Will PS5 beat PS2 numbers, if PS6 is delayed?

[Pemalite]

Otter said:

Pemalite said:

I think there will be a cliff with PS5 sales once we see the DRAM and NAND price rises start to impact console hardware prices which will slow down sales rates of hardware... Meaning software sales will be the core focus going forth until the PS6 comes in like a wrecking ball.

I was thinking about this and whether we might see Playstation try and coup a few extra million sales of legacy titles with NS2 additions. I don't think they'll do anything new (ala Astrobot) but God of War (2018), Horizon (remastered), Ghost of Tsushima (2020) etc

Possible. Software and services is what they make money on... So there may be a fall back on remasters and re-releases, they are cheap and easy to push.

PAOerfulone said:

Ahhh the dreaded ‘cliff’ rears its ugly head. lol

Though, kidding aside, I do agree that those rising costs may force Sony’s hand and we may seem them raise the prices again and that’s going to have a notable impact on hardware sales

The components the consoles are derived from have been skyrocketing in cost... Something I projected to happen a year ago.

If you haven't been paying attention... DDR5 Ram that was $200 USD in October last year is over $1000 USD, some even at $1500 USD.
nVidia has stopped the Geforce 5070Ti sales and is stopping the Geforce 5060Ti 16GB cards so they can redirect some extra RAM to $6000 graphics cards for A.I due to shortages.

Price of NAND has also more than doubled.

If you think those costs won't impact consoles... That use that same hardware and thus won't impact sales, then you haven't been paying attention.

Sales of PC's have already plummeted due to higher prices... As they don't have contracts to guarantee prices and supply.


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