PS5 is just 1.2 million units behind PS4, launch aligned, but Sony expects to sell fewer consoles this year…

Also noteworthy that not only are PS5 sales behind PS4, but the PlayStation’s competition has almost entirely disappeared, and that hasn’t resulted in more PlayStations sold.

  • @vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27•19 hours ago

    PS4 was when xbox users switched over to PlayStation.

    PS5 was when PS4 users users switched back to the roots, a PC.

      • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•16 hours ago

        And the more people do the same the less console exclusives there will be (outside of the Nintendo ecosystem)

        • @frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
          2•13 hours ago

          And this coming release will be the first time I’m not going to bother about a new Nintendo console going back to the original. For context, I even like the Virtual Boy. Nintendo has done everything possible to make themselves unlikable.

        • @MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•16 hours ago

          Yeah, the hardest thing is really going to be GTA6. The reason I bought a PS4 was GTA5. Needing to wait 2 years to play GTA6 on PC will be a tough thing to swing.

          • ms.laneEnglish
            1•3 hours ago

            Just remember that GTAV’s performance on PS3/Xbox360 is about how well GTAVI is likely going to run on PS5/Xbox Series X.

            We’ve got a few years until the PC release as PS6 is coming.

    • OmegaEnglish
      4•15 hours ago

      This headline would imply that PS4 users are upgrading to PS5 at almost the same rate that they upgraded or moved to the PS4.

      Honestly, it’s pretty surprising considering the PS4 is still kind of a current console. I’d think a lot of people would be satisfied staying with the PS4 and still getting most of the games that are coming out.