PS5 sales continue to do well, but at Sony’s current pace it will have a very hard time surpassing the total sales of the previous generation, and this could become a big problem for the Japanese company. Toyo Securities estimates that in 2024 approximately 18.5 million units will be sold of this console, a number that looks positive on paper, but in reality would be very far from the 25 million units sold that Sony would be aiming for.

You’re probably wondering why this is a problem, and the answer is very simple, because theoretically Sony won’t be able to recoup the development costs of the current generation of consoles. Development costs seem to have increased significantly over the last few years and have reached such a high point that now Not even 100 million PS5 consoles sold would be enough so Sony return the investment created for the development of said console.

This makes sense and helps us better understand why the Japanese company is expanding its commitment to porting more and more PS5 games to PC, as it allows maximize the profitability of said games and ensure a return on development costs.

The most interesting thing about all this is that according to Toyo Securities, this is a reality With the next generation of consoles, i.e. the PS6, it could be even worse, a console that will have higher development costs than the current generation. If confirmed, the selling price of this new console could be higher than what the PS5 had at its launch.

For this reason, Toyo Securities noted that Sony should change its approach and stop betting on large performance increases, as this represents a very large increase in development costs, and that it would have to start thinking about launch simpler and cheaper systems to reach a larger user base. Yes, Xbox Series S also crossed my mind while reading this article.

I don’t think Sony will develop the PS6 with this strategy, in fact I’m convinced is again betting on achieving an important generational leap and for a significant increase in performance. All in all, this wouldn’t stop the Japanese company from making a cheaper and cheaper version of the PS6 following an approach similar to the one Microsoft is using with the current generation. I think it could be a big hit, how about you?