Sony Q1 FY3/2026 Financial Results (Apr-June 2025) | PS5 Shipments Top 80.3 Mill; PS5 HW at 2.5M (+4.17% YoY), SW at 65.9M (+23% YoY)

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

Yall don’t get it. Even if they launch at 699 people still buy it people were paying that price and even more with scalpers when it launched. They are now the only flagship console and now Xbox nikkas will be split to pc or ps6.

Sony wants to get as many of their consoles in people's home as possible. Sony doesn't just get profit from game and console sales. They also get profit from the microtransactions, in game transactions, accessories, psn, etc. all based on player engagement. They will also need console sales so their ps6 only exclusives sell well and get profit from all the sources set up by those games. The only way they're doing that is at a price that is no higher than the ps5. Yes there are people who bought a $700 ps5 or will buy a $700 ps6 but those are early adopters. Sony is trying to appeal to the mass market. That's their whole business strategy with playstation. Sell as many units as possible to maximize profit from all the sources they set up. They almost tanked after selling the ps3 at $600 and bring that up all the time. They instead turned to pro consoles to sell consoles above their target audiences cutoff price to enthusiasts.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Console “generations” have changed.

PS6 can and will be more expensive because people will still be buying and playing PS5s for a long time to come.

It think at this point still ~50% of people playing on consoles are playing on “last gen” hardware.

PS6 doesn’t need an attractive price to be successful. People will upgrade when it makes sense for them

Switch 2 cost $500.

No way the PS6 is any less than $600.

I’ll place my bet at $700

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

lol

 

[SNG]

Sony wants to get as many of their consoles in people's home as possible. Sony doesn't just get profit from game and console sales. They also get profit from the microtransactions, in game transactions, accessories, psn, etc. all based on player engagement. They will also need console sales so their ps6 only exclusives sell well and get profit from all the sources set up by those games. The only way they're doing that is at a price that is no higher than the ps5. Yes there will be people that will buy a $700 dollar ps5 or ps6 but those are early adopters. Sony is trying to appeal to the mass market. That's their whole business strategy with playstation. Sell as many units as possible to maximize profit from all the sources they set up. They almost tanked after selling the ps3 at $600 and bring that up all the time. They instead turned to pro consoles to sell consoles above their target audiences cutoff price to enthusiasts.

You right they are appealing to the market they putting games on other platforms for more software sales and they got a strong service ecosystem. Sony makes most its money off the services and software. Yes they make money off hardware but not to the degree of services and software. They will not cut off a base of 80 million ps5 users and make them have to move to PS6. pS3 was totally different they weren’t making money off services like they are today. Online on PS3 was free at that time. They can charge 699 and still be good.

 

[SNG]

Console “generations” have changed.

PS6 can and will be more expensive because people will still be buying and playing PS5s for a long time to come.

It think at this point still ~50% of people playing on consoles are playing on “last gen” hardware.

PS6 doesn’t need an attractive price to be successful. People will upgrade when it makes sense for them

Switch 2 cost $500.

No way the PS6 is any less than $600.

I’ll place my bet at $700

This some of these stans ain’t smelling the fukkin coffee. Sony in 2025 is a lot different than Sony in 2006. They have online services that nikkaz are paying for now that is generating good revenue versus online being free back in those days.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This some of these stans ain’t smelling the fukkin coffee. Sony in 2025 is a lot different than Sony in 2006. They have online services that nikkaz are paying for now that is generating good revenue versus online being free back in those days.

Sony stan’s have to keep up their cult narratives for as long as possible, cause that’s what they’ve built their identities on.

In real life, It’s clear the gaming market is VERY different than it was in the past.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

You right they are appealing to the market they putting games on other platforms for more software sales and they got a strong service ecosystem. Sonys makes most its money off the services and software. Yes they make money off hardware but not the degree of services and software. They will not cut off a base of 80 million ps5 users and make them have to move to PS6. pS3 was totally different they were making money off services like they are today. Online on PS3 was free at that time. They can charge 699 and still be good.

The different ways they get profit besides selling consoles requires such software and services require selling as many units as possible. They're not doing that with a $699 ps6. The ps5 pro does sell even close to the same rate as the ps5 otherwise they would be selling at the same rate were $699 a price that appeals to the mass market. Sony always releases exclusives to the console of that generation with the pivot to cross gen being recent to get people to buy the newest console otherwise they would stay on the previous console. Before almost all the exclusives were exclusive to the generation due to this strategy. They will probably continue this cross gen strategy next gen with some games being exclusive to the ps6. Sony also will need people on the ps5 to move to the ps6 at some point and that doesn't require every single one of them as there will be other types of customers that will buy a ps6. All of this is simply trying to continue the narrative of the ps6 being $700 based on the price of the ps5 pro.

 

[SNG]

The different ways they get profit besides selling consoles requires selling as many units as possible. They're not doing that with a $699 ps6. The ps5 pro does not sell near the same rate as the ps5 otherwise they would be selling at the same rate were $699 a price that appeals to the mass market. Sony always releases exclusives to the console of that generation with the pivot to cross gen being recent. Before almost all the exclusives were exclusive to that generation. They will probably continue this cross gen strategy next gen with some games being exclusive to the ps6. Sony also will need people on the ps5 to move to the ps6 at some point and that doesn't require every single one of them as there will be other types of customers that will buy a ps6. All of this is simply trying to continue the narrative of the ps6 being $700 based on the price of the ps5 pro.

Because the PS5 pro is still a PS5 and doesn’t have exclusives so obviously it won’t sell as much. PS6 is a new generation though and more people will pay that kind of money for that especially if they have good timed exclusives. At 699 it’s still one of the cheaper alternatives in playing Triple A games especially when there’s people spending money on PC and Portable PCs that are either that price or more. Nintendo just launched a handheld that is more than what the PS5 launched at and is one of the biggest console launches if not the biggest and people were complaining about the price at first.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

Because the PS5 pro is still a PS5 and doesn’t have exclusives so obviously it won’t sell as much. PS6 is a new generation though and more people will pay that kind of money for that especially if they have good timed exclusives. At 699 it’s still one of the cheaper alternatives in playing Triple A games especially when there people spending money on PC andPortable PCs that are either that price or more.

There will be people who will pay that, yet that won't be the amount Sony wants because those people will be early adopters and enthusiasts. Sony will not be able to maximize their profits created other than through console sales such as software and services without selling as many units as possible. That's the part you're not understanding. Sony wants to maximize profits created that way on the ps6. The ps5 has exclusives, and the ps5 pro can play those exclusives, yet consumers usually choose the ps5 instead of the ps5 pro because of the $700 price of the ps5 pro. That will occur with a $700 ps6. There is also the disaster that occurred with the ps3 at $600 and the way that affected Sony that Sony talks about to this day that you keep ignoring. Sony understands there is a cutoff price that the mass market is willing to pay up to and don't want to go through what they went through with the ps3 again.

 

[SNG]

There will be people who will pay that, yet that won't be the amount Sony wants because those people will be early adopters and enthusiasts. Sony will not be able to maximize their profits created other than through console sales such as software and services without selling as many units as possible. That's the part you're not understanding. The ps5 has exclusives, and the ps5 pro can play those exclusives, yet consumers usually choose the ps5 instead of the ps5 pro because of the $700 price of the ps5 pro. That will occur with a $700 ps6. There is also the disaster that occurred with the ps3 at $600 and the way that affected Sony that Sony talks about to this day that you keep ignoring. Sony understood the difficult way there is a cutoff price that the mass market is willing to pay up to.

Again you keep bringing up the PS3 and we are not in the same landscape of gaming right now. Xbox was in competition at the time and they are no longer competing with Sony in this space. Sony knows that more people will buy a PS6 at 699 then a PS5 pro because it’s a new generation.

 

[Rekkapryde]

The ps4 pro launched at 399 and then after the PS5 launched at 399 and the disc version was at 499. PS5 pro launched at 699 so best believe the 6 is going to be atleast 699. Ain’t no way with the new tech that’s going to be in there is coming less than the pro.

I do believe in 599 discless and charging for the disc attachment.

XBox hasn't been competition for 2 gens now, shyt they were only competition for ONE, and yall still think Sony gonna just go goofy on the price of the PS6.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

Again you keep bringing up the PS3 and we are not in the same landscape of gaming right now. Xbox was in competition at the time and they are no longer competing with Sony in this space. Sony knows that more people will buy a PS6 at 699 then a PS5 pro because it’s a new generation.

Even without competition, there is still a cutoff price that the mass market is willing to pay up to. Sony would have still went through what they went through with the ps3 at $600 without competition because people would wait until the price went down and stay on the previous playstation. There is still a cutoff price with or without competition and people besides early adopter and enthusiasts would stay on the ps5 until the ps6 price went down were the ps6 $700. That would be exacerbated by cross gen.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

PS5 and PS5 pro will play all the same games as PS6 for at least 6-7 years after the PS6 comes out.

Sony does not need to force people into the PS6 via exclusive games and subsidized consoles.

Beside that, prices are just up no matter how you look at it.

PS4 launched at $400
PS5 launched at $500
PS6 will launch at, at least $600

I don’t even understand why that’s a controversial thing.

What will be controversial is when they announce it will have no disc drive

 

[SNG]

Even without competition, there is still a cutoff price that the mass market is willing to pay up to. Sony would have still went through what they went through with the ps3 at $600 without competition because people would wait until the price went down anyway. There is still a cutoff price with or without competition.

The cutoff price now is as long as it’s cheaper than PC it will sell. Xbox is out the paint the days off selling consoles at a loss for Sony to compete and drive up the base are over. There’s too many suits involved looking to maximize profits they will try it and if the PS6 flops at that price they will adjust accordingly. I mean where else will nikkaz go to get that new Triple A and third party goodness yea we can say PC but to get PS6 level performance it’s still $1000 dollars and up.

Like yall act like Sony is ran by the same nikkaz in 2006 which they are clearly not.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

The cutoff price now is as long as it’s cheaper than PC it will sell. Xbox is out the paint the days off selling consoles at a loss for Sony to compete and drive up the base are over. There’s too many suits involved looking to maximize profits they will try it and if the PS6 flops at that price they will adjust accordingly.

The ps6 will flop at that price. When I say flop, I am saying not selling to the mass market. That would sell to early adopters and enthusiasts. Beyond that, the sales would be abysmal. Anything above $500 without an attachable disc drive will be above the cutoff price of the mass market. Yes the ps6 would sell at $700 but not at the same rate as the ps5, not even close. Sony wants to sell as many consoles as possible as quickly as possible to maximize profits. That has been their strategy for generations, with the ps3 at $600 being a disaster and quickly going back to their strategy of selling to the mass market with the ps4 after that generation. $700 without a disc drive would be a disaster. $600 without a disc drive would be a gamble, and would be about the same or slower sales rate as the ps3 at $600 until there is a price drop. Now with cross gen, that would probably be a slower sales rate since a good amount of people would play the cross gen game on their ps5s or buy a cheaper new or used ps5 to play the cross gen games. No disc drive compared to a disc drive on the ps3 and a disc drive on a cheaper ps5 that could be purchased instead for those that want to play physical ps4, ps5, and cross gen games would also contribute to a probable slower sales rate than the ps3 at $600. Rumors suggest Sony is targeting a price of $500.