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Max King of the Wild on 12 December 2012
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platformmaster918 said:
sales2099 said:
platformmaster918 said:
sales2099 said:
 

Now that I have to disagree with. The gap is now at 2 million and will prob be 2.5 million by years end. PS3 cant make up a 2.5 million gap in one year. Probably in first half of 2014.

I hope you saw my edit.  A products ability to maintain the interest of consumers even after superior hardware is out should be counted.  If 360 can't keep selling because people lose interest or Microsoft can't support it with good enough games then they still lost.  You're just making fake parameters because you know Playstation consoles have the longest lifespans.

I did. PS2 was allready the winner, which was why it continued to sell well into the next gen. Also the competitors were nowhere near close in lifetime sales. PS3 is totally different then PS2 in those regards. Bad example.

Oh sales should be counted when next gen happens. Not denying that. Im saying "whos gonna care?", which is a very legit question.

If PS3 passes 360 in 2014 or 2015 when all 3 next gen consoles are out, people will just shrug in neutrality. They arent current anymore. Period. To me, 360 won when it was part of the current gen. Anything that happens after is hollow as again....people just wont care.

PS3 fans crack open the bubly and Xbox fans will cheer on the Xbox 3 beating PS4. The cycle begins a new and in the end you won nothing. Just inherited another generation of fighting for lost marketshare.

So I guess you're pretty sure Xbox 3 will beat PS4 then?  Considering they had every conceivable advantage this gen (a year head start +a couple months in Europe, no system sellers for PS3 in first 2 years, and most of all being 2/3 the price) and they're still going to end up 3rd I wouldn't be so confident.

My thought's exactly. If Sony doesn't make any huge blunders like they did with the Ps3 then I can see the MS and Nintendo loosing market share. I already think Nintendo will loose market share because I don't think the Wii U will catch on as much as the Wii. I believe it will be 80 million which is very good. And I see MS loosing market share for multiple reasons. First of all I don't think Japanese developers will be willing to work with MS as much as the did with the 360. Say goodbye to Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Lost Remenant, Star Ocean, Infinite Undiscovery exclusives. I think the next MS console will be less relevant in Japan than it is now. Also, has Halo hit it's high? It would be pretty hard to top the numbers it's hitting right now. It's a massive game but I can see it dropping eventually as almost every other game. So will America adopt the next MS console as fast? Also, I don't see MS being able to capitalize on such things that you listed. I can see the next MS console selling 50-60 million consoles. I can see the Ps4 selling better than this gen if Sony does it right. I can't see how Sony can't improve sales while not having any massive blunders and also selling in markets they expanded with the Ps3.

Overall I see this next gen being down total console sales for a few reason. A. the Wii U not being able to capture their same audience. B. third party exclusives going the way of the dodo reducing the need of multiple consoles. C. No big generation leap of gaming experience.