Well Sony stated at the end of last year or beginning of this year, when PS4 sales were 116 and change, that they were only going to produce 1 million more, so for anyone who remembers that announcement we already knew 117.xx was going to be the final number.
I think Sony cut PS4 off so drastically because of supply issues. What systems they could manufacture they wanted to make sure they got out as many PS5's as possible.
As for the Xbox + PS numbers this gen, I think we'll see it get back to around that PS2+Xbox number of 183 million, perhaps even a bit above it. I don't think the slow decline of that market will continue this gen, as both companies have decent offerings. Xbox is strong this gen relative to last gen and PS is fairly strong as always and I think PS5 will pass 100 million but I don't see it doing 117 million. I could see 100-105 million for PS5 and 75-80 million for Xbox. I think they'll try to stretch out this gen as much as possible and have mid-gen upgrades like last gen.
Passing Wii and PS1 I think would be a great goal for PS5.
Last edited by Slownenberg - on 11 August 2022
