binary solo said:
And the 7th gen pretty much broke all historical precedent. There's never been as fragmented a video gaming market than the one we're getting into now. When you take out Wii's Blue Ocean (probably 50% of Wii's sales), which was largely a one generation wonder as evidenced by Wii U's dismal Gamecube-like sales, the 7th gen looks a lot like the 6th gen. 6th Gen was not far off 200 million total (albeit needing PS2 to sell well into the 7th gen to get there). 50 Million Wii's + 85 Million PS3s + 85 Million 360s = 220 million. That's about the size of the pie that PS4boneU will be fighting over. OK PS4 may outsell PS3, but that will be at the expense of Xb one selling very poorly by comparison to 360. It won;t be because there's significant over all growth in the console market. Hand held consoles are shrinking, and while they do more directly compete against mobile phone/tablet/iPod, don't think for a minute that mobile and tablet gaming isn't going to also affect home consoles. it will. |
You've forgotten the other side of the medal. Smarthphones etc. are hand held devices as well. Little devices with little games. I started with little hand held devices and little games.
Yea, it is going to affect them... however not in one straight single colored way.
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