NoCtiS_NoX said:
Uhm no. People are arguing that 2019 is very soon and pointing out that PS4 is selling well and launching PS4 in 2019 is not smart bec. It will cut off PS4 sales. I am pointing out that if The new xbox will release in 2019 and PS5 will release in 2020. Sony cannot afford for the xbox to have a 1 year head start again. Even if PS 4 is still selling well. Sony will not let a xbo360 situation happened again. 360 was able to gain foothold and become successful that made it hard for Sony last gen. So to make it short. If MS will release the new xbox next year Sony will follow asap. Or even if ms will release it this year the same goes for sony as well. |
Sony could 100% handle launching a year later. They have before. No, what hurt the PS3 is not only did they launch at $200 more expensive, but the custom HW was so complicated for devs early on that the 3rd party games didn't even take advantage of the extra horsepower for years to come. Had the PS3 been able to launch at $399 and devs could have taken advantage of the power within months, instead of years, it would have absolutely crushed the 360.
Teeqoz said:
Maybe you missed the "in quite a few regards". I wasn't referring to absolute sales (though there is substantial evidence to suggest the PS3 is overtracked on VGC). |
LOL, I'd love to see all of this substantial evidence you speak of. The last official info we got was in 2013 which showed that the PS3 reached 80M less than a month after the 360 did. The time before when both announced shipped numbers, it was just over a month the PS3 matched 360's numbers, so it's obvious that the PS3 was catching up. Given that the PS3 was outselling the 360 in EU, as well as outselling it by ~700K in just Japan since that announcement, I think it's pretty obvious PS3 passed it.
