PS4 has entered the final phase of its life cycle, says Sony

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The PS4 is nearing the the end of its life cycle, according to PlayStation boss John Kodera.

John Kodera, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, told investors at the company’s Investor Relations Day 2018, held in Tokyo, that this is the phase where PS4 console sales would take a hit.

However, the company’s growing recurring revenue from PlayStation Plus should offset this decline in sales. Wall Street Journal Takashi Mochizuki was in attendance, and they reported on some of Kodera’s quotes on Twitter.

This doesn’t mean that Sony would end support for the console so soon, it only means that the majority of units have already been sold, and that the focus will shift from selling hardware to keeping players engaged.

Kodera is quoted as saying that Sony continues to invest in first-party and exclusive games, though that doesn’t just mean new IPs. Refreshing existing IPs and expanding successful ones even further is also part of the company’s plan.

The CEO also touched on the topic of PlayStation VR sales, saying that PS VR is growing, despite an overall low growth rate for the VR industry as a whole.

Interestingly, Kodera was quoted as saying that from now until March 2021 (the company’s mid-term plan), Sony will “crouch down once to grow further in the future.” It’s not exactly clear what Kodera means by this, but it could be a reference to the period of ramping down that typically precedes the design and launch of a new platform.

The PS4 launched in November 2013 in the West, and there are already rumblings of PS5 dev kits being sent to developers in anticipation of a possible 2020 launch.

Posted: May 22, 2018 3:41 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://www.vg247.com/2018/05/22/ps4-final-phase-of-life-cycle-says-sony/

Comments

DeftonesPosted: Wed. May 23, 2018

PC I dont see why we need a new generation of a console? What more do u want out of a console? They already can run 4k? And i still play 1080p on console and 1440 on my pc. If sony released a $50k PS4 that ran instead of 4k ran 20k, the game makers couldnt do much more then what they are doing. I mean some games cant even optimise there games to run on the current systems which is not the systems fault, the current systems have plenty of power. Idk why you would even want to get a better console? I feel its going to be a very long time before a new console is going to be released. Or if there is going to be one, it will still only run 4k, and they will sell everyone on better hardware and some stupid thing that they added onto the new console and maybe make something exclusive for that console. And all these kids that have ps4 pros will run and buy it for a stupid little feature and ps4 will make millions. LOL My thing is, On PC you can build a 100k dollar computer and it would likely be a waste of money because u can only go so far on hardware because the games have a max. I feel like if PS4 made a new console it would be worthless because most games are still behind in making good optimized 4k games for the PS4 Pro, Xbox One X. What im saying is getting a better Console is not going to Optimize the games any better. okay im going on and on now, its 3 in the morning, im going to bed LOL (Sorry for all the misspelled words, im tired)

They just want to milk money out of their fanbase, nothing else.

PCPosted: Wed. May 23, 2018

I dont see why we need a new generation of a console? What more do u want out of a console? They already can run 4k? And i still play 1080p on console and 1440 on my pc. If sony released a $50k PS4 that ran instead of 4k ran 20k, the game makers couldnt do much more then what they are doing. I mean some games cant even optimise there games to run on the current systems which is not the systems fault, the current systems have plenty of power. Idk why you would even want to get a better console? I feel its going to be a very long time before a new console is going to be released. Or if there is going to be one, it will still only run 4k, and they will sell everyone on better hardware and some stupid thing that they added onto the new console and maybe make something exclusive for that console. And all these kids that have ps4 pros will run and buy it for a stupid little feature and ps4 will make millions. LOL My thing is, On PC you can build a 100k dollar computer and it would likely be a waste of money because u can only go so far on hardware because the games have a max. I feel like if PS4 made a new console it would be worthless because most games are still behind in making good optimized 4k games for the PS4 Pro, Xbox One X. What im saying is getting a better Console is not going to Optimize the games any better. okay im going on and on now, its 3 in the morning, im going to bed LOL (Sorry for all the misspelled words, im tired)

RaubenPosted: Wed. May 23, 2018

Surely they arnt going to release a new console already!

Original_LayPosted: Tue. May 22, 2018

Their sales provides it. Ps4 sales are almost on par with ps3 and Xbox 360 when last gen console started to fade.

Mario350Posted: Tue. May 22, 2018

it has been 5years so its bound to end plus they did all revisions too early anyways so of course its at the end

SilkyPosted: Tue. May 22, 2018

I still feel like it's too early for a next gen console, hopefully they decide to wait it out a few more years still.

MazePosted: Tue. May 22, 2018

Can't believe this generation is almost over :/

MushroomElmPosted: Tue. May 22, 2018

The moment they made any serious mentions of the PS5, which they have, is the moment PS4 entered its last cycle. I doubt we will see anything beyond the PS4 Pro this generation.

I feel like it is too early, but it's been about 5 years. Another 1 or 2 to factor in making the PS5 and you've got the same lifespan as the PS3. Crazy, how fast time goes...