Global Hardware Numbers Are Up!!! 14 December 2013

[Fusioncode]

kowenicki said:

Fusioncode said:

kowenicki said:
oh dear oh dear...

This is not good.

YOY:

Last Gen:
PS3 Down 50% (dying fast)
360 Down 57% (dying fast)
Wii Down 66% (now irrelevant)
PSP Down 55% (now irrelevant)

Current Gen:
3DS Down 12% (so-so)
Vita Down 15% (down!? really? wow, bad enough last year)
WiiU Down 21% (oh dear, last chance saloon)

Anyone (apart from Ethomaz) still not having my Jan prediction of over 30% down YOY for both the PS3 and 360? lol.

Why does this surprise you, a new generation is starting. The consoles have been out for 7/8 years, of course they're going to be heavily down YOY. 3DS and Vita are both down due to the dying handheld market. 

b bu but PS3 will be down by a max of 10% this year and could even be flat in japan and Europe....?

lmao

Seriously.

It is the current gen numbers that are troublesome WiiU, Vita and now even 3DS faltering.  Its actually not great news for the PS4 and ONE.  Next year will be interesting. 

 

It is great news because that means people are ready for an upgrade. The Vita and 3DS being down have nothing to do with the next gen consoles and the WiiU is irrelevant at the moment.