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Will PS4 be first place in sales next-gen?

Yes 180 45.80%
 
No 142 36.13%
 
Undecided 71 18.07%
 
Total:393

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If we take what we know about the PS4 and what we know about the next Xbox by the rumors the answer will be no when looking at it with a historical context. The PS4 seems to be the most power of the three with the RAM being the deciding factor between the next Xbox and PS4. And historically in none of the previous generations has the over all "powerful" console had the best selling system. Taking the last three gens the "winners" were the PS, PS2 and Wii. And the most "powerful" consoles for those gens were the N64, Xbox and PS3.

Though depending on what Microsoft intends to do with its machine it may be a two horse race between Sony and Nintendo, that is if Microsoft continues it Live initiative making the gaming portion a portal that can be accessed anywhere, which may be the case since there where indications that Microsoft is looking into building it own streaming services, which would make the next Xbox little more then a media center portal. Then it comes down to who can keep the prices low and get the games.



BlkPaladin said:
If we take what we know about the PS4 and what we know about the next Xbox by the rumors the answer will be no when looking at it with a historical context. The PS4 seems to be the most power of the three with the RAM being the deciding factor between the next Xbox and PS4. And historically in none of the previous generations has the over all "powerful" console had the best selling system. Taking the last three gens the "winners" were the PS, PS2 and Wii. And the most "powerful" consoles for those gens were the N64, Xbox and PS3.

Though depending on what Microsoft intends to do with its machine it may be a two horse race between Sony and Nintendo, that is if Microsoft continues it Live initiative making the gaming portion a portal that can be accessed anywhere, which may be the case since there where indications that Microsoft is looking into building it own streaming services, which would make the next Xbox little more then a media center portal. Then it comes down to who can keep the prices low and get the games.

To be fair though... this situation is a bit different.

 

The Wii U is currently floundering around gamecube levels i believe. (possibly even lower.)

Which unless there is a PS3 like comeback relativly soon, or the gaming market has shrunken quite a bit, likely means it's going to be out of the picture.  It isn't impossible but i wouldn't bank on it.

 

That leaves Sony vs Micorsoft... and Microsoft has shown issues selling outside the US so far.  The two wil be a LOT more close technically then a lot of people want to believe, but even still, i wonder if Microsoft will be able to penetrate Europe enough.... Europe caring more about racing and FIFA then the US cares about FPS and Madden. and Playstation argueably has an even bigger reputation for those games.  (Gran Turismo basically being a bigger deal to racing games then Halo is to FPS.)



Sony has been in a steady decline since the PS2 era. I can see the PS4 performing like the Vita, lots of hype and then no sales.

The problem with PS4 is that it is an upgraded PS3 and it doesn't seem to be a very big upgrade graphically. Why is it special? Sony fans mostly just go on about its ram. No one gives a crap about that except Sony fans in gaming forums. That is like getting excited about the iPhone 6 because of its ram.

All Microsoft needs to do is release a console with an advanced Kinect and immediately it becomes a console doing something very different and more advanced. All Nintendo needs to do is price drop and release one or two of their major AAA titles like they did with 3DS.



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Jumpin said:
Sony has been in a steady decline since the PS2 era. I can see the PS4 performing like the Vita, lots of hype and then no sales.


Do you think the PS4 will get low support like the Vita?

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VGKing said:
Hopefully. Things are definitely looking to be in Sony's favor next-gen.


Why do you hope Sony to be first? If it was second and only 1% market share behind NextBox, wouldn't you have fun playing games on it?



Jumpin said:

Sony has been in a steady decline since the PS2 era. I can see the PS4 performing like the Vita, lots of hype and then no sales.

The problem with PS4 is that it is an upgraded PS3 and it doesn't seem to be a very big upgrade graphically. Why is it special? Sony fans mostly just go on about its ram. No one gives a crap about that except Sony fans in gaming forums. That is like getting excited about the iPhone 6 because of its ram.

All Microsoft needs to do is release a console with an advanced Kinect and immediately it becomes a console doing something very different and more advanced. All Nintendo needs to do is price drop and release one or two of their major AAA titles like they did with 3DS.


LOL you are so wrong its funny. 

 



Way too early to say, but, from what we've seen so far, I think it's pretty unlikely.



 

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Shouldn't be too hard, as long as they avoid Nintendo's mistakes with the WiiU.

All it needs is:
A solid marketing campaign
At least one system seller at launch
A steady stream of games, no 4 month droughts
Affordable price tag



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