Meh results all around, but expected. Sony's first party support for this year and probably 2024 is not looking good. Let's see how they're going to handle the revision.
The "next gen only" lineup on both Xbox and Playstation has been pisspoor, likely the worst ever as far as relevant consoles. This combined with standard price (which got a hike around a year ago) will limit PS5 success potential. If GTA6 doesn't come out next year, they're going to need a $50 pricedrop and push more of the new "digital edition" (the revision without the detachable disc drive) if they want to continue outlegging the PS4 long term.
Those hardware shipment numbers aren't necessarily weak though. The gap between shipped and sell through was huge as of the previous quarterly report. It's possible that the difference is much smaller this time.
It seems that Sony are still struggling to make profit from hardware which is somewhat concerning when you consider PS5's age and the price hike.
Last edited by Kyuu - on 09 August 2023
