Sony boss Kazuo Hirai has stated the company believes PlayStation 4 will eclipse the 155 million selling PlayStation 2 as its most profitable video games console ever released.
“It is likely that PS4 will become the platform which exceeds profits earned with PS2,” Hirai-san was quoted saying during a corporate strategy meeting this week (via Eurogamer translation).
It’s a long way to go, but PS4 has already got off to a superb start, selling over seven million units since its launch in November 2013.
Sony’s latest financial results recorded a $1.25 billion loss, which was partly attributed to the costly launch of its next-generation home console. For its next FY, the corporation plans to sell a combined total of 17 million PS3 and PS4s.
Despite this, analysts feel that Xbox One will take the lead in U.S. sales by as early as 2015.
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