How many PS5 Pros will sell between Nov 7 and March 31st
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Whatever the numbers haters will have an excuse. It will be scalpers and not “real” sales according to them
I wonder if this is one of those cases where the internet is horribly out of touch with reality... I mean if the real world was like Reddit and Youtube:
* No one would use Iphones or Apple products
* FIFA and other annual frachises like COD would be gigantic flops
* PS portal would be a mistake and not one of the best selling accessories
I don't think it's going to be that successful considering is a premium product, but is probably going to do better than expected.
* No one would use Iphones or Apple products
* FIFA and other annual frachises like COD would be gigantic flops
* PS portal would be a mistake and not one of the best selling accessories
I don't think it's going to be that successful considering is a premium product, but is probably going to do better than expected.
This video touches on that in the middle kinda. He’s not so fond of it but at the same time explaining who it could work for.
Despite the retarded comments, the video has a decent point or 2
Here’s another more sensible video on it too not just click bait crap
He is actually pretty enthusiastic with PS5 Pro.
I posted more due the article with a lot of analysts questioned about the PS5 Pro sales.
How well will the PS5 Pro sell?
From the reactions we've seen to the PS5 Pro's $700 price tag, it would be easy to think Sony's new console is dead on …
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I would'v been more bullish especially in Japan with the new upcoming Monster Hunter (expecting it current fiscal) but tough climate and massive price (hike). 1,5 - 2mill by that time-frame if they even produce that amount.
Alongside DS2 and GTA6 (marketing) is enough to carry it.
Alongside DS2 and GTA6 (marketing) is enough to carry it.
Not a lot. This thing will be dead in Eu and Yapan. So Us has to carry it alone.
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Interested in whether people still hold their same beliefs on this given the changing narrative around the PS5 Pro...
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@John Elden Ring aka Dragouth is looking pretty silly here, as the PS5 Pro likely has sold more than 500K units in its first week on the market based on its performance in Japan.
Voted for 2-2.5m units but since the PS5 Digital Slim is on sales for $380, I can see a lot of people just jumping on that while not even looking at the Pro.
Based on sales in Japan, I think your original prediction will be right.
Over 2 million.
Japan has a $18.4B videogame market, out of a ~$230B global market. This means Japan represents about 8% of total expenditure.
If 78k units were representative of 8% of the total expenditure, then in total there would be 975k sales of the PS5 Pro, so less than 1 million so far.
On the other hand, there are diverging factors. In favor of the actual number being above 1 million:
- Japan hasn't really adhered into home consoles since the PS3 era. They're mostly a handheld + PC market right now. Other (mostly western) markets will probably buy more PS5 Pro per capita. Especially in the USA where it's so much cheaper to get the console+disc drive.
In favor of being below:
- 78k units at release date might be artificially inflated by a new generation of consumer electronics scalpers that appeared during the COVID + semiconductor crisis. Many of these scalpers are now selling their consoles at MSRP or even at a loss to the same customers as retail stores, but those consoles won't appear as sales numbers again.
- There aren't really many Playstation consoles being sold outside USA + EU + Japan. China represents about 1/5th of the worldwide market but they bought less Playstation 4 consoles than Spain. Russia, Middle Eastern Countries and South American countries spend a bit on videogames but Playstation practically doesn't exist there.
If we take away the countries where Playstation has no presence, the total addressable market of USA + EU + Japan + Korea is probably around $150B, which puts Japan at ~12%,
TLDR: too early to tell, and Japan isn't a great place to read Playstation's success nowadays.
Of course, I'm just guessing.
It all depends on supply too. They might not even have 2 million units to sell in that time.
But I'm optimistic, I'm even more optimistic of the future for high end consoles in general
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Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social)
(PS5 Pro also had a solid start, with units in the same ballpark as PS4 Pro's launch, but I'll break that down in more detail in a few weeks).
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