written by Derrick Smith
With both Sony and Microsoft focused on positioning their next generation gaming consoles in the best possible light before their impending 2020 holiday launch, estimated shipment figures are already beginning to take shape.
According to sources associated with the backend supply chains in Taiwan, Sony’s new-generation PS5 game console shipments are estimated to reach at least 120 million units in the next five years after launch in fourth-quarter 2020, roughly double those for Microsoft’s Xbox series X, according to sources of its backend supply chain in Taiwan.
Roughly doubling the estimated shipments of the Xbox Series X would place Microsoft’s shipment potential over the next five years at around 60 million units.
The update also goes on to state that ‘the life cycle for household game consoles may be shortened to five years from 6-7 years, and PS5 shipments may challenge 120-170 million units when its 5-year cycle expires, compared to 110 million units registered to date for PS4 launched in November 2013, the sources said, adding that Sony has recently boosted its PS5 shipment estimate for 2020 to near 10 million units’.
Over the course of the next five years it will quite interesting to see how close to these projections this update has come.