Official Thread PS General Discussion V2

[Kvally]

Sony reports 7% drop in annual profit as PlayStation 5 sales miss trimmed target​

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/sony-q4-and-full-year-2023-earnings.html

 

[TeKPhaN]

 

[DriedMangoes]

Sony Group has also set aside $11.5B for investment/acquisitions over next few years (read: for the company) (Priority is Sony Music , then Playstation)

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/23q4_sonypre.pdf

 

[karmakid]

 

[DriedMangoes]

120 million sold by end of current gen?

 

[karmakid]

120 million sold by end of current gen?

Maybe, too soon to tell

 

[Kvally]

Well, wouldn't active users include those that have a PS5 or PS4, and have multiple family member accounts on the consoles? So that doesn't necessarily mean half are still on PS4. There could be 75 million active users on PS5 and 43 million active users on PS4 for example.

 

[karmakid]

Well, wouldn't active users include those that have a PS5 or PS4, and have multiple family member accounts on the consoles? So that doesn't necessarily mean half are still on PS4. There could be 75 million active users on PS5 and 43 million active users on PS4 for example.

I don’t have an answer to that, but, maybe?

 

[DriedMangoes]

Helldivers 2 Launch Pushes PlayStation to Annual Sales High & Profit Growth in Fiscal Year 2023 Report

As earnings season marches on, I’ll wrap up this week with my final recap of the big three gaming manufacturers. Sony, the largest of the group by sales, has reported its fiscal year 2023 res…

workingcasual.com

 

[Grimmy]

 

[DriedMangoes]

Sounds like more will be focused outside their traditional console "boundaries"?

 

[Grimmy]

Sounds like more will be focused outside their traditional console "boundaries"?

We can push that to a new thread if we think so. I didn't look too hard for a Sony news one.

 

[Kvally]

Sounds like more will be focused outside their traditional console "boundaries"?

Or not related to PS?

 

[Grimmy]

I copied it over to here -> https://unionvgf.com/index.php?thre...ategy-meeting-may-23-2024.178722/post-1046362

 

[Kvally]

I copied it over to here -> https://unionvgf.com/index.php?thre...ategy-meeting-may-23-2024.178722/post-1046362

 

[DriedMangoes]

 

[TeKPhaN]

120 million sold by end of current gen?

Think higher

 

[Kvally]

My guess is 110.