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PS4 was when xbox users switched over to PlayStation.
PS5 was when PS4 users users switched back to the roots, a PC.
This headline would imply that PS4 users are upgrading to PS5 at almost the same rate that they upgraded or moved to the PS4.
Honestly, it's pretty surprising considering the PS4 is still kind of a current console. I'd think a lot of people would be satisfied staying with the PS4 and still getting most of the games that are coming out.
It's a growing market though.
Xbox one and X/S sales are neck in neck with xbox 360 sales too.
Wouldn't that imply it's not a growing market anymore?
Yes, if PC sales wouldn't be growing
https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-04-14-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-increased-4-point-8-percent-in-first-quarter-of-2025?
Not ice the jump in 2020 when the PS5 released.
Yes, its a mature market. We are likely at a point where a new competitor or innovation focused incumbent takes a swing at a new tech.
This is true for me. I did not buy a ps5, but instead a PC. There are no games on ps5 that I want to play that I cannot play on PC.
True for me too, only I did buy a PS5, then a Steam Deck, then built a Linux gaming PC. I doubt I’ll ever go back to PS again, not after this gen.
And the more people do the same the less console exclusives there will be (outside of the Nintendo ecosystem)
And this coming release will be the first time I'm not going to bother about a new Nintendo console going back to the original. For context, I even like the Virtual Boy. Nintendo has done everything possible to make themselves unlikable.
Yeah, the hardest thing is really going to be GTA6. The reason I bought a PS4 was GTA5. Needing to wait 2 years to play GTA6 on PC will be a tough thing to swing.