Sony: 1 in 5 PS4s Sold Are PS4 Pros; Selling Better Than Expected

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Back on November 10, 2016, PS4 Pro, an updated PS4 with improved hardware to enable 4K rendering and improve PlayStation VR performance (among other things), launched. And despite there not being a ton of buzz around it since, apparently it is selling quite well.

Speaking to Polygon, Sony opted to not release official sales numbers for the PS4 Pro, but did say since its launch, one in every five PlayStations purchased have been a Pro, which is personally a better ratio than I would have expected: not only because of the $100 more premium price, but because of the nascency of the 4K television market and the fact that Sony hasn’t seemed to push it very hard.

According to Sony global sales chief Jim Ryan, it is way ahead of Sony’s expectations. Ryan also notes — similarly to PSVR — Sony’s forecasting for the PS4 Pro had been poor, and thus the product had been relatively short in supply, making the one-in-five ratio even more impressive.

Speaking to Time, CEO and President of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, Shawn Layden, adds that clearly all of the rumors about the demise of consoles has been “very much premature.” The CEO continues by pointing out that if you’re watching NPD for PS4 and Xbox One sales, console gaming has actually never “been as big and vibrant as it is right now.”

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Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/sony-1-5-ps4s-sold-ps4-pros-selling-better-expected/

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MeetPosted:

Sales might be up but the console itself never really appealed to me.

k3rryPosted:

If the expectations were so low I wonder what their mindset was, like if it made them laugh that people were actually buying Pros.

TOXICPosted:

Happy for Sony but, but PS4 still does not appeal to me.

XboxPosted:

Since when was 1/5 good? If that's better than expected y'all must of had some pretty low expectations.

16Posted:

1/5 really isn't a big number in terms of sales, they released it too early, and are going to end up releasing another console likely way to early.

EchoPosted:

Skates The pro would appeal more towards the serious gamers, I'm just fine with my standard Ps4.


Like Skates said, Pro is for more serious gamer's, Personally I think they threw it out there way to soon. It felt like the PS4 was only out and then the Slim and Pro we're right there even tho there was a big gap in between. Only buy if you spend a big amount of time and effort on gaming.

SkatesPosted:

The pro would appeal more towards the serious gamers, I'm just fine with my standard Ps4.


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