options to upgrade, greater value from products, and much longer life cycles. Hopefully, the future of PlayStation looks something like above. It's better for Sony, it's better for consumers, and it is better for innovation.