Viktor said:
Michael-5 said:
Viktor said:
Michael-5 said:
26 - 22 million is nearly a 20% drop, that's not the same. Anyway what's your point?
releasing PS4 in Japan a bit late won't affect overall sales really, and that's what matters the most. Plus Sony does need to focus on Vita right now in Japan.
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The drop actually is just 16%. And if we would also consider Xbox/X360 it would be even less than that. The point is quite simple PS2 to PS3 lead to 12m less units down by 57%, while their competitor gained 8m units compared to its predecessors. If you can´t admit the correlation I really don´t know what your problem is.
That PSV was the main reason for the PS4 next year release date in Japan is an argument that I already mentioned several times in this thread. PSV is also a very recent example of how letting your competitor too much time to sort things out can lead to losing marketshare and that Nintendo and Sony systems actually are direct competition and not living in a vacuum.
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So what's your point? Wii did better last gen, and PS3 did worse. Sony released the PS3 nealy at the same time as Wii, so how does this have anything to do with PS4 releasing a few months late in Japan? Do you think people are just going to buy WiiU's because there is no PS4 around? Would that be any different if there were a PS4 around with only western style games? I don't think so.
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Do you really think that your last posts in which you tried more than once to deny Sony losing marketshare in the stationary console market largely due to Wii haven´t been ridiculous?
Also I was just responding to some who for some unknown reason think that WiiU and PS4 won´t affect each other and that it won´t matter if the competition gains an advantage for example due to not beeing on the market in Japan. In a market where Sonys own IPs aren´t really relevant in the grand scheme and even the newest entry of their biggest franchise Gran Tourismo 6 is beeing easily outsold by 3D World.
Another point is that in those 2 extra months there haven´t been relevant changes in PS4s launch window lineup (Yakuza would have still been one, even if PS4 had launched mid Dec. like in other Asian countries).
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So what about Sony loosing console marketshare with the PS3 in Japan? Sony lost marketshare in all regions, they had a terrible console (initially), and Nintendo made a really really good one.
What does this have to do with PS4 releasing a few months late? It's not like PS3 sold less then Wii because of when it released. Sure Wii hurt PS3 sales, but it had nothing to do with when PS3 released.
PS4 releasing late won't hurt sales, especially since there would be no Japanese priented games at launch. It could hurt the image if anything, make it appear to be a more Western oriented console in Japan. I think because of Super Mario 3D World, if PS4 released in Japan now, it would look like crap in comparision.
