If it is a 10 year generation, how many PS5's should they be able to sell?

[Kokoloko]

Damn 10 years would be weird. Others would probably release stronger tech by 2028
They would need to have a major price cut for PS5 and PS5 Pro by 2027,/2028 like 40-50% lol.

Also depends on games and exclusives etc.
GTA6 if it releases next year, will be huge and be big counter to what Nintendo releases. Unlike the Switch, there wouldnt be a bigger and bigger gap for Nintendo.
They would also need to up there 1st party output to the likes of PS3, if they dont want to release a PS6 till 2030

 

[Kokoloko]

My worry is places like Japan and Europe, where PlayStation seems unwilling or unable to make even price concessions.

This is on top of not having nearly enough real exclusives to justify a premium price.

It makes so little sense to me.

I know alot of people wont take this seriously but Japanese people get offended by this kind of stuff. Like price increases lol
Small circles even got pissed PS moved its business to US from Japan during PS4

 

[peter42O]

Depends on the price. If Sony releases PlayStation 6 in November 2028 for let's say $800 and the PlayStation 5 is still $500, I would think that those who would want to buy a PlayStation 5 would just go with PlayStation 6 because it would be backwards compatible so why buy the older console? If it's still $500 in four years from now, I will say that it will be under 120m. If they get a good price cut or two, perhaps they can reach 130m. One thing is certain, they're not going to even get close to Switch numbers unless they cut the price to $300 and Sony isn't doing that any time soon if ever.

 

[peter42O]

My worry is places like Japan and Europe, where PlayStation seems unwilling or unable to make even price concessions.

This is on top of not having nearly enough real exclusives to justify a premium price.

It makes so little sense to me.

As you and many others love pointing out, Xbox is dead so with their high end competition non-existent, why would Sony make price concessions when they don't have to? As for the exclusives part, both PlayStation and Xbox ARE third party consoles. Games going to PC isn't going to change anything and even if it does, it would be minimal.

As for Japan itself, it's a mobile/handheld territory. Consoles don't sell shit there and that includes PlayStation which has declined every generation since PlayStation One. Nintendo dominates Japan to an extent but it's because their console is a hybrid and even as a console, it's so damn small that people could just take it with them if they really wanted to.

Sony won't do anything in Japan until they release their PlayStation Portal/Portable handheld which I believe will launch alongside PlayStation 6 because both Microsoft and Sony have taken notes on Nintendo's success the last almost eight years and while neither will do a hybrid as it wouldn't work for either of them, a handheld/portable that can download games and stream them will be huge for both companies and is the only way Nintendo loses any market share in that region.