Max King of the Wild said:
I would say that those 3 "exceptions" to the common rule are actually evidence for the trend that the first place console will outsell the older generations starting off. If we assume the Ps4 will be the leader (which many people think it will be) then we can assume it will follow the pattern of outselling previous gens... Especially when Sony will wipe out over a quarter of the Ps3's sales for the year in a single weeks worth of data |
But not exactly. Given that not every new leader outsold the previous gen leader right away (year 1). As I noted before, many factors play a role in how that all plays out.
Based on what I see, I expect the PS4 and Xone to launch with solid numbers but then fall back into expected patterns that new consoles typically find themselves in...numbers below the generation they replace.
The rEVOLution is not being televised