Sony says the PS5 is its "most profitable generation to date."

anonpuffs

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Covid was an outlier. Obviously there is going to be a readjustment, but from here steady growth is the expectation.
The point is they never had 50 even during peak covid with maximum PS4 userbase and the PS5 at the height of FOMO, and now they hit 50 after they raised prices. I was expecting a ~10% decline.

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Maybe that should give you and other doomers pause with some of your analysis?

Eh... why bother though right?
I'm not really a doomer. I'm a realist. You already saw the results of day&date with PC with what happened to xbox. I'm saying that as a primary PC gamer, who wants PS to exist because I like the fact that they're one of the few remaining AAA single player publishers that aren't fucking up their releases with season passes, mtx, cosmetics, payment plans, car loans, ad breaks, etc etc etc
 

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PlayStation Plus : 50 million
  • Essential = 32.5 million
  • Premium + Extra = 17.5 million in 21 months
Xbox Game Pass : 34 million
  • Ultimate/PC/Console = 23 million after 80 months
  • Core (Live Gold) = 11 million
 

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The only difference between ps+ and gamepass is xbox first party day 1 releases and some 3rd party day 1 releases, and considering the quality of xbox 1st party I don't think ps+ lags that far behind in the quality of their offerings. If they start offering more ps3 and ps2 games in the higher tiers I see them gaining another 5-7 million subs for the higher tiers in the next 18-24 months.
 
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The only difference between ps+ and gamepass is xbox first party day 1 releases and some 3rd party day 1 releases, and considering the quality of xbox 1st party I don't think ps+ lags that far behind in the quality of their offerings. If they start offering more ps3 and ps2 games in the higher tiers I see them gaining another 5-7 million subs for the higher tiers in the next 18-24 months.
Relevant third party release haven't been a thing for a long time on Gamepass.

To me PS+ Extra has been a better service all along and great for people new to PlayStation.

Premium has been an embarrassment.
 
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Relevant third party release haven't been a thing for a long time on Gamepass.

To me PS+ Extra has been a better service all along and great for people new to PlayStation.

Premium has been an embarrassment.
Premium is worth it alone for streaming. It so convenient for me 🤷🏽
 
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Yeah Ps streaming is pretty good lol, xcloud is shit, PS streaming is just a bit behind Geforce Now and if they add portal streaming it will instantly become the best cloud service on the market

You do know Playstation uses Azure cloud for streaming which is owned by Microsoft?
 
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if theyre doing well now imagine when the gaming development side of the company finally catches up, i can see that the second half of the ps5 generation being something truly special with all the games theyre cooking rn + tv/cinema adaptations, its a shame that we need to endure such a dry & quiet period before all this
 
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if theyre doing well now imagine when the gaming development side of the company finally catches up, i can see that the second half of the ps5 generation being something truly special with all the games theyre cooking rn + tv/cinema adaptations, its a shame that we need to endure such a dry & quiet period before all this

Yes, they specifically said that they expect profits to rise a lot in 2025 & 2026 due to first party. So output must be scheduled to be very strong in those years. But many of us expected as much.
 
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