Mibu no ookami
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I think you are exaggerating here. They didn't miss it badly all year. Hell, just going off how their Q1 and Q2 were, and the Q4 that preceded them in 2023, anyone could understand why they made that prediction.
And they are off by only 4M. Not 6 or 8M. An argument can be made that they could have hit that 25M shipment if they actually tried. You know, like have a $400 PS5 slim bundled with Spiderman and the other bundled with COD. That would have almost certainly guaranteed them an additional 4M in sales over that 6-month window (Q3+Q4). They didn't do that. If anything, what they did is something that anyone who hears that can say is the one thing you don't do when you are trying to sell something. The increased the price of the cheapest PS5 and didn't do a price drop for the most expensive one.
And kudus to you, no one is saying you were not correct. I said the exact opposite, but both statements are mutually exclusive, for one to happen, it means the other wouldn't. If they increase the price, they do not hit 25M. If they drop the price, they do.
Again, you have to understand that they were still selling to pent up demand not to mention games like Hogwarts Legacy. So, no their prediction didn't make sense.
Also, they weren't just off 4M.
- That's 2 billion in revenue at least
- That's 4 million people not buying software, particularly Spider-Man
- That's an overall adjustment down to FY2024
- If they hit 25 million for FY23 they would have anticipated 21-22 million for FY24, now it'll probably be 16-17 million, it throws their entire projections off for the rest of the PS5's life, which is why their stock tanked as a result and the real reason why they're doing layoffs.
- This was the difference between selling 115-120 million units and 130-140 million units