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Sources - Sony Anticipates 10 Million+ PS5s to be Sold in Q3 FY23

Sony is forecasting a huge increase in PS5 unit sales in FY23 and expects to sell over 10 million units over the holiday period.

insider-gaming.com

Following Sony’s latest report of the company having its best quarter yet ending December 31, 2022 (Q3 FY22), Insider Gaming has received information from its sources suggesting that the company is expecting a further huge increase in PS5 unit sales at the end of this year. Insider Gaming has already reported that the company is forecasting (as of a few months ago) 30.5 million units sold for FY23, which would be just shy of the 32 million units that the company has sold entirely since the PS5 was released in November 2020.

Internal forecasts show that Sony is anticipating its lowest month to be August 2023 at 1.5 million units, whereas the company is expecting to sell just shy of 4.8 million units in November 2023. The total for October, November, and December comes in at an impressive 10.5 million units predicted to be sold for the console giant. In part, the high sale numbers are thanks to the new PlayStation 5 model that will feature a detachable disc drive, which is expected to hit shelves in September 2023. The new model is forecasted to sell 18.5 million units in FY23, meaning only around 12 million units of the “classic” PS5 will be sold before it ceases production entirely during the year.

As for when the new PlayStation 5 will be announced is anyone’s guess, but the production of the console kicks off in April 2023, so we’d anticipate there’s probably be an announcement around then.

FY23 forecasted numbers in conjunction with already sold units (and the 6.2 million forecasted to be sold before the end of FY22) suggest that Sony could have sold around 68 million consoles by the end of FY23. Although Sony still has a long way to go to beat PlayStation 2’s 155 million units sold, it will be within reaching distance of the PlayStation Portable which sold around 80 million units.

Disclaimer: Internal forecasts of sales are fluid and subject to change due to market changes.

Regarding the PSVR2 production cuts rumor:

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Factions is coming out at the end of the year isn't it?

 

[3liteDragon]

Factions is coming out at the end of the year isn't it?

Well Spider-Man 2 is, don't know about Factions.

 

[Elios83]

For now the official plan is 23m PS5 in the FY23 (April 2023 to March 2024).
I wouldn't trust other speculations.

 

[SlimySnake]

doubling sales in one year is nuts.

Will be interesting to see if they can get there.

 

[Ezekiel_]

A slimmer/cheaper SKU with Spider-Man 2 is all that's needed

Edit : Oh and stock!

 

[Thirty7ven]

Harry Potter Hogwarts is going to sell a ton of fucking PS5s, and then they have Spider-Man 2 at the end of the year.

It will be a crazy year for them.

 

[NickFire]

Their projection suggests major confidence that Spiderman 2 ships on time. I like that confidence.

 

[Gaiff]

They release a PS5 slim and they get a purchase from me.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I love the fact that the ps5 has vr, the games but it’s a whole different ballgame, ps2 was switching from VHS to DVD.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Well Spider-Man 2 is, don't know about Factions.

That'll be big for sure. I don't think it's 10+ million sales in 1 quarter big though. I suspect it's getting some help by another system seller.

 

[jm89]

I love the fact that the ps5 has vr, the games but it’s a whole different ballgame, ps2 was switching from VHS to DVD.

Beep bop beep bop EverydayBeast is a robot

 

[XXL]

Hogwarts Legacy should be big for them. Also, if they can ride the The Last Of Us HBO hype and get factions out sooner than later, they have a huge year in front of them. Spider-Man 2 is going to be gargantuan. GT7 VR (and VR in general) is going to move some units as well.

 

[saintjules]

Factions is coming out at the end of the year isn't it?

Probably Fall 2023 (Outbreak Day).

 

[AV]

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You guys forgetting something? (this is on top of Spider-Man 2, Hogwarts, VR)

 

[feynoob]

It's wrap.
Xbox journey was nice.
Welcome to our overlord PS5.

Do you guys think it will hit 150m?

 

[3liteDragon]

It's wrap.
Xbox journey was nice.
Welcome to our overlord PS5.

Do you guys think it will hit 150m?

Definitely has a shot at it, if they actually manage to somehow double their sales in the next fiscal year. Hey, I was one of those who were saying 200M earlier lol, you never know.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Harry Potter Hogwarts is going to sell a ton of fucking PS5s, and then they have Spider-Man 2 at the end of the year.

It will be a crazy year for them.

If it gets a bundle, explosive.

 

[saintjules]

Do you guys think it will hit 150m?

Depends on the pacing when running side-by-side with PS4. I haven't followed that all that much. If it's passing in sales better than the PS4 did for example, then Maybe 125-130 mil.

The PS5 had more publicity and marketing, even in the early days of launch. The scarcity of the Console at launch might have made it even more enticing to get one.

I believe the key to reaching such high sales is getting more casuals into the ecosystem.

Edit: to put a little thought into numbers, Switch just reached 122mil. Isn't that the most popular system of the 3?

 

[Nankatsu]

Sony be like:

 

[onQ123]

GTAVI exclusive content incoming

 

[3liteDragon]

Regarding the PSVR2 production cut rumor:

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

It's wrap.
Xbox journey was nice.
Welcome to our overlord PS5.

Do you guys think it will hit 150m?

I mean...if they reach 100M by 2026 i don't see what's stopping them with a price cut and a PS6 by 2028/2029.

Regarding the PSVR2 production cut rumor:

That takashi guy somewhere boiling right now, checking his sources at Sony. It's not the first time he screws up Sony's predictions and makes them come out to dismiss everything he says.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

It's wrap.
Xbox journey was nice.
Welcome to our overlord PS5.

Do you guys think it will hit 150m?

Personally still think that's a tough number to hit, but I guess with PS5 having an extra year as a main platform relative PS4, and assuming the level of support & output remains consistent...it has a decent probability of hitting PS2 numbers after all.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

this means they will have a constant stream of games.

 

[Thirty7ven]

this means they will have a constant stream of games.

Third party is entering into full gear this year no? With the momentum PS5 has, games like Jedi Survivor and Hogwarts are basically system sellers.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Spiderman 2.

Sony will push that to the extreme. That will sell consoles.

Factions 2?

I dunno about that one. It's nd's first time at such a thing. And their mp games have never been super popular, but have been well loved.

Factions 2 needs to be bigger than "it's tdm plus some bonus shit".

Really hope it's division 2 level of scope.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Third party is entering into full gear this year no? With the momentum PS5 has, games like Jedi Survivor and Hogwarts are basically system sellers.

the marketing rights for the wizerd Game is going to do magic. those PS5 are going to vanish from the shelves.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Regarding the PSVR2 production cut rumor:

Yep. Bloomberg's turfer articles shit the bed again. Shocking!

 

[Nankatsu]

Factions 2 needs to be bigger than "it's tdm plus some bonus shit".

Really hope it's division 2 level of scope.

That would legit be damn awesome. Division / Division 2 is such a cool game to play with friends.

It hits a brick wall eventually, but until you do it's damn fun.

 

[cormack12]

 

[onQ123]

Not trolling at all but if PlayStation 5 hit anywhere close to these numbers without Xbox Series sales picking up they might as well shut down production & count their losses.

It would be over from this point with nothing to focus on but Gamepass.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Not trolling at all but if PlayStation 5 hit anywhere close to these numbers without Xbox Series sales picking up they might as well shut down production & count their losses.

It would be over from this point with nothing to focus on but Gamepass.

I'm probably a retarded record by saying this.

But if Microsoft doesn't care about being number 1 they can still do a great job in the other positions. I don't remember the last time Microsoft said they were worried about console sales so I believe they are doing fine.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

someone should be fired

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

I'm probably a retarded record by saying this.

But if Microsoft doesn't care about being number 1 they can still do a great job in the other positions. I don't remember the last time Microsoft said they were worried about console sales so I believe they are doing fine.

they care

 

[onQ123]

I'm probably a retarded record by saying this.

But if Microsoft doesn't care about being number 1 they can still do a great job in the other positions. I don't remember the last time Microsoft said they were worried about console sales so I believe they are doing fine.

If things get that lopsided 3rd party devs will focus on the console that's selling all the software & Microsoft is already slow to produce Xbox Series X consoles.

 

[IDKFA]

Damn.

 

[SLB1904]

Do you guys think it will hit 150m?

Pa4 could have but they never drop the price. So who knows

 

[onQ123]

Controlled leak to shake up the competition

 

[MasterCornholio]

If things get that lopsided 3rd party devs will focus on the console that's selling all the software & Microsoft is already slow to produce Xbox Series X consoles.

That's not going to happen unless software sales plummet.

 

[onQ123]

That's not going to happen unless software sales plummet.

When was the last time you heard about a big game selling well on Xbox?

 

[MasterCornholio]

When was the last time you heard about a big game selling well on Xbox?

You mean all the times they announced the people playing it?

 

[onQ123]

You mean all the times they announced the people playing it?

You know better

 

[MasterCornholio]

You know better

Yeah that Microsoft views success differently. I haven't really seen them be negative about it.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Yeah that Microsoft views success differently. I haven't really seen them be negative about it.

Nobody in business views success differently that revenue and profits. They are just manipulating the dumb dumbs.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Nobody in business views success differently that revenue and profits. They are just manipulating the dumb dumbs.

I personally don't believe Xbox is in trouble especially with Microsoft backing it.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I personally don't believe Xbox is in trouble especially with Microsoft backing it.

Nobody says they are in trouble.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Nobody says they are in trouble.

I'm talking about comments like this.

Not trolling at all but if PlayStation 5 hit anywhere close to these numbers without Xbox Series sales picking up they might as well shut down production & count their losses.

It would be over from this point with nothing to focus on but Gamepass.

All that could really happen is that Microsoft changes how they run Xbox which could be pretty positive for gamers in the end.

 

[onQ123]

Yeah that Microsoft views success differently. I haven't really seen them be negative about it.

This isn't about how they view success it's about if they will feel it's worth it to produce Xbox Series X/S if they're not seeing a return on them in software sells.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'm talking about comments like this.



All that could really happen is that Microsoft changes how they run Xbox which could be pretty positive for gamers in the end.

He is making a hypothetical. And there is some truth to that hypothetic if their entire business model is reliant on subs and not selling units to get more subs. And yes, change is good if it's a positive one. Grassroots "organic" change IMO, not buying up the industry type of change.