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AJNShelton on 28 February 2018

But why 199$ and not 249$ ? The latter seems more plausible



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Areaz32 on 28 February 2018
SKMBlake said:
Areaz32 said:

So you think Xbox one x is going to get its highest january sales next year aswell?

My understanding is that a product sells the most upon release and then we will see if it has legs down the line.

You could argue that PS4Pro had legs through 2017 but i don't see why that wouldn't also be true for 2018 and 2019. 2017 isn't any different.

All games released after October 2016 supports PS4Pro so saying "PS4 Pro optimized games were released" doesn't make any sense because that happened in 2016 aswell and it will also happen in 2018. 

PS4 has an even better software line-up for 2018 so i don't see why it wouldn't sell better since that is the main difference between 2017 and 2018.

I don't think Xbox One X's sales will be greater next year, I don't see the Xbox selling more than 50 millions in its lifetime.

2017 was the year where 2 new PS4 models were on the market, a cheaper one and a more powerful one. People who already owned a PS4 and wanted a PS4 Pro already bought it. I don't see why there would be a higher demand this year for both PS4 models, that's why I think the peak was in 2017.

I may be wrong, like many of us were wrong about many subjects here. If I'm wrong, I would go to the "I was wrong" thread and post it how I was wrong about the PS4's peak year.

2 new PS4 models were also on the market in 2016 and they will still be on the market in 2018 at likely a lower price."

"People who already owned a PS4 and wanted a PS4 Pro already bought it"

But with this logic they would have already upgraded back in 2016 since the console never dropped in price. Why did they buy it in 2017 then?

I am not trying to tell you that you are wrong, i am just trying to understand why you think what you think.

I personally think that there are a lot of mainstream games coming to PS4 this year that are ticking time bombs of success, and PS4 didn't have any of that in 2017 yet it still sold like crazy.



AJNShelton on 28 February 2018

Because of the game. There was no real reason to buy a PS4 Pro before 2017 and the "PS4 Pro patch" wasn't a real improvement or a reason to buy the console, only a few games in 2016 were optimized for the PS4 Pro like Uncharted 4. But almost all new AAA games in 2017 were made for the PS4 Pro, and I don't need to mention Horizon Zero Dawn, the greatest PS4 Pro game to date.

At least, that's what I think



Areaz32 on 03 March 2018

I would just argue that getting pro patches for 5+ ps4 exclusives tops Horizon Zero Dawn pro compatibility from a marketing and system sales standpoint.

And regardless Horizon remains a reason to buy the PS4Pro into 2018 aswell so i don't think that PS4Pro sales were particularly high for 2017 compared to what they may be with a pricedrop in 2018.



AntonTeiosanu on 03 March 2018

Without a doubt 2018 will be better than 2017 but Im interested in seeing how 2019 goes



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Jabba89 on 03 March 2018

Your predictions seem pretty good.
I see PS4 as having the potential to hit up to 23 million this year which will put it right on the heels of Gameboy + colour at the end of 2019.



mundus6 on 11 March 2018

Prediction Switch will outsell PS4 this year.



AntonTeiosanu on 11 March 2018
mundus6 said:
Prediction Switch will outsell PS4 this year.

Lol get the hell outta here! xD