| jvmkdg said: For the PS5 to reach the PS4's numbers, Sony would have to release great first-party games, but it seems that this is not a priority in Sony's incompetent management. They could release a collection with all the old God of War games. |
Sony has been releasing great first party games all generation lol. They just had the Game of the Year last year! From a critical and commercial POV, their first party this generation has never been stronger. Its just people are stingier on what they count this gen compared to previous. Games like Until Dawn, Ratchet 2016, SpiderMan 2018, SoTC, MediEvil, weren't technically developed by a first party studio at the time, but many still counted it in "list wars" back in the day, without much pushback. Nowadays we still have a few people who don't want to count Helldivers 2 lol.
All that aside, the only thing preventing the PS5 from surpassing the PS4 is Sony releasing the PS6 in 2027. And even then it could be a close call:
FY25: 15M
FY26: 13M
FY27: 10M
Total before PS6 launch: 116M+. And I'm lowballing 2026 as it has both GTA6 and Wolverine.
