gergroy said:
Shadow1980 said:
Americans are a mercenary bunch. Collectively, we've swapped preferences so many times it's ridiculous. Nintendo dominated the 8-bit era, and while Nintendo also ended up winning the 16-bit era in the first big console war, it was close, and America wavered back and forth between the two. Then the PlayStation arrived and outsold the N64 two-to-one, and America stuck with Sony when the PS2 arrived. Then we went back to Nintendo with the Wii, then to the 360, thus ending Sony's decade-long reign at the top. Americans will go where the best value for their dollar is. Price and games are what really matter. There is no reason to think that just because the 360 dominated over the PS3 in the U.S. that the XBO will also outsell the PS4. Each generation starts with a blank slate here.
Now, Europe and Japan have clear brand preferences. Europe is PlayStation Country, and even with all the disadvantages it had the PS3 still surpassed the 360 in LTD sales in the region in 2009. In fact, the PS3 is on track to surpass the Wii in Europe very, very soon. With the XBO having none of the 360's advantages, Sony will expand their lead in the region even further. As for Japan, well, they buy Japanese games and Japanese hardware. Western stuff rarely sells. The 360 has sold less than 1.7 million units in the country, and has already been surpassed in lifetime sales by the Vita. GTAV is the best-selling non-Japanese game of the generation there, and it's sold only 540k so far. Nintendo won the third, fourth, and seventh generations in Japan, while Sony won the fifth & sixth generations (the PS3 will likely fall short of the Wii by time it is itself discontinued). Given how the Wii U has performed in Japan so far, the PS4 is a shoo-in for winning the eighth generation there. The Xbox brand will continue being irrelevant in Japan.
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Ok, but we are talking about this point in time, not the future, not the past, right now. Currently, xbox is a bigger brand.
as for your second paragraph, this thread is about the US, so not sure why you brought it up.
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Like he said, every gen starts anew in the US, so it doesn't matter that the 360 was more popular. Just like it didn't matter that the PS2 was more popular.
@ OP
Due to lower stock and demand, 2-3 weeks. Of course, by the 3rd week Sony will probably be approaching 2M if they can keep up with demand.
