There's No Way This Generation Will Sell Better than Last Gen.

[DialgaMarine]

NintendoPie said:

DialgaMarine said:
Why do you say the PS4 at most to sell as well as PS2? The PS4 has shattered every single PS2 record so far. Why is it somehow impossible for PS4 to surpass it? Sony is doing everything they did right with the PS2 this time around and then some. With strong continued (which every PS console has had) support and a good amount of time, the PS4 will go far.

Console launches are definitely not everything. The 3DS and Wii U both had pretty great launches, then both went into a deep draught and started selling horribly in comparison to their predecessors. One came out, the other is still in the depression.

Am I saying this will happen to PS4? No, definitely not. However, the entire market is in decline. As well as MS putting up a much larger fight than they did in Generation 6. 

Edit: Wii also sold extremely well and broke records. Did it sell more than the PS2?

 I'm 99% sure the Wii-U had a horrible launch. Didn't it only sell ~500K units WW in it's first 7 days? The Wii did far better than that. Plus the Wii-U lost any momentum it had within a few weeks of launch when people who bought it realized that the system had nothing but shoddy 7th gen ports, weak hardware, and very few exclusives that were pretty underpar. Not to mention the Wii-U has gotten pretty much none of the third party support Nintendo promised. The Wii-U is a terrible example for already declaring this gen a flop because neither the PS4 nor XBone have dropped the ball like Nintendo did. The Wii-U is victim of Nintendo's failure. The PS4 will only get stronger within the next few years, just as previous PS consoles have. Sony has just done so much right with the console so far, and very few shortcomings it has are guarenteed to be fixed in the near future. Let's wait and compare PS4's first year on the market to the Wii-U's, and then complain about this gen failing. 

As for the Wii vs PS2, the PS2 had longevity because it was the console for everyone. Many many people still play their PS2s to this very day. The last PS2 game to be produced just released. The Wii didn't continue it's record shatterring stride because it wasn't the console for everyone. It was a console for casuals by every definition of the statement. It was for grandmas and families with small children who bought it on a whim because the vast majority of games released for it appealed to them. Once that dempographic got dried out after a few years, it steadily began to fall because fewer people from other demographics were willing to buy into it. It's why PS3 and 360 continued, and are continuing, to do so well because those consoles, like the PS2, have longevity. People don't buy those on a whim. They buy those because it's something they genuinely want and will use for years to come. Hardcore gamers, essentially. Wii-U is further proof of this. That dried casual audience probably still owns their Wiis, millions of them sitting in shelves and cabinets collecting dust, and therefor have no reason to buy a Wii-U. It offers nothing that they don't already have available for their (and obviously hardware means nothing to them). Point is, the only thing holding the PS4 back is Sony's support of it, and how long it will last.