Euphoria14 said:
Chrizum said:
Euphoria14 said:
CDiablo said:
Its clear that Sony lost a massive amount of marketshare last gen(over the previous gen), so I consider them losers, though they sold very well. |
After seeing how everything played out and how the industry has grown as much as it did, losing a lot of marketshare seems like it would have been a given.
Between PS2, GC and XBox we had ~200M sold. Now when all is said and done we might see over 300M for Wii, PS3 and 360.
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The fact that the market has grown so much is why the PS3 clearly lost this generation. They went from a ~150 million userbase to a ~80 million userbase in a flourishing industry while Wii had zero third party support and the 360 had all kinds of hardware failures and costly online subscriptions.
Sony fucked up, they failed to grab the mass audience. They have really redeemed themselves with quality support later on and the PS4 will profit from that. In a broader sense though, no one lost this gen. There are only winners as I think all three companies are in healthy place right now.
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The big issue with this argument that I keep seeing is that people compare 13 years of PS2 sales to 7 years of PS3 sales. Almost as if it won't sell anymore from this point on, even with exclusive software still in the horizon going into next year.
I am sure PS2 didn't have 150M when PS3 launched.
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You are right, but it's not that relevant. PS2 was the marketleader by a huge margin when the next generation began, PS3 isn't the marketleader by a longshot now the next generation has begun. I'm sure the PS3 will sell steadily for the next 6-12 months. And that has helped and still helps the PS4 as well, as the PlayStation brand has regained its good image.
This generation, however, is over. Sony has failed to build on its previous successes, but gets to try again now. And I give them a very good chance to dominate the console business yet again.
