Futhi inkampani uqobo iqhamuka nezitatimende ezithile ezinamandla lapho ikhuluma ngokuthengiswa kwekhonsoli eyinsumansumane ye-PlayStation 4 ekugubheni iBlack Friday. Ngalesi sikhathi inkampani imemezela ngokusemthethweni engxoxweni ne-CNBC, ukuthi Eminyakeni engama-22 bebheja ngalolu suku ukuthengisa imikhiqizo yabo ngezaphulelo, lokhu kube ngcono kakhulu ngaphandle kokungabaza.
Ukuthengiswa kwekhonsoli akuqhubekanga nje kuphela ukuba kuhle ngesikhathi seBlack Friday esedlule ebibungazwa emhlabeni jikelele, kube ukuqopha umlando, kwedlula noma yiliphi irekhodi elalitholwe phambilini. Ngokusho kwezitatimende ze- Iphini Likamongameli Omkhulu kanye neNhloko ye-PlayStation Network, u-Eric Lempel, lokhu kube uLwesihlanu Olumnyama olukhulu kunayo yonke empilweni yakhe.
Cacisa ukuthi izibalo zokuthengisa kwangempela aziboniswanga maqondana nekhonsoli uqobo noma ezinye izesekeli zayo, kepha kusobala ukuthi inkampani isempilweni enhle kakhulu emkhakheni weziduduzo zemidlalo futhi kuhlala njalo noma kuvame phambili ekuthengisweni kuqhathaniswa nomncintiswano.
Ukukhula futhi kungenxa yomsebenzi owenziwe ubuchwepheshe obusha obuhlobene ne-Virtual Reality, i-PlayStation VR, ngokungangabazeki inengxenye yempumelelo kulezi zibalo zokuthengisa ezibabazekayo. Seluleka bonke abane-PS4 ukuthi bazame lezi zibuko uma bekwazi futhi bonge ukuthenga kwabo, ngoba isipiliyoni sishintsha ngempela i-100%, ekubeni ngumdlali uqobo lwakhe oyinkanyezi yomdlalo ngempela. Kubalulekile ukulondolozela lokhu ngoba akuyona into engabizi kakhulu, kepha izinsuku ezinjengeBlack Friday noma iCyber Monday, zisiza ukuthengisa ngezaphulelo ezithokozisayo ngentengo yayo futhi yingakho uSony eneliseke kakhulu ngalokhu osekuzuziwe kuze kube manje.