r/Fucksony2 • u/Proper_Leading_63 • 3d ago

PlayStation Hardware Sales Hit Lowest Point Since 2013

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/playstation-hardware-sales-hit-lowest-point-since-2013-in-us-and-ps5s-price-is-the-problem
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u/Thin_Station7464 3d ago edited 3d ago

The PS6 is going to flop so hard...

And there are several reasons for this:

  • A console costing over €1,000
  • A PS6 that offers even fewer advantages over the PS5 than the PS5 did over the PS4. This happens with every generation: the gap between generations keeps getting smaller.
  • The end of physical games, and thus the end of being able to resell your games for instance
  • Games becoming increasingly expensive for consumers, especially due to the "digital-only" model with titles available exclusively on PSN
  • A loss of consumer trust in Sony
  • Increasingly rare exclusive titles: the PS5 generation is already the worst in this regard, by a long shot...
  • 90% of games will also be available on the PS5

I think it will be way worse than the PS3 launch. The PS3 flopped initially yet it actually had several selling points going for it (lots of major exclusives, a high-quality Blu-ray player, a genuine technical leap over the PS2...).

In short, I can't see any scenario where the PS6 is a success at launch or even afterwards, particularly if the hardware price doesn't drop.

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u/MartyEBoarder 3d ago

Every console gamer I know is switching to PC gaming.

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u/weekendroady 3d ago

I also see some drifting to retro or backlogs. I think retro gaming will get a bump for sure, there is so much out there to play. Nintendo isn't automatically the good guys here, but the Switch 2 is also an alternate destination for some.

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u/MartyEBoarder 3d ago

And emulation. Sony is screwed. Big time.

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u/DaddyDeWitt 3d ago

I am seriously considering buying the nintendo switch, my siblings have 2 ps5 already, theres no point in buying a third and theres no way i buy the ps6 if sony stops making discs

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u/Virtual_Link_3410 2d ago

I was really on the fence with the Nintendo switch 2 and I had no intention of buying it until I read about the first price hike I didn't realize it was only going to be $50 so I did kind of panic buy one without prices are increasing rapidly with everything electronic. I didn't feel one way about it or the other the first couple weeks but now that I've had it for like 7 months I'm really happy with my purchase. It's kind of my metroidvania playing device. But even when it's not the fact that it can run some of these AAA games as well as it can is really impressive.

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u/Major_Limit1674 18h ago

Dude play Metroid Dread if you love Metroidvania’s on Switch 2

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u/illkwill 3d ago

That's what I've been doing. I started playing my PS3 again. Used games are still affordable and they hold up very well.

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u/Thin_Station7464 3d ago

I own every PlayStation console, but I started drifting away from them after the PS4 in favor of PC gaming... and that’s not about to change.

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u/dantethegreatest 3d ago

PC hardware costs are insane. People are going to keep what they have already and only upgrade if absolutely necessary.

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u/Virtual_Link_3410 2d ago

I took a loan out for a pc. Stupid? Yeah. Fuck sony though

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u/MartyEBoarder 2d ago

Not stupid at all. Have fun!

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u/Prior_Highlight8236 3d ago

Yep. They already lost me. Fuck Sony.

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u/Rei364 3d ago

We really out her fan ficing the ps6 launch 😭😭😭

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u/rFranceMaTuer 3d ago

PS3 certainly didn't have a high quality blue ray player.

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u/Thin_Station7464 3d ago

I recall quite well that the Blu-ray player was highly rated.

Here is a review from back then: https://www.soundandvision.com/content/playstation3-blu-ray-disc-player

It was also well known that Sony lost money on every PS3 and relied (as always) on game sales to recoup the costs.

And for roughly the price of a standard Blu-ray player, you were getting a genuine next-gen game console.

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u/rFranceMaTuer 3d ago

I don't believe that review for one second. Source : I owned 3 PS3s

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u/Thin_Station7464 3d ago

Ok.

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u/rFranceMaTuer 3d ago

Your review doesn't say the BR player is good it says it's cheap.

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u/lalalateralus 3d ago

So have I, they all work flawlessly for me.

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u/rFranceMaTuer 3d ago

yall are full of shit

During the first few years of the console's lifecycle, the PS3 maintained an overall hardware failure rate of roughly 10%. While this was vastly superior to the Xbox 360's disastrous 23.7% "Red Ring of Death" epidemic, optical drive failure ranked as one of the single most frequent hardware problems for PS3 owners

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u/Crille2898 3d ago

Unfortunately it won't. People said that about ps5 after they announced they aren't doing sisk anymore and the ps5 pro is still sold out everywhere in my country.

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u/foreveraloneasianmen 3d ago edited 3d ago

i dont think sony is expect ps6 to achieve the same sales as ps5.
ps6 is basically the high end for console platform.

low end users will stay with ps5 and high end users will stay with ps6.
Cross play is going to last even longer now.

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u/boomboxwithturbobass 3d ago

No, that was supposed to be the PS5 Pro.

And even at that time, the amount of games and exclusives for PS5 was minuscule compared to previous consoles. I really do think there’s a shift coming and Sony’s idiocy just exacerbated it.

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u/foreveraloneasianmen 3d ago

there will be games for both ps5 and ps5 pro.
They are not going to release games for the ps5 pro only.

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u/Thin_Station7464 3d ago

No, by definition the PS6 is supposed to be the next generation.

The only consoles for high-end users are the "Pro" models.

Personally, I own all the standard PlayStation consoles and none of the Pro models. But I think the PS5 will be my last one.

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u/TheRed24 3d ago

From the leaks the base PS6 will be considered the high end model (at least until the PS6 Pro comes out), and the PS6 "Canis" hybrid console will be cheaper entry point next gen baseline console to keep costs down for the mass market

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u/Thin_Station7464 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ah, I wasn't aware of that.

And I find the whole thing really unclear for the consumer...

Anyway the name doesn't matter; if the hardware is too expensive (and I don't see the price dropping, given the AI ​​factor) it’s going to flop. Regardless of what it's called.

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u/Proper_Leading_63 3d ago

Deserved

Fuck sony

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u/Fatso_Forgotso_ 3d ago

Maybe the jailbreak news will make the number’s rise again 😄

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u/Kakacobina 3d ago

This! I would love to be able to play my PS3 discs on the PS5

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u/Nemesis_6 3d ago

I sold my PS5 and so are some of my friends and went full PC, it’s not worth it anymore.

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u/KerfuffleAsimov 3d ago

Didn't Sony say recently hardware sales weren't the priority right now? And that squeezing every current customer for every single cent they can is the objective now?

I'm 100% not buying the next console and I'm lucky I invested in building a PC four years ago.

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u/jaxiya5336 3d ago

On the plus side, PS5 controller sales are up!!!

Wait a minute...

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u/FatHaddock 3d ago

Don’t sales typically go down throughout the consoles life?

Like yeah..I can imagine why PS3 sales were low in 2013, it had been out for 7 years and the PS4 was around the corner.

Not to say we’re getting a PS6 next year, but we’re pretty far into this consoles life. I’d imagine that a good majority of the folks who wanted one have gotten it by now

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u/One_Bar2807 3d ago

its shouldn't be that low...
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it should be 0

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u/RainbowNugget24 3d ago

I wonder why...

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u/shikima0 3d ago

Only price point of 1000+ euros makes a huge difference, if they can get it to 700e it would sell well.

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u/Xinyyc 3d ago

All that needs to happen is some immensely popular sony-only "hardcore" third party studio returns their PS6 development kit and makes their next big name main-line series Nintendo-only exclusive for the next 20 years, and the time line will start to heal.

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u/senhordobolo 3d ago

Exclusives are dead. Decomps are being made in weeks, soon they will be made in a day.

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u/dinklberg1990 3d ago

Save for a steam deck if the future is digital use steam your only missing like 7-8 games a year if that

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u/tecton1 3d ago

Wonder if it will end up selling as well as PS4? They are still a bit behind..

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u/jyrox 3d ago

What’s wild is that the Pro models are sold out everywhere despite constant restocks. It really points towards a massive decrease in production.

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u/ChainsOfCausality 3d ago

Every negative thing affecting Sony makes me happy :) Fuck Sony

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u/Prestigious_Word6758 3d ago

Sony did this to themselves they just keep getting worse and worse.

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u/Accomplished_Leg2030 3d ago

Arrogant Sony never learns.

They’re at their best when they’re losing

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u/Independent_Pie_1368 3d ago

Sony can kick rocks.

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u/senhordobolo 3d ago

If you have 1k and want a *console", buy a Steam Machine. You will be able to play any game until the current gen, you will be happier and you will still use it 10 years from now.

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u/dano2469tesla 3d ago

Well yeah everything is expensive right now

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u/rechoflex 1d ago

Sony offing itself was not on my bingo card

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u/Majestic-Marcus 3d ago

Console at the end of its life cycle sees sales slow.

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u/Proper_Leading_63 3d ago

Historically, the 6th year of a console is usually when they sell the most.

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u/Majestic-Marcus 3d ago edited 3d ago

What!? That’s an absolutely insane thing to pull out of your ass and believe

Console sales always slow at the end of their life cycle. That’s why new consoles are released.

Do you have a single source to show that any console, from any developer, from any era, have ever sold their most in year 6?

Edit: “it’s a fact” then deleted or blocked. Well if it’s a fact it should be easy to find proof.

Sales increase in year 6. Not sales.

As in discounts, not units sold.

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u/Proper_Leading_63 3d ago

It's a fact.

Look it up, moron.

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u/AdequatelyProdigiius 3d ago

Did you look at a single data point around COVID and decide that's the norm?

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u/Dear_Aside_7581 3d ago

why are we lying? 🤥

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u/mrloko120 3d ago

Historically, the 3rd and 4th year are when they sell the most actually. The 5th and 6th year is when they start slowing down production because its not expected to sell and start making plans for the next gen.

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u/VTKillarney 3d ago

Reddit HATES facts.