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thismeintiel on 25 November 2013
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Wiped said:


Now that you point it out... yeah, pretty much. Let's not forget how this gen was, and will always be, very different - almost certainly very different to next-gen.

Wii was a phenomenon. Unlikely to be repeated. But going back one gen..everyone and his dog had a PS2, but total sales for all three were 150+20+20=190. My predictions put next-gen (PS4, X1 + Wii U) at selling 195million, so slightly up on the PS2 gen. And I wouldn't be shocked if the figures were all slightly higher (e.g. 110mil PS4/75mil X1, 40mil Wii U) to make it clear growth over that gen. Bearing in mind, once you take Wii out, PS3/X360 only made 160mil sales together, so this seems right.

Also, this was a very long gen. I think it's clear MS and Sony aren't looking to make the gen as long this time around, so that has to be factored in, too.

I stand by my predictions 100%

Technically, it was 158M for PS2, 24M for Xbox, and 22M for the Gamecube, which gives you 204M total.  214M if you want to include the Dreamcast.  I do agree that this gen won't compare to last gen's 280M+ (when sales are finished), but I do believe it will outdo the PS2 era, too.  I think it's going to be more like for 125M PS4, 60M for the One, and 40M for the Wii U, for a total of 225M.