PS4 VS Switch lifetime sales, which console will sell the most?

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zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

I dunno, like Barkley says, if PS5 launches at $500, I can see a $200-$150 PS4 remaining an attractive buy for low income consumers for years to come.

PS3/360 were in that price point but were not huge hits for low income families after PS4/XB1 released

PS3+360 sales

2013 holiday-~4.3m

2014-~6.2m

2015-~2.3m

2016-~900k

2017-~250k

Combined they did ~14 million after the launch of PS4/XB1 with official prices of $199 and BF discounts down to $99 for 360 and $149 for PS3.

The days of crazy post-successor legs like PS1/PS2 had are over.

I would say it depends on the circumstances

PS2's legs were so long for 2 reasons: PS3's launch price tag and Singstar. I know lots of people who only bought a PS2 for Singstar or similar games like Buzzer that wouldn't touch any other "real" game with a 10 foot pole. The fact that the PS3 was so overly expensive certainly did help the PS2 a while longer to sell well.

PS4, on the other hand, was considered vastly better yet not vastly more expensive, so of course the change happened quickly. The fact that the great games of the PS360 era got almost all remastered for the new consoles didn't make those any favors, either.

This leaves us with a mixed bag for the next gen: From a price perspective, we'll get closer to a PS3 price than a PS4 price, which could have been in favor of PS4/XBO sales at the beginning. However, the fact that both will most likely be backwards compatible also kills somewhat the point of buying a console of this gen instead of waiting until you can afford the next gen.

What I expect is that the sales of the next gen outside of the launch holiday will slow down (compared to this gen) due to the pricetags but then pick up the pace in year 2 and 3 when they got a bit cheaper and more affordable. By that point the old gen will be pretty much dead, as they lost all their selling points.