PS5 predictions

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Started by the-pi-guy, Feb 05, 2018, 08:05 PM

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Xevross

Holiday sales will be notably down and largely rely on promotions anyways, just like the rest of the year. Also look at how investors reacted after this quarters results. Imagine how they'll react during an entire year of dropping sales, with no information on the future given.

The rumor is that the original plan was to release the PS5 in 2019, which was then pushed back due to several factors (sales of the PS4, software...), so I would not be surprised if Sony decided to release the PS5 next spring but would be shocked if Sony attempted to drag out this entire year without talking about next gen.
I guess its whichever strategy you think would be best. Do you have a pretty poor year, announce almost nothing, and let PS4 sell what it can with a price drop. Then you launch straight into PS5 and have an incredible 2020. This wouldn't strangle any life out of PS4, with people perhaps holding off on games and systems since a PS5 has been announced, probably with BC. But a slow news year would lower playstation's overall momentum, and perhaps do harm to PS5s initial sales.

I think the best strategy will be announcement of PS5 at PSX in December or very early Jan, then launch in the first half of 2020. Basically what Nintendo did with Switch, which worked really well. I think dates and timings will depend on GoT, TLOU and DS though. If at least 2 can come out in 2019 then I think Sony are fine with waiting until 2020 to talk PS5.