Sony hate thread

[Whoopsie Daisy]

PS5 is dead in Japan. Latest Famitsu sales figures:

Famitsu Sales: Week 7, 2025 (Feb 10 - Feb 16)

01./02. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo) {2025.01.16} (¥5.980) - 14.753 / 195.449 (-9%)
02./01. [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree (Nintendo) {2024.10.17} (¥6.480) - 13.801 / 1.189.073 (-20%)
03./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.737 / 6.248.684 (+5%)
04./00. [NSW] Urban Myth Dissolution Center # (Shueisha) {2025.02.13} (¥3.400) - 6.294 / NEW
05./07. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 5.129 / 3.811.294 (+6%)
06./06. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 5.050 / 8.073.378 (-4%)
07./14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 3.782 / 5.523.073 (+54%)
08./00. [NSW] Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2025.02.11} (¥7.000) - 3.370 / NEW
09./11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 3.287 / 5.720.077 (+1%)
10./15. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) - 3.214 / 2.550.165 (+31%)

|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 40.003 | 43.672 | 48.391 | 388.463 | 381.182 | 35.284.222 |
| PS5 # | 16.049 | 14.408 | 38.212 | 124.917 | 298.921 | 6.543.923 |
| XBS # | 2.826 | 2.320 | 1.647 | 12.077 | 15.571 | 669.778 |
| PS4 # | 23 | 21 | 467 | 189 | 4.586 | 9.504.976 |

 

[moocow]

PS5 is dead in Japan. Latest Famitsu sales figures:

Jesus, that's just abysmal.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Jesus, that's just abysmal.

Not one PS5 game sold more than 3000 units last week. Not one. It lost to a 7 year old 'under-powered' mobile device.

 

[Edgy But Dull]

PS5 is dead in Japan. Latest Famitsu sales figures:




|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 40.003 | 43.672 | 48.391 | 388.463 | 381.182 | 35.284.222 |
| PS5 # | 16.049 | 14.408 | 38.212 | 124.917 | 298.921 | 6.543.923 |
| XBS # | 2.826 | 2.320 | 1.647 | 12.077 | 15.571 | 669.778 |
| PS4 # | 23 | 21 | 467 | 189 | 4.586 | 9.504.976 |

The breakdown of those hardware sales are brutal:

• PS5 - 8,169 units
• PS5 Pro - 5,671 units
• PS5 Digital - 2,209 units
  • Total PS5 Units - 16,049 units

Meanwhile looking at the Switch:

• Switch OLED - 26,561 units
• Switch Lite - 9,984 units
• Switch - 3,458 units
  • Total Switch Units - 40,003 units

God damn dude, the Switch already announced and revealed its replacement coming out this year but just the OLED alone completely stomps the entire PS5 sales.

 

[Incecticyder]

Jesus, that's just abysmal.

Abysmal does not quite cut it. If PS2 saw those sales, it would demand a DNA test. Hope the wokebucks were worth it. Also, I expect firings and cancellations.

Not one PS5 game sold more than 3000 units last week. Not one. It lost to a 7 year old 'under-powered' mobile device.

That "underpowered" mobile device is supposed to be replaced this year but it will still sell enough to surpass the PS2 afterwards.

The breakdown of those hardware sales are brutal:

• PS5 - 8,169 units
• PS5 Pro - 5,671 units
• PS5 Digital - 2,209 units
  • Total PS5 Units - 16,049 units

Meanwhile looking at the Switch:

• Switch OLED - 26,561 units
• Switch Lite - 9,984 units
• Switch - 3,458 units
  • Total Switch Units - 40,003 units

God damn dude, the Switch already announced and revealed its replacement coming out this year but just the OLED alone completely stomps the entire PS5 sales.

If Sony does not right the ship by 2027 (I am being generous here), they might as well leave console manufacturing.

 

[moocow]

Also, I expect firings and cancellations.

Why? Sony's been pants-on-head retarded for the past decade. They'll probably try to spin this as a win because another warehouse full of PS2s "sold" this month and distracted potential PS5 buyers.

 

[Incecticyder]

Why? Sony's been pants-on-head retarded for the past decade. They'll probably try to spin this as a win because another warehouse full of PS2s "sold" this month and distracted potential PS5 buyers.

Firings because they need to save money and one of the most common ways to do it is to lay-off people. And cancellations because of tax credit. The shareholders can only be fooled for so long. If Fairgame$ or any other game with a similar budget turns out to be a Concord-level flop, there will be major restructuring. The console did not sell as well as it should have. It is nearing the end of its lifespan. Will the successor do better? That is what the shareholders will be asking. Right now, either they do not meet the projected sales or the projected sales are so low it is impossible to miss them.

 

[Broseph]

PS5 is dead in Japan. Latest Famitsu sales figures:




|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 40.003 | 43.672 | 48.391 | 388.463 | 381.182 | 35.284.222 |
| PS5 # | 16.049 | 14.408 | 38.212 | 124.917 | 298.921 | 6.543.923 |
| XBS # | 2.826 | 2.320 | 1.647 | 12.077 | 15.571 | 669.778 |
| PS4 # | 23 | 21 | 467 | 189 | 4.586 | 9.504.976 |

Not a single PS5 game on the charts

 

[LifeAlert]

|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 40.003 | 43.672 | 48.391 | 388.463 | 381.182 | 35.284.222 |
| PS5 # | 16.049 | 14.408 | 38.212 | 124.917 | 298.921 | 6.543.923 |
| XBS # | 2.826 | 2.320 | 1.647 | 12.077 | 15.571 | 669.778 |
| PS4 # | 23 | 21 | 467 | 189 | 4.586 | 9.504.976 |

NOOOOOOO SONYBROS NOT LIKE THIS

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I know this is the Sony hate thread, but even though I was sick this past week, I managed to stop being lazy and finally get both the PCSX2 and DuckStation emulators to work for my Valve Steam Deck atter just a few short years of procrastinating.



I’ve been acting like lazily photoshopped pic related for more than a few days, and it’s been a while since I had fun with anything Sony related. Gaming (for me, right now at least) is not dead!

 

[Adash]

|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 40.003 | 43.672 | 48.391 | 388.463 | 381.182 | 35.284.222 |
| PS5 # | 16.049 | 14.408 | 38.212 | 124.917 | 298.921 | 6.543.923 |

That is fucking insane. Sony can't beat the 7 year old console that has a SoC from 10 years ago, and that also has its successor coming right up. The PS6 is crashing into the ground unless they actually release games and lower the price.

 

[LifeAlert]

The PS6 is crashing into the ground unless they actually release games and lower the price.

Too late for that and will never happen anyway. The japs have spoken, America has spoken, and poorfag eurotrash have spoken; PlayStation is dead. Long live the Switch and PC

 

[Willie B. Hardigan]

I'll tell you what the N64 actually couldn't handle. Pre-rendered cutscenes and voiced dialogue. Being on a CD was such a massive benefit for the PS1, granted us 64 fans could always counter with our smaller/non-existent loading times and bigger 3D open worlds.

Star Fox 64 - 1997

Mortal Kombat 4 (N64) - 1997

Resident Evil 2 (N64) - 1998

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron - 1998

South Park 64 - 1998

The World is Not Enough (64) - 2000

The N64 may be an overrated console in the current day due to heavy nostalgia, however, the term "overrated" is not a synonym for "terrible" just that people have overhyped its merit beyond reality. It did well enough and was capable but multiple internal decisions along with fresh competition from an opportunistic, crafty, and innovative Sony made it a second-fiddle in what was a changing industry. As we can see by this:

|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 40.003 | 43.672 | 48.391 | 388.463 | 381.182 | 35.284.222 |
| PS5 # | 16.049 | 14.408 | 38.212 | 124.917 | 298.921 | 6.543.923 |
| XBS # | 2.826 | 2.320 | 1.647 | 12.077 | 15.571 | 669.778 |
| PS4 # | 23 | 21 | 467 | 189 | 4.586 | 9.504.976 |

The shoe is now on the other foot. The PlayStation brand is desperately waiting for GTA 6 to bring them a new IV bag to prolong the inevitable another generation maybe. The highest branch is not the safest roost.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

That is fucking insane. Sony can't beat the 7 year old console that has a SoC from 10 years ago, and that also has its successor coming right up. The PS6 is crashing into the ground unless they actually release games and lower the price.

The PS5 is 3 million units behind PS4 with maybe 2 years on the market. With these numbers, they aren't hitting the PS4 targets.

Something something, launch aligned with PS4, something something.

 

[Caddo Cobgang]

The PS5 is 3 million units behind PS4 with maybe 2 years on the market. With these numbers, they aren't hitting the PS4 targets.

Something something, launch aligned with PS4, something something.

the issue is that they are basically turning into the Valve of Console Gaming, they dont want to release first-party games anymore and would rather coast on Call of Duty/Sportsball niggers.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

the issue is that they are basically turning into the Valve of Console Gaming, they dont want to release first-party games anymore and would rather coast on Call of Duty/Sportsball niggers.

Which will end in disaster when Valve release their console.

As an indicator of how fast shit has fallen off:

Look at the operating INCOME differences. Ryan's was 300 a year, Hulsts is 150~ a year.
If the outgoing costs of operation were the same under Ryan and Hulst, then Hulst is costing Sony money. Probably why he was replaced.

If GTA 6 fumbles, Sony will be in an even more difficult position. The next big game after that will be a woke game launching in 2026. If woke has become hated by then, it will tank.

 

[regalterry]

Will the successor do better?

Unlikely. That would require truly massive structural changes to how Sony has been set up to operate, plus a complete retooling of all their developers to actually make games people want, instead of woke cinematic slop.

Even if there was a clear vision within the company and the will to see such changes through, it would still take them years to implement, and they don't have years.

The Switch 2 is coming out this year, which will give them a massive headstart already. The PS6 is coming in 2026, or more likely 2027, by which point the Switch 2 will have cemented its place as the market leader - with massive support from first-party and third-party developers.

To compete with that level of success Sony would need a PS2-level miracle, and that's just not in the cards. The PS6 will be monstrously expensive, both to purchase and develop for, and will have a pitiful number of exclusives, since Sony's first-party developers need a whole console generation to make a single game.

And the games they make are obscenely expensive woke flops that struggle to break even, since they cost as much as a Hollywood blockbuster.

They're fucked.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

by which point the Switch 2 will have cemented its place as the market leader - with massive support from first-party and third-party developers.

The PS6 will be monstrously expensive, both to purchase and develop for

If the PS6 is expensive and overly powerful, it's DOA like PS3 was. Once third party devs realise they can make games for relatively cheap on the Switch 2, while making more profit, they will shy away from making a more expensive version for the PS6, unless those games are £100.

Either way, like you say, Sony are fucked.

 

[El Chacal De La Trompeta]

I wonder if Sony no s going to kill the ps5 the moment the ps6 comes out to try to get life on the thing or there will be ps5 versions of the new games. The ps6 is legit a no Buy on this household

 

[ChefKiss]

Too late for that and will never happen anyway. The japs have spoken, America has spoken, and poorfag eurotrash have spoken; PlayStation is dead. Long live the Switch and PC

They could still turn things around if they really wanted to but they'll never do what would be needed
They should have shut down every single one of their live service failures in development but no they'll keep on pouring money into Fairgame$, Marathon and "Gummy Bears", just pissing it away because they cant admit to failure
They should NOT be spending 300-400m apiece on the Heretic Prophet, Horizon 3, Last of Us 3 and maybe not even on God of War if they're going to make it about Ngrboda
They should be crawling back to developers they've scorned, asking hey Fumito Ueda, how's that new game going? Need some help, anything we can do. Same with Penny Blood, Armed Fantasia, the ex-wipeout devs new racing and roguelike games etc but of course why have a dozen exclusives when none of them have the potential to make billions, just keep gambling! Surely a live service will make fortnite money, surely Last of us will sell 20 million copies again
They should be getting their long term moderately successful franchises like Wipeout, Motorstorm and Everybody's golf back up and running
They should be releasing Gran Turismo as a fully featured flagship game that gets people to buy the system but they'd rather nickel and dime the dwindling playerbase harder instead.
They should be incubating talent with tons of small first party exclusive games like Tokyo Jungle, Trash box etc
They should be rebuilding close ties with third party developers other than the collapsing AAA western companies filling their conferences and stores with complete shit, but this is the company that basically told From Software to fuck off with the souls franchise because game journos told them Demons Souls was bad
None of it will ever happen, neither the people at playstation nor the hardcore fanboys would accept admitting a mistake and committing to a long term rebuilding strategy, they'll just seethe and rage about how Spiderman 3 and Ngrboda are totally selling 50 million copies each, you'll see next time sony updates the sales figures!