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Is PS2's 70% MarketShare possible now with PS4?

60% 157 55.28%
 
70% 75 26.41%
 
80% 15 5.28%
 
90% 37 13.03%
 
Total:284

Even with that epic showing at E3, I doubt it will reach more than 60%. I do believe it will oscillate between 50-60%, but not more.



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60% seems very possible given Wii U's struggles.

The big questions are still how long this generation will go and what price points will we see before it ends?



enlightenedmaster said:
Darwinianevolution said:
The home console market is not as big as the 6th gen, due to competition with PC and Japan becoming a mobile/handheld predominant market. If we beliebe this gen will be shorter than the last, PS4 will come close to reach PS1 numbers, but nothing more. Unless the XBone crumbles in the middle of the gen, PS4 wont come close to the 70% marketshare.


6th gen?

7th gen was the biggest gen of them all

 

and this gen will atleast be 7-8years

and competition from PC and mobile has actually made it easier as popularity of gaming is higher

When I said 6th gen, I was talking about the PS2 influence over its competition. Sorry for not clarifying that. The 7th gen was the biggest gen we'll probably see, videogame dedicated machines reached their peek, but the PS3 was hurt in sales due to its own problems and the 360/Wii popularity. During the 6th gen, nothing could stop the PS2. Now XBox and PC-gaming are a bigger threat to the PS4 than they were during the PS2 era, and with the japanese sales mostly gone, it will take a decent chunk of the market out of the equation (if the competition from PC and mobile actually made gaming as easy and popular as you say, Japan would still play a big rol on the home console market, and it really isn't at least compared to the pre-PS4 era).



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Even if Wii U and XB1 are discontinued right this second. That would have them at 21m. There is NO WAY the PS4 is going to get 90% it would have to sell 210 million units.

To do 80% and Wii U and XB1 are discontinued it'd have to sell 110 million units. So still not going to happen as XB1 isn't being discontinued anytime soon.

If it gets to 70% I'll drink my piss. 60-65 max. 13m Wii U - 50m XB1 100m PS4 I think it'll be. Which would give PS4 61%.



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PS4 would have to dominate in the U.S. aswell for that to happen. And looking at this year, XBone has Halo 5, Tomb Raider and Forza 6. PS4 has... wel nothing. I expect this holiday to be really even in the U.S. with XBone possibly even winning there.

PS4 might get to 60%, but it will take a while. And Japan will need to pick up for it to happen. 70%? Not likely to happen at this pace.



vkaraujo said:
No. It was a great conference, but just that. It was what PS4 needed to stop Xbox One advance and keep its 50% share, but thats it.


Nothing is going to stop Xbox One's advance in the US. And outside of the US, nothing is going to stop PS4's advance. I really don't think E3 changed much.



Darwinianevolution said:
enlightenedmaster said:
Darwinianevolution said:
The home console market is not as big as the 6th gen, due to competition with PC and Japan becoming a mobile/handheld predominant market. If we beliebe this gen will be shorter than the last, PS4 will come close to reach PS1 numbers, but nothing more. Unless the XBone crumbles in the middle of the gen, PS4 wont come close to the 70% marketshare.


6th gen?

7th gen was the biggest gen of them all

 

and this gen will atleast be 7-8years

and competition from PC and mobile has actually made it easier as popularity of gaming is higher

When I said 6th gen, I was talking about the PS2 influence over its competition. Sorry for not clarifying that. The 7th gen was the biggest gen we'll probably see, videogame dedicated machines reached their peek, but the PS3 was hurt in sales due to its own problems and the 360/Wii popularity. During the 6th gen, nothing could stop the PS2. Now XBox and PC-gaming are a bigger threat to the PS4 than they were during the PS2 era, and with the japanese sales mostly gone, it will take a decent chunk of the market out of the equation (if the competition from PC and mobile actually made gaming as easy and popular as you say, Japan would still play a big rol on the home console market, and it really isn't at least compared to the pre-PS4 era).

i know u were talking abt 6th gen

JAPAN has more of handheld gaming nowadays

and yes today the consumer economy and pop-culture of spending and gaming popularity and globalization make it easier for PS4

and JAPAN sales will easily be replaced by GLOBAL sales in CHINA,INDIA,RUSSIA,MIDDLE EAST,SOUTH AMERICA,AUSTRALIA,etc



ArchangelMadzz said:
Even if Wii U and XB1 are discontinued right this second. That would have them at 21m. There is NO WAY the PS4 is going to get 90% it would have to sell 210 million units.

To do 80% and Wii U and XB1 are discontinued it'd have to sell 110 million units. So still not going to happen as XB1 isn't being discontinued anytime soon.

If it gets to 70% I'll drink my piss. 60-65 max. 13m Wii U - 50m XB1 100m PS4 I think it'll be. Which would give PS4 61%.

Ok, we know that the WIU is not selling good but hell, 13 million!?



Ryng_Tolu said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
Even if Wii U and XB1 are discontinued right this second. That would have them at 21m. There is NO WAY the PS4 is going to get 90% it would have to sell 210 million units.

To do 80% and Wii U and XB1 are discontinued it'd have to sell 110 million units. So still not going to happen as XB1 isn't being discontinued anytime soon.

If it gets to 70% I'll drink my piss. 60-65 max. 13m Wii U - 50m XB1 100m PS4 I think it'll be. Which would give PS4 61%.

Ok, we know that the WIU is not selling good but hell, 13 million!?

hehe

actually after seeing front page and weekly WiiU sales,i wouldn't be really suprised if he was right..............again...............hehe