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Sony Q1 FY2019 (April-June) Results - PS4: 3.2m (LTD: 100 million) / 1 billion games sold / FY2019 FCT down to 15m PS4
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This is kind of a side tangent, but I think the Wii sales are more impressive than people give it credit for. It sold what it did with essentially no significant revision that would prompt people to buy another. The PS2 had updated version, the DS did, Xbox consoles did, the PS3 and PS4 both did (PS and Xbox One have the Pro and the X).
For that reason I think it's tough to compare it to other consoles. PS1 as well (though I'm not super familiar with the different PS1 models). I think even though they've been surpassed the Wii and PS1 exist in a class of their own.
It won't be PlayStation 2 numbers but it will be pretty damn close. The PS4's performance this generation has been impressive.
Yeah that's insane. Can't believe they've only lowered the price $100 and it still sell like crazy. It's a weird generation in that way, it's been very few price cuts on all platforms.
That's 15M shipped before April 1st 2020. Before then we will get Death Stranding and FF7R. TLOU2 and Ghosts of Tsunami are still not yet dated, and there is a slim chance TLOU2 cloud be out before April.
PS4 still has huge titles like Death Stranding, The Last Of Us Part II, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Avengers, Ghost of Tsushima that will move some units. A few of these games will likely launch with special edition themed PS4s too.
Someone please remake the GIF with either Kaz or Jim's face on the coach.
Someone please remake the GIF with either Kaz or Jim's face on the coach.
Wow! That's seriously impressive! Beating both the PS2 and Wii to the punch (though the latter had a bit of a short life per say) is mighty impressive by all regards.
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Also holy shit at 1B in software! :O How many other consoles/handhelds managed those numbers?
lmao
The start of this gen was something else. And we're already seeing similar things this gen as well. Time is a circle indeed.
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Thanks :)
Top 5 officially :
- PS2 : 1.537B games (as of end of March 2012)
- PS4 : > 1B games (as of June 2019)
- PS3 : 999.4m games (as of March 2019)
- PS1 : 962m games (as of March 2012)
- DS : 948.66m games
Wow, that's a pretty exclusive club!
And yeah, I would have assumed the DS woul be part of it. Thing was basically a portable PS2 in terms of popularity and quality games. Seems a bit low indeed.
Fairly clear signal in the earnings q+a there, not to expect big price movement on PS4.
Paraphrasing:
'Sales are flat YoY this quarter. Revision down to 15m consoles for the year. Looking at competitors we might expect some downward trend. We have also provided some information about the next generation console. We are not forcing the expansion of the current console. We aim to achieve profit and a smooth shift [to next gen], and to maintain profitability.'
Of course they might maintain profitability while cutting cost, with a new revision. But...certainly it sounds like the focus is on maintaining margins rather than aggressively expanding volumes.
Paraphrasing:
'Sales are flat YoY this quarter. Revision down to 15m consoles for the year. Looking at competitors we might expect some downward trend. We have also provided some information about the next generation console. We are not forcing the expansion of the current console. We aim to achieve profit and a smooth shift [to next gen], and to maintain profitability.'
Of course they might maintain profitability while cutting cost, with a new revision. But...certainly it sounds like the focus is on maintaining margins rather than aggressively expanding volumes.
Try to find the green.
While it's true that Pictures did Jack shit in that time period, Spiderman launched just outside of Q1. The Forecast of FY2019 states 65BY which isn't skyhigh, but it's something at least.
Yes, consistently pumping out large-scale, critically acclaimed, best-selling software is very easy...
Congrats Playstation....100 million....that seems like cause for a celebration.....how about that TLoU 2 release date...........
With those big first party games still to come it looks like it's gonna be a smooth run in to next gen for Playstation.
With those big first party games still to come it looks like it's gonna be a smooth run in to next gen for Playstation.
Thats pretty damn crazy.
Sony must be the luckiest console maker in the world to have 4 out of 5 of the best selling home consoles of all time AND 4 out of 5 consoles to sell over 1B games. /s
Interesting - in the Q+A, Sony noted in particular an unexpected weakness this quarter in F2P revenues. I wonder if that's a general trend in the industry.
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Paraphrasing:
Wii Mini revision for 99$ in 2012. Much much cheaper than both PS3 and X360 Slim models. And nobody cared.
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Usually they lost money during Q1 so that's an improvement
Real profit will come this Q2 thanks to Spider-Man Far From Home and maybe Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and will continue thanks to Jumanji during Q3
Thanks for that, after record revenues in 2018 for Fortnite, it was expected to see less revenues now
We will soon see a new Forbes article to spin these numbers for sure.
Remember when mobile phones were gonna end gaming consoles as we knew it?
With Death Stranding, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Last of Us 2 coming up, it is going to be absolutely crazy.
I suspect a price cut too near the launch of PS5, should do gangbusters.
If a PS4 Super Slim is released in 2019 I expect a price of 249 dollars/euros. the MSRP will only reach 199 dollars at PS5 release or after it depending of the PS5 price, if they release PS5 at more than 399 dollars maybe they will stay at 249 dollars until 2021...
If SONY sticks to their 10 year support cycle I can see PS4 doing $140m-$150m by the time it leaves the market in 3-4 years. Unless of course they continue to support beyond 10 years then idk where this thing could be headed towards to.
The drawback will be availability and people's Internet. People thinking Game Streaming is going to be the standard soon (within the next gen) are going to be in for a surprise. It won't even support most regions for years yet.
You didn't even mention the biggest upcoming release of them all...
