Agree with the games part but in terms of sales of the console, I wouldn't say they do bad. It still outsold the PS3 and is 8th most sold console of all time. Despite what people online say, GTA6 will likely be a big console mover too, so I could see it edge out the Wii and PS1 by the end of its life cycle.
Outselling the PS3 is hardly an achievement. The console sold for $599 at launch and lacked support from developers. of course, it only picked up because consoles were way more popular and had free online.
It might beat the Wii, maybe not, because I think everyone who wants it has one. I expect maybe a boost of a couple million when 6 releases, but thats it.
Consoles lost their edge. Especially with them going digital now, they'll just soon have no advantage over PC except a few hundred dollars.
It will still be bought, mostly by teens and younger, but I think PC will take over. Excluding hybrid consoles like the switch.
Add in the cost of subscriptions for online play and people are getting fatigued.
The PS3 eventually outsold the 360 for gods sake. But for PS5 93 million is a fuck ton, a massive success, I don’t know why you are underselling that. Plus the first years of its lifespan were the Covid years which saw a lot of manufacturing delays. Even more impressive frankly.
With that said I agree with you, Sony going all digital is going to hurt the PS6 SIGNIFICANTLY, unless they have some real killer exclusive games (and by all evidence of the last 10 years they won’t) it will fail. Nintendo will probably be the only console manufacturer with a pulse in the market in 10 years time.
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u/BigBootyBuff Jul 13 '26
Agree with the games part but in terms of sales of the console, I wouldn't say they do bad. It still outsold the PS3 and is 8th most sold console of all time. Despite what people online say, GTA6 will likely be a big console mover too, so I could see it edge out the Wii and PS1 by the end of its life cycle.