| Nintentacle said: You could at least say something about the article after posting it on here. |
Alrighty then.
I agree with a lot of what this article says. Obviously PS4 is selling better and likely will sell more than Xbox One lifetime. However the definition of success can be determined in different ways. What is success, and what is failure?
As an example how much money these consoles are making, how many games theyre selling, and the fact both of their launches were the biggest launches of all time. While Sony has been more successful it is no understatement to say that XBO has also been a success.
As Ive said before on this site the European Numbers are skewed. People are saying XBO is selling poorly when in fact it is selling decent to good. Not as well as PS4 but people are trying to compare 30-50 countries to 13 rather than the individual countries themselves. That would be like comparing United States numbers if a console was only released in 10 states and the other console released in 40 states. You would need to look at the states individually.
Then there is the fact neither are released worldwide yet. Sony's console could possibly soar in Japan as an example.
On top of everything else we have yet to see real demand. We can all see that demand for a new generation was huge, but once the hype dies down and the early adopters got their console how are they both going to do? An example would be multiconsole users. How many of the early adopters of the ps4 will buy XBO as well and vice versa. How many of the 7th gen console owners will buy a ps4/xbo?
As of this moment we hav 3m XBO and 80m X360s. And 4m PS4s and 80m ps3's. Yes it is exciting to see these fantastic launches but these a re a very small percentage of what the final numbers will be.
Will ps4 pass ps3? Will it pass PSOne? etc
Will XBO pass X360?
These statements are unpredictable as anything could happen. Neither are expected to keep up the current pace forever.
Again, obviously PS4 has had the more successful launch. Im not saying otherwise and neither is the article. It is saying we dont have the full picture as we dont.
