| Scisca said: Why should Sony wait? What for? The bloody new economic crisis that is looming and I'd be absolutely shocked if it wasn't here by November 2019? If I worked at Sony I'd try to move mountains to release PS5 before sh!t hits the fan and the economy collapses again and we are overdue for that at this point. Trust me, it's not fun releasing an electronic entertainment device in the middle of an economic crisis with people cutting spendings left and right. |
Honestly, that is valid factor to consider for sure... But I don't think it's as clear cut... A new gen will really only disrupt software sales in short term.
3rd parties will continue x-gen releases, but 1st party really need to throw in on new gen, maybe not 100% of titles, but over-all posture-wise.
An economic crash is also perfect negotiating position to get bargain prices from suppliers, which will enable best possible spec to define the gen.
An economic crash will affect them regardless, and 1 year of PS5 sales can't match PS4 install base, so that wouldn't actually make any more $.
So not contradicting case for targeting launch for best component prices... Mere availability of 7nm Zen+Navi is not only factor (although min req).
Logic of economic cycle should also be read into decision around PS4 Pro (and BoneX, although MS wasn't quite on the ball in that regard).
Grabbing higher end interest during economic peak, to keep platform sales running at 100% while the going is good, and delay gen switch.
