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twintail said:
Sony are gaining new players into their ecosystem as recent as last quarter. Don't think this is as much of a concern right now. |
I did say in the long run. It's lagging behind PS4 in sales despite much weaker competition from Xbox. One quarter is nothing.
For the price, PS5 is doing great, but PC is growing much faster. PC popularity is exploding in Asia and developing countries, and it's no doubt been stealing players from consoles. Normally, people would argue a weaker competition from Xbox would feed more into Playstation because it's the "direct competitor", but evidence suggests that a lot of them are switching to PC instead.
Consoles have an aging population which is problematic for growth. PC is now the cool device among teenagers, and Nintendo consoles dominate the younger demographic. While Playstation just keeps finding ways to make their consoles look optional and uncool. Over time, more and more gamers will ask themselves "why am I buying this?" It won't be as bad as Xbox mind you, but Playstation is not immune to the multiplatform strategy, so Sony has to be extra careful.
If Sony moves further towards being a 3rd party publisher, they will lose more players than they gain, and the PS6 might decline considerably in sales despite Xbox's disappearance. It happened in the handheld space 2 generations ago (DS/PSP vs 3DS/Vita) and it can happen again with traditional home consoles.
