9.5 millions in the last quarter.

It would be good to know how those millions had been shipped by regions, Sony.

I always have that feeling Sony does strange things when they panic to sell everything is alright in the media. But ok, 9.5 millions.

PS5 can hit 130M - 140M+ if Sony plays their cards right IMO. 

I think its clear that the PS5 is a more desirable product than the PS4. It was slightly under the PS4's peak holiday despite the higher price tag, and no notable first party release for the holiday. A price cut around Ghost or GTA launch is going to move some serious hardware. It will also most likely have an extra year on the market which is looking like a major advantage for the PS5. 

So you doubt that 9.5M shipment lol? Don't be silly now. 

Good quarter, but I wonder how much of the sales boost is from the launch of the PS5 Pro. Guess we'll see that next quarter, if the sales subside again or if they can hold well compared to last year.

Sony are panicing and trying to sell that they are ok to the media? Really? Sigh.

It wouldn't be him if he didn't try to downplay Sony in some way, it's just hard to downplay 9.5M shipped is all. 

JohnVG vs Killer7. Who wins?

It's a silly way to cope with PS5 dominating.

He better hope Sony doesn't cut price to 349 Digital/399 Disc this year or he will be posting overtime lol. 

Dunno, but everyone else loses.

You wouldn't think they'd have it in them after the speech that said the PS5 was past it's prime and the trajectory would only go down.
But the fumbles of their closest competitor(especially in the US), the launch of the PS5 Pro and good deals during the holiday season made them a ton during the most profitable time of the year !

Now, looking at how they dealt with Q4 last year, I wonder if we're in for a somewhat quite muted one in shipped sales again. It's gonna reach that 18M with certainty at least.
Then there's the whole debate about next year's games template. We're quite advance in the generation and most software isn't gonna push hardware in the same vein as it did by the beginning of this generation.

I know people wants GTA VI to be the VG sacred savior for the industry and upheld the declining sales of the currents consoles.
But two things are more likely imo :

1) GTA VI will miss it's late 2025 target release. (The absence of any marketing since the reveal leads me to believe so)

2) While it's likely to push a significant amount of hardware, at least during it's launch month. It's not gonna reverse the current decline, nor are the numbers gonna beat any kind of records.

Historically, people had the same thoughts over how games like GTA IV and GTA V were gonna lead to huge gain in hardware sales during their release. This did not happen and I feel like people current sentiment would've only felt valid during the early years of this generation when the install base was still building itself up.