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Also noteworthy that not only are PS5 sales behind PS4, but the PlayStation's competition has almost entirely disappeared, and that hasn't resulted in more PlayStations sold.

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In case anyone misread the headline the way I did: The PS5 is selling about the same as the PS4 did at this point in its lifespan. The headline kind of makes it sound like the PS4 is still selling as many consoles as the PS5 today.

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised that it's selling that well at all, considering how much of this generation has just been remasters of PS4 games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yes, this means they sold a lot of PS5s, very surprising. The PS4 was extremely successful

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Thank you, yes. That's a bad headline.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I understood what it was saying. I don't think it's a bad headline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

It's interesting to hear, honestly. And would be interesting to dive in if that's related to age, culture, country etc.. But a little too complicated for analyzing that here.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thats not misreading, thats them not being clear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago