A Sales Hit Of Ps4 96.8 Million Development Leads To Ps5 Higher R & D Costs

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The lifetime sales of the PS4 reached 96.8 million. PS4 sold 17.8 million units last year and is expected to reach 16 million units in the next year. In addition, due to the upcoming release date of the PS5, its spending on research and development (R&D) is greater than usual. Although PS4 did not call out the PS5 by name, it does mean that its gaming division "adds development costs to the next generation of gaming consoles." Although the PS4 is far from the 100 million sales milestone, hardware sales have been declining, and PS4 profits have benefited from strong software sales only $12.8 billion in 2018 alone. This includes full game downloads, additional content, PS Plus subscriptions, PS Now and other PSN services.

Recent reports indicate that the PS5 will announce the PS5 this year, and the technology giant is also planning to introduce a new premium version of the PS Plus subscription service.

It is said that this will be launched before the PS5, but will also play a role in increasing the revenue of the PlayStation network ecosystem.

The new report comes from "European game developers" through ...
... Segment Next, who claims to know about the next generation of devices.

Although it has not confirmed the PS5 price, it seems that the PS4's successor may be cheaper than originally expected. Due to the relatively advanced features of PC solid-state drives other than the PS3 Super Slim (12GB SSD) and Xbox One Elite (1TB hybrid drive), it is widely speculated that the price of the PS5 is high. However, one analyst believes that the cost of the PS5 may be as much as the PS4.
If there is any indication from Sony's chief system architect Mark Cerny, the PS5 price may be higher than the PS4. Although Sony has fully demonstrated the PS5's expectations in terms of specifications, backward compatibility, and the addition of SSDs to Wired's conversation, there is no mention of the console price. As it turns out, some of the discussions did not explain the problem. According to Peter Rubin, a senior journalist for the publication, the price of the PS5 did appear in his meeting with Cerny.

“I believe we will be able to release it at SRP [recommended retail price], which will attract gamers based on its advanced feature set,” Cerny told Rubin.

This revelation emerged after a strong speculation about the price of the PS5, which shipped with solid-state drives, which remains an expensive proposition. The pricing of the new console is usually announced near the release. For example, the price of the PS4 is shown on the E3 2013 in June, and the console shipments in November. This time we may encounter a similar situation. Hope that Smithers is right. More expensive consoles can't help Sony or its many fans.

Pelham Smithers, MD, PhD, of market research firm Pelham Smithers Associates, said the PS5 specification will include the AMD Ryzen 3600G CPU. Considering Sony's Mark Cerny's specification of the PS5 is detailed - 7nm 8-core Ryzen CPU supports ray tracing, is compatible with 8K, and is compatible with AMD Navi 20 GPU, which is possible. By the second half of 2019, Smithers speculated that its unit price was about $180 and $220, which might give him a $5,500 in conversation with Wired.

In a conversation with Wired, system architect Mark Cerny confirmed that the PS5 will have an AMD Ryzen CPU, a Radeon Navi GPU, support for ray tracing, and what he calls a "game changer" solid-state drive (SSD). This was released after an anonymous post allegedly by PS5 developers made a similar specification earlier this week. However, with SSD, we are not surprised to see higher price points.

According to Cerny, the PS5 will use a CPU based on the third-generation AMD Ryzen series and include eight cores of the company. As for the GPU, it will be a custom variant of the series with ray tracing support. It will also be backward compatible with PS4 games.
Although PS4 has fully demonstrated the PS5's expectations in terms of specifications, backward compatibility, and the addition of conversation, there is no mention of the console price. As it turns out, some of the discussions did not explain the problem. According to Peter Rubin, for the publication, the price of the PS5 did appear in his meeting.

“I believe we will be able to release it at SRP [recommended retail price], which will attract gamers based on its advanced feature set,” Cerny told Rubin. This revelation emerged after a strong speculation about the price of the PS5, which shipped with solid-state drives, which remains an expensive proposition. The pricing of the new console is usually announced near the release. For example, the price of the PS4 is shown on the E3 2013 in June, and the console shipments in November. This time we may encounter a similar situation.

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