“Aggressively” Selling PS5s Isn’t Needed, As Sony Focuses On Making More From Existing Owners

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This November will mark the sixth anniversary of the PlayStation 5 console’s launch, but in the years since its arrival, the gaming market has changed dramatically. The trend of consoles becoming cheaper over time has vanished this generation, as the PS5 now costs more today than it did in 2020, and the expectation is that Sony’s hardware sales could slow down over time. Sony doesn’t seem too worried about that, as company president and CEO Hiroki Totoki explained that there’s no need to “aggressively” sell the console.

“We are in the latter half of the lifetime cycle of a PS console,” Totoki said to the Wall Street Journal. “That means that we do not need to aggressively sell the console today. And rather than that, we’re focusing on recurring revenue from the current user base. And already, PS Plus has more than 125 million MAU (monthly active users) today. And how to monetize from the users is quite important for us.”

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Totoki wasn’t clear by what he meant exactly in terms of aggressive PS5 sales, although it likely comes down to Sony not needing to discount the console or even sell it at a loss to draw in new users.

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