Sony’s attributed lower PS4 sales to consumers waiting for the PS4 Pro.
“On the 15th of September, a new PS4 was launched and PS4 Pro will also become available in November,” said Sony Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida. “Therefore, people didn’t buy the old PS4 model, as they were waiting for the new models. On the 15th of September we launched a new PS4 model, and sales are proceeding as expected, so with this new PS4 and also PS4 Pro the sales for this year are included in our forecast of twenty million, and we’re not changing that volume.”
PS4 sales have dipped slightly, year-on-year, since release. In the UK, Xbox One sales trumped those on PS4 for the second month in a row.
Yoshida added that PlayStation VR sales are “on track”, but wouldn’t talk total unit volumes.
“For PS VR, as you now, on the 13th of October we launched this product. North America, Europe, Japan and Asia… for every region there were very good sales and some of the stores reached low inventory level. The customers gave us a very favorable reputation. We haven’t disclosed any number and figures.
“Since launch the number of units sold is on track, and the second half production plan has been revised upwards slightly. Existing users of PS4, especially core gamers… there are so many of them… But we would like to expand the customer base not only to games, but also other areas, so there is a corporate-wide effort on this. How this will turn out? Together with developers we would like to increase sales of VR, but now it’s too early to say anything definite.”
The PS4 Pro is available from 10 November.
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