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Sony: Returnal successful new IP; Disc PS5 breaks even next month; Aiming for 50%+ Marketshare
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Horizon Forbidden West is cross gen and out this year. Wouldn't at all surprise me if God of War Ragnarok was cross gen.
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Which is why I'm not stupid enough to say "Ragnarok will be PS5 only because it aimed for 2021".
The person I responded to is the one who drew a conclusion by cherry picking data to support their position, not me.
Ragnarok may or may not be cross gen, there is no past data that points one way or the other and only an idiot would say there is.
Almost certainly, you don't put units (or engagement, or MAUs, or....you get the point) in the bank.
If they are at 45% then 50% looks more than achievable based on the actual evidence out there. PS5 is the best console Sony have ever made, and we still have PSVR2 to come (VR having an unknown glass-ceiling ATM).
Assuming the games continue to stack up then I honestly think 150m is not completely out the question (still unlikely mind).
Hard to call Switch the same as XseXboneX and PS5 when it came out years before them both. Switch 2 probably will come out so late because they'll pull a DS and count it all as if it was just 1 handheld
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The PS5 will be profitable next month — and Uncharted 4 is coming to PC
That was fast.
www.theverge.com
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in another thread someone said it was making a profit at launch.
It was sooner at May 2014
PS4 Already Profitable for Sony - IGN
The company considers the PS4 launch "hugely successful."
Crazy, I assumed because of the price that it may have taken longer.It was sooner at May 2014
PS4 Already Profitable for Sony - IGN
The company considers the PS4 launch "hugely successful."www.ign.com
That is surprising, especially because it was delayed in Japan as far as I remember.
Sony and MS could probably have gone with $599 launch pricing and they'd still be out of stock.
I haven't really been following the rat race since I got mine, but is it possible to get one at a retailer now without a bot scooping one up instantly?
Is this a per-unit basis or just the total amount of money spent/money made from the physical version of PS5 thus far?
Edit: Ah it's entire cost of goods/wholesale
Impressive but I don't think the digital version will ever be profitable on a per-unit basis but that makes sense given the 30% cut they get on every purchase made on them.
Edit: Ah it's entire cost of goods/wholesale
Impressive but I don't think the digital version will ever be profitable on a per-unit basis but that makes sense given the 30% cut they get on every purchase made on them.
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I think it was with one game, but you are correct. PS4 hardware alone was not sold at a profit at launch.
Something like that, it should start to get close to even during 2022.
Nope, not sure about the bot situation currently, but the thing sells out in seconds still
Just imagine how much profit they would be making if they sold the console for $599. I still remember some though the digital was made so they be able to hit the $499 mark.
But this seems similar to PS4 in the amount of time it took for sony to be able to make a profit on the console, its off by a 2-3 months I think.
But this seems similar to PS4 in the amount of time it took for sony to be able to make a profit on the console, its off by a 2-3 months I think.
Is the bolded true? I know the Xbox division as whole ahs never been profitable, but I thought the consoles themselves eventually do become profitable for MS.
Well someone from Xbox said so in the Epic vs Apple Court case I think?
In the case of the 360 and the og Xbox one I really don't know, the series X presumably just a more expensive CPU and GPU
The PS3 wasn't profitable even at $599 but it was too different from the 360 to really compare
No, it took about mid year the following year, about 6-8 months. They said it broke even after a game or so, meaning they likely ate $20-$30sh per unit in 2013.
on topic: can anyone figure out the drop in costs for March 2022 based off Sony's image?
because seems to indicate cost to make PS5 is expected to decrease 20-30%.
aside from recouping R&D costs, what do we think is driving the decreased cost? SSD prices and Dual Sense prices coming down make sense. Maybe RAM too?
Unfortunately no. But there are more opportunities to wait in a que to be told they are all sold out when you finally get your turn lol.