I voted 20-22 million and got it right by luck. Quarter 1 was stronger than I expected, the rest of the year lower, coz I was expecting the revision to launch in September alongside a permanent pricecut.

PS5 should see a serious decline this year. 5 million give or take.

Price cuts are needed for this year to keep with the high sales.

I still don’t think 2023 is the peak year since there are a lot of room to grow, especially with price cuts and more PS5 only games, the release of GTA VI will increase the sales a lot.

Compared to the PS4, the system is doing really good, a lot of people forget that the PS4 launched at $399 and by December 2016 (comparable to December 2023) the Slim version was $249.

The PS5 is still $499 for the disc version and the Slim increases from $399 to $449.

Japan saw double increases and now is 67k yen compared to 50k yen at launch for the disc version. The Digital version launched at 40k yen and is now 60k yen.

Europe saw an increase too in 2022.

I agree. Price cuts are needed, the system is more than 3 years old now and not only didn't decrease the price but increase it .. The PS5 Pro is what I look at first for this year that will boost sales, along with price cut for the current models as well. GTA 6 is reserved for the next year. If they are smart they can discontinue the PS5 disc drive version and cut the Digital edition to 349$ or even 299$ and sell the PS5 Pro (with disc drive) for 499$ or even 449$ and the sales will really blow. With this combination I can see the PS5 do a 25M year (keep in mind those prices announcing at likely September, so the natural sales up until then to be like for a 20-22M year and then boost the results in the fall more than normal to end with 25M year) And with GTA 6 coming in 2025, and with full year of selling PS5 at those mentioned prices and Pro model I can see the 2025 selling 25M too.

About the PS4, well yes it was cheaper however there is inflation so a 299$ and 399$ respectively are 379$ and 506$. And yes, the slim version was dropped down to 299$ from 349$, not to 249$.