INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Five years after it launched, the PlayStation 4 is now entering the end of its lifecycle.That's according to PlayStation head honcho John
Kodera, speaking during Sony's Corporate Strategy Meeting, which was aiming to set out Sony's stall to investors for the coming years.While
Sony is still very much fully behind the console, it warned that sales were expected to slow to 16 million consoles this year, down from 19
million over the previous 12 months
That's in line with the company's wider expectations – after all, having sold close to 80 million consoles at this point, finding someone
who hasn't got a PS4 and still wants one is getting tougher.Sony doesn't seem too concerned about that however – having reached 80 million
active PSN users per month, its subscription service is a healthy repeating revenue stream, while titles like The Last of Us 2 and Days Gone
are expected to drive software higher
Sliding elsewhereHowever, it's not quite as rosy an outlook for PlayStation VR and PlayStation Vue
The former remains the best-selling high-end virtual reality headset, but still hasn't met Sony's internal expectations, while the Vue
streaming service has battled hard against the likes of Netflix, but still isn't gaining much traction.But these may be of little concern to
Sony, which seems to have bigger things on the horizon
Kodera stated that the time passing now until 2021 would be a period where Sony would hunker down, suggesting that a new big idea could be
around the corner.Could this be the PS5 console We already know not to expect new hardware at this year's E3 show, but are hearing rumors of
dev kits for a new Sony platform being sent out to developers
Could 2021 be the year the PS4 gets a new, souped-up brother
