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

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Farsala said:

Soundwave said:

If they wanted to do the same thing they did with the PS2, they probably could do it, but they simply don't want to.

The PS1 sold another 30 million after the PS2 launched, the PS2 obviously sold a ton after the PS3 launched, but manufacturers don't care about the low end market that much any more.

PS1 and PS2 sold THAT well in the latter years due to late launches in many countries including major ones. PS3 only sold 6-8m after the PS4 launched, and PS4 is heading towards the same trajectory.

The PS1 and PS2 were available in virtually every country not that long after launch, maybe they had "official" launches much later, but like in Brazil "officially" PS2 didn't launch there until 2009 (lol) but the vast majority of systems had been sold there via grey market for years before that. 

Same reason no one in China gives much of a fart over "official console launches" there ... because those systems have been available to anyone who really wanted one years earlier. 

PS3 had to be phased out because it was expensive to keep mass producing with the bespoke CELL processor being stubborn to lower end pricing.