Sony was requested about PlayStation 5’s anticipated lifespan and its plans for a successor console throughout an earnings name on Tuesday.
In response, Sony CFO Lin Tao claimed that PS5, which has now surpassed 84 million gross sales, is “solely within the center” of its lifespan, citing the excessive variety of energetic customers who proceed to play on PS4, greater than a decade after its launch.
Final yr, Sony Interactive Leisure mentioned that about half of its month-to-month energetic customers have been nonetheless on PS4.
Tao mentioned in Tuesday’s earnings name, transcribed by VGC: “This yr, in yr 6 for the reason that launch, PS5 has been rising its put in base, and our view is that, in comparison with the traditional console life cycles, and searching on the PS4 cycle, it appears to be getting longer and longer.
“Particularly with the PS4, which was launched in 2013, it’s been over a decade since then, however there are numerous energetic customers having fun with the console, and so they’re having fun with the opposite consoles [too].
“And from that perspective, we imagine that the PS5 is barely in the course of the journey, and we’re actually planning to broaden it even additional.”
As for its next-gen console, Sony wouldn’t touch upon any plans. “And as for the long run launches and successors, we’re not able to make any feedback about that, and that’s all we’ve got,” the CFO mentioned.
Sony mentioned its future console technique in a enterprise section assembly this summer time, through which it mentioned it was dedicated to “exploring a brand new and enhanced means for gamers” to interact with video games, and that the way forward for the platform is “high of thoughts”.
“Whereas we can’t share additional particulars at this stage, the way forward for the platform is high of thoughts,” mentioned SIE CEO, Hideaki Nishino. “We’re dedicated to exploring a brand new and enhanced means for gamers to interact with our content material and companies.”
In accordance with stories, Sony’s plans for PlayStation 6 embody a Nintendo Swap-style handheld with tv docking capabilities.
