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g911turbo on 21 June 2013
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JoeFlex said:


That's the thing about statistics. If you don't give the numbers context and use a few leading sentences people may draw the wrong conclusion. Nevertheless, it seems like the industry is far from shrinking, as some have suggested. It's the latter part I am most interested in - the pre orders of the Wii U or sales of 360/PS3 during that period.


Bold 1: Exactly what is happening here.  This is Amazon PR spin to look favorable to customers, investors, etc.  Not to necessariliy promote the gaming industry.

Could shrink.  Way too early to tell, but it seems like the new consoles will be fine in the LONG run.   Even Wii U could rebound still.

Bold 2:  I bet the Wii U (not sure about that EXACT week) pre-orders were actually very good.  It wasn't till after it released that it started tanking...  A LOT were returned due to poor reselling ability and plenty on shelves.  I predict you might see some of that with the PS4 and Xbox one as well because your "break even" points are even higher on ebay.

 

If you sold an xbox one for $650 on ebay, you wouldn't make any money!