| sales2099 said:
See what you are trying to do is be "fair" when business is anything but. If we are comparing the consoles in their 8th year, then you do just that. No exceptions. Their are many factors and excuses. I could say 360 held onto the same NA pricing since 2008 where as PS3 dropped $150 in 5 years and introduced a $200 model just to stay competitive to the coasting 360. But again, it doesn't change the facts. PS3 dropping faster in its 8th year then 360 did. Regardless of market conditions, which are always changing. |
You're just ignoring all the facts because it suits your agenda.
I'm not being fair I'm being pragmatic, what does the 360's eigth year have to do with 2013? Nothing. Its Year 9 was in 2013, thats what matters cause then we can see the decline in proportion to next-gen adoption. We can't seperate that from decline rates because we don't have information on consumer motivation, so sales in 2012 of one platform don't make much sense when comparing the 2013 sales of a competing platform.
You can't generalize the event of PS4 and XBOX1 releasing as "market conditions" because these events only happen once in a generation.
The fact is that the PS4/XB1 are accelerating the decline rates, and so theree is literally no other viable reason for the PS3 to take a hit like this in its eight year, and the 360 in its 9th which they both are.
Furthermore, its not relevant to predicting the sales of PS4 and XB1 because of how different they are from their predecessors.
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