Prediction: PS6 won't sell over 50 million units lifetime.

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Leynos said:

curl-6 said:

PS6 will have a slow start (outside of an initial spike from diehards and the wealthy) due to the cumulatives effects of the memory crunch, tariffs, likely almost completely crossgen software, and a lack of physical media turning off a lot of enthusiasts.

It may however manage to reduce prices to a more manageable level once the AI bubble bursts, and potentially the incompetent Trump admin with its idiotic tariffs and constant disruptions to the global economy leave the picture.

That is, if Sony are willing to reduce prices, rather than just keeping their margins nice and fat and catering almost exclusively to the high income "whales".

More and more corporations and society in general is not aiming for lower income or middle class people. The divide is larger than ever.  Sports arena's. Housing market. Food. Cars. Vegas. Live events. Now electronics do not want your money. They target 2 whales instead of 10. Those 2 whales are rich. Prices are not coming back down to what they were before ever again. AI is not a bubble. This is the new normal. It's only going to get worse. Nvidia and others do not want you owning anything and that includes hardware. They want you on cloud systems and renting devices. This is late stage capitalism and the beginnings of a societal collapse.

Doomerism isn't really helpful here. Societies can correct themselves if people act.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 09 July 2026