It sounds like Sony is take care to the future , as the company CEO confirms thePlayStation 4is coming toward the end of its living cycle per second .

First hitting shelves in 2014 , the PS4 pose in theeighth generation of console , and has gone on to be one of the biggest success story for Sony . Showcasing leading games likeGrand Theft Auto V , Uncharted 4 , andHorizon : Zero Dawn , players have some partial memories when it comes to the PS4 . That being said , as Sony plans to move ahead , exploit will be pore elsewhere .

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account byWall Street JournalwriterTakashi Mochizuki on Twitter , Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO John Kodera is make to depress the drape on the PS4 .

Kodera tell audiences at Sony ’s annual Investor Relations Day that he ca n’t expect unit sales to increase year - on - class , so time would be well spent expect at other avenue while also continuing to reap the welfare of services like PS+ . With consoles typically running in 7 - class bicycle , it makes consummate gumption that the PS4 has started face at its endgame . It is n’t all doom and gloom though , with Sony still outlining an impressive sale target to shift 16 million consoles in the current fiscal year compared to 19 million from the last . unhappily , the still - growingSony VR departmenthas fail to live up to market expectation , mean that the company is reassess where its priorities lie there as well .   or else of seeing the negativism in the news , Kodera was likely assay to excuse why the PS4 is design a drop in sale .

Given that Sony is on for a bumper year with scoop likeGod of WarandInsomniac ’s Spider - Man , the immediate future is also pretty rosy thanks toThe Last of Us Part IIand the long - awaitedDeath Stranding . Even if the console is heading into its twilight , at least the PS4 will be going out with a clap . significantly , the word should come as no surprisal   consider that in 2015 , the then - chief executive officer of the PlayStation variance already tag the cabinet as being in its " harvest time period , " a time when money is veer and a company tries to take in as much revenue as possible .

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As for what comes next , gamers are already look forwards to the PlayStation 5 . With some interesting hardware leaks suggesting something pressurise to rival Microsoft ’s next big offering , everyone has already been warnednot to expect the next generation of next - gen consoles this side of 2020 . There ’s still life in the old dog yet as the PS4 Pro continues to go head word - to - heading with rivals the Xbox One X and the Nintendo Switch . No matter what , thePlayStation 4is set to continue being a staple of the video game securities industry for a few more twelvemonth to come in .

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Source : Takashi Mochizuki

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