2024/04/27

Hello, I'm Mariyuri from Starry Night and a blog about game lovers.This time it's a story that I was told in a comment on SNS. Sony/Technology/PlayStation Sony failed to meet PS5 sales targets as the game console entered the "late stage of its life cycle"Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’Sony misses PS5 sales target as console enters ‘latter stage of its life cycle’The company is focusing on profitability in its third year.Linkwww.theverge.comAccording to a report from Bloomberg, Sony expects to sell 4 million fewer PS5 consoles in fiscal 2023, which ends on March 31st, than previously expected. This revision was made as part of today's third quarter earnings announcement, with Sony lowering its PS5 sales forecast from 25 million units to 21 million units.Sony sold 8.2 million PS5 units in the third quarter, up from 6.3 million a year earlier, but Bloomberg notes that this was about 1 million fewer units than previously expected. That's despite the release of a big first-party title, Spider-Man 2, strong sales of third-party titles, and the launch of the new, slimmer PS5 in November.Sony's game revenue in the third quarter increased 16% year-on-year to 1.4 trillion yen (approximately $9.3 billion), but operating profit decreased 26% to 86.1 billion yen (approximately $572 billion) due to promotions. million dollars). In the third quarter ending December 31st.According to Sony, as the console approaches its fourth anniversary, the company plans to focus on profitability rather than unit sales. In comments reported by Bloomberg, Sony senior vice president Naomi Matsuoka said, "In the future, PS5 will enter a later stage of its life cycle." "Therefore, we will place greater emphasis on the balance between profitability and sales. For this reason, we expect the annual sales pace of PS5 hardware to begin to decline from next fiscal year." There are no plans to release any new franchise titles." Mariyuri's reactionSony has revised down the sales numbers for PlayStation 5, which is understandable.Square Enix's ``Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth'' has revealed that the PlayStation 5 console and software are not selling well or are not selling as expected.Due to sluggish sales at Japanese game chains, the price of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has fallen, and this is expected to be due to the quality of the previous game, ``Final Fantasy 7 Remake,'' free play, and the release of the complete PS5 version. Masu.This shocked Japanese PlayStation users.Up until now, it has been said that this is because the download version is selling without knowing the actual numbers, but this time it may be difficult.