Futhi ngukuthi yize ukuncintisana kwabadeskithophu kududuza ngezizukulwane ezintsha zikaNintendo nokunye okunjalo kuyiqiniso, akubonakali ngathi "bakhathaza" kakhulu izinduduzo zasekhaya ezifana ne-PlayStation 4. Ngalo mqondo kufanele usho lokho AbakwaSony nePS 4 yabo bakwazile ukuthengisa izinduduzo ezingaba yizigidi eziyisithupha ngoKhisimusi owedlule.
Lesi yisibalo esihle impela uma kubhekwa ukuthi abasebenzisi abaningi ngokwengeziwe bakhetha ukududuza okuphathekayo noma ngqo ama-Smartphones noma amaphilisi, ukufeza ukuthwala ebesingenakho phambilini. Ngamafuphi, impumelelo yangempela uma ubheka ukuthi izinsuku zokufeza lezi zibalo vKusukela ekupheleni kukaNovemba kuya osukwini lokugcina lonyaka, uDisemba 31, 2017.
Lesi sibalo sidalulwe ngokusemthethweni yinkampani yaseJapan emcimbini weLas Vegas, i-CES, futhi kubonakala sengathi bebeziqhenya ngayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi ukuthengisa ngalesi sikhathi esifanayo kodwa kusukela onyakeni owedlule, okungukuthi, u-2016, bekuphakeme ngandlela thile, bekwazi ukudlulisa inani lamakhonsoli ayizigidi eziyisithupha athengisiwe. Ngokuqondile babe yizigidi ezingama-6,2 uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidi ezingu-5,9 etholwe emkhankasweni ofanayo, kungabalwa lokho kuthengwa ngomzuzu wokugcina okungenziwa kusuka ngoJanuwari 1 kuya kuJanuwari 5.
Umzamo kaSony wokuba nekhonsoli yasekhaya engcono kakhulu futhi ukuthengisa ngo-Black Friday, ngoMsombuluko omnyama nokunye okunjalo, kwenze lesi sibalo sihlale sibahle maqondana nokuthengisa. Ngokunengqondo futhi naphezu kwezinombolo ezinhle, kuhlale kungcono ukudlula izibalo zeminyaka edlule, kepha lokhu namuhla ngemakethe yemidlalo yevidiyo "evulekele" kakhulu kuma-consoles amasha kunzima kakhulu ukuyigcina.