And their software consistently sold better over that time frame and that's were Sony makes their money, not hardware. Nintendo is the only hardware manufacturer that makes a significant profit on hardware. Sony and MS lose money on hardware in the hopes that software sales make up for it. "Nintendo fans" aren't the issue. Sony's business decisions are. They've, for all intents and purposes, abandoned their home market. Because of that gamers,their software library, Japanese software sales have suffered for it. Playstation used be more than big budget "tent pole" Western focuseed games. Sony had software variety. Games like Astrobot weren't so few and far between. Sony is fortunate that the leadership of Don Mattrick and Phil Spencer has been brand killing. Jim Ryan's D+ leadership only was successful because Phil Spencer's was comparatively scoring an F-.

Again with the software.  I already told you previous Playstations didn't have the ps subscription tiers , no gacha games and digital is on the rise. You do know people buy console to play games right? Whether it's from subscription, dlc or f2p games they are making record profits. I haven't bought as many games on PS5 as I did on every other Playstations but I spent way more on PS5 . PS5 has all these f2p gacha games that are making hundreds of millions every month. I'm on the premium tier, spending at least $20 a month on 4 different gacha games and haven't bought a physical game since ratchet and clank released . Nintendo earn more profits from software.  Sony earning more profits from subscription tiers, dlc, f2p games 

It will avg less than 10k and once Switch 2 hit the stores with a monster Hunter wild port... The holidays boost will be not significant i am afraid