re: Are we going to talk about Sony laying off people?

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Looks like the entirety of North America accounts for 39% of total PS5 sales since release. Looks like the US accounts for roughly 80% of NA sales, so the US likely accounts for about 31% of total PS5 sales. With the US being a very wealthy market, we tend to be early adopters on the tech curve with less developed countries lagging behind.

Considering that projected worldwide sales numbers appear to have been revised down something like 20%, no, it’s not really reasonable to blame any one country, including the US, unless someone out there has data showing that the US only purchased something along the lines of 20% of expected sales, which is just outlandish.

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Thanks for looking this up. I certainly didn't expect you to. Good information though.

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The PS5 just isn’t a must have console. Especially with the rise of powerful handheld consoles like the Steamdeck, Sony needs to do something to right the ship, asap.

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I agree with your PS5 statement. I don't have any experience with handhelds like Steamdeck, so I can't comment on that, but it certainly seems like Sony isn't moving the needle on games that would garner a increase in PS5 sales.

Honestly, the only game I still play on mine is The Division 2, which is dirt cheap on PC (and a PS4 game with no upgrade to PS5) but I can't move my save from PS to PC and I won't start over. Otherwise, I can almost not have a PS5. I will play Spiderman 2 (I'm at like 25%) but there are just games on PC that I'm still in to.