Despite the unprecedented initial shortage of the product, the new console has caught up with its predecessor.
Not convincing He concluded boastfully This year, Sony’s game console business, according to its announcement, sold its 50 millionth PlayStation 5 console on December 9, 2023. Management is largely satisfied with the performance, especially after the company was unable to produce enough of the product for two years due to difficulties. Caused by coronavirus or chip shortage.
For more context, this means that the PlayStation 5 took 160 weeks and 2 days to reach 50 million sales since its release date, while the PlayStation 4 took 159 weeks and 4 days to sell that many consoles. Despite its long-running production difficulties, the current-gen console has roughly the same number of units sold as its predecessor, although its sales are already starting to accelerate after all this time with the release of the more powerful PlayStation 4 Pro.
According to current news, after the major revamp of the PlayStation 5 this year, the much more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro will be launched next year, which is expected to provide renewed strength to the sales of the product line.
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