PS5 Pro accounts for low single-digit percent of US PS5 sales

[EricHiggin]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

But then why releasing a PS6 at all? 

I will not buy a console that will not play games significantly better than a PS5, I will stick to my PS5 or will simply upgrade my PC

If the games already look good enough and a full generational leap is not possible, it means consoles should drop this generations thing and just start doing small upgrades every 2~3 years and let people upgrade when they feel like it, like GPUs does

Sony are in a luxury position next gen. They can release a console as expensive as they please because there is no competitor that has the will to fight with them on price anymore. Just look at Xbox's 800$ console as proof of that. It can also be a meagre upgrade and cheap console and nothing bad can happen because there's no competitors who want to release a a cheap console in that power range. Switch 2 is still much weaker than PS5. It all comes down to Sony's preference of how they want to do business and what works best for them. They will win with whatever strategy they choose but I guess it's what's best for the shareholders.

Why release a PS6? The majority were saying the same thing about PS5 Pro, rightly assuming this would be what followed. Poor sales (vs PS4 Pro).

SNY now knows in the future, that they can either launch a mid gen Pro again, but in the same manner as PS4 and not PS5, or they can skip Pro.

Either that or SNY copies XB Series and launches PS6 with a cheap base SKU and a more expensive Pro SKU.

Seeing leaks that XB will probably just have a high end PC like SKU next gen, which will be expensive, will allow SNY, and possibly push them to want to sell an expensive Pro SKU right from launch to have something to (indirectly) compete with XB.

Even if that's the XB approach, SNY cannot just pull another PS3 luxury expensive console again. If SNY launch a single PS6 SKU that's $599 or higher, it's going to lead to very poor sales and a terrible 10th generation.