In an interview, Sony’s CEO Jim Ryan explained that the PlayStation 4 will continue to be supported for years to come. Because the PlayStation 4 will still have the most players in the coming years. The PlayStation gained many new users due to COVID as well.
Where is the information coming from? Sony’s CEO Jim Ryan talked in an interview with Gameindustry.biz about the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5. During this interview, they also discussed the generational shift. In this interview, Ryan also explained that the current PlayStation 4 will be supported for a long time.
What did Ryan say in the interview? In the interview, he explained that the PlayStation had gained many new users due to the COVID epidemic. He stated: “Obviously, our eyes and our horizon regarding what is possible with this PS4 community have widened based on what we have observed in the last six months.”
And he added:
The [increase in players] can be quite powerful, because in 2021, 2022 … the PS4 community we talked about will represent the vast majority of players on PlayStations during this period. It is crucial that we keep them engaged and happy. And the last six months have shown that we can do it to an extent we didn’t think possible when we were still thinking pre-COVID.
The COVID epidemic has increased interest in console gaming and thus created a larger user base on the PlayStation 4.
And these players want to be supported in the coming years as well.
PS5 to surpass PS4, but it will take time
What does he mean by that? Ryan explains that the PlayStation 4 has a broad user base that continues to expect support. It will not be so easy to transition all PS4 users to the PlayStation 5 quickly. And that will be a challenge:
The install base [of games] is not the only metric for the success of the PlayStation 5, but it is clearly an important one. There is still the goal for the PS5 to surpass the PS4, and that will be a challenge.
And it is quite possible that despite the launch of the PlayStation 5 on November 19, the number of PS4 users will still rise. So your PlayStation 4 could be worth more in the long run than you think:
