Wman1996 on 04 August 2025
G2ThaUNiT said:
Wman1996 said:
Still wondering when Sony will announce the discontinuation of PS4. It could've been discontinued in 2023 or 2024. |
Considering the PS5 only a couple months ago finally had a higher active playerbase than the PS4 after over 4 years of the PS5 being on the market, I wouldn't be surprised if the PS4 still has another year left in the tank of production. PS4 would surpass the PS2 in that regard though of longest running produced console. I believe the PS2 was manufactured for 13 years. |
Famicom and Super Famicom were apparently discontinued in Japan in 2003, but maybe they stopped production around 1999-2000 and sold a few thousand units until 2003.
PS4 isn't even reported by Sony or VGChartz in hardware sales anymore, and I doubt it's cracking 1,000 or more a week anymore. It's probably around 300-600 units a week globally. PS4 does continue to get games, you can still buy DualShock 4 and some other things. Plus, plenty of people are playing PS4 games even still on PS4 hardware itself.
Not even a 1% chance PS4 will still be in production once PS6 is ready to launch, but I'm sure you and others agree with that.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)
PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)
Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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