The PS4 shipped 110.4m by March 31st. Lifetime sales expectations?

[Soundwave]

curl-6 said:

Soundwave said:
I don't really see the point in "replacing" consoles. You can sell the PS4 for another 4-5 years at $150-$199 alongside the PS5 with little to no problem.

The reason manufacturers create this artificial "replacement paradox" is to force people to only buy the newer system.

People still want the SNES and NES even today, sneaker manufacturers have no problem selling popular sneaker models that are 20-25 years old as current releases.

Yeah Sony have been pretty clear about it; they've said they want to move people on PS5 as fast as possible. They're not going to stick with the PS4 for another six years to try and reach an arbitrary number of units sold.

They can say that all they want, but the fact is, cross-gen games are likely going to be continue to be released for another 2-3 years and if PS5 is $500, then there is a viable market for PS4 at $200-$250. 

The other factor with the PS3 being phased out so quickly was the CELL processor being a custom part always cost Sony a lot of money and was a pain in the ass to keep around, the PS4 really doesn't have that problem using fairly generic off the shelf parts.