ICStats on 22 April 2014
Why lump sales together and miss all the detail behind the numbers?
Gen 7:
+ PS3 massive drop from PS1/PS2 for Sony due to it's cost, and 360 putting up major competition in price, specs, and features.
+ 360 massive increase over original Xbox for same reason.
+ Wii massive increase over N64/GC due to never before seen hype and casual reach for a console. Unfortunately the hype for many was short lived.
+ PSP piracy and a few popular exclusives give it good legs.
+ DS beats iPhone to the punch with casual touch based games.
Gen 8:
+ PS4 solved it's problems, could go back to PS1/PS2 trend.
+ XB1 bad PR, loss of competitive edge in price, specs and features. Still retaining some good faith built from 360 but may decline due to competition.
+ Wii U unsuccessful to create hype or casual reach, weak preformance and features for fairly high price. Sales return to prior N64/GC trend.
+ XB1 bad PR, loss of competitive edge in price, specs and features. Still retaining some good faith built from 360 but may decline due to competition.
+ Wii U unsuccessful to create hype or casual reach, weak preformance and features for fairly high price. Sales return to prior N64/GC trend.
+ A billion smart devices sold and counting, the time for uni-purpose portables almost finished.
And now more people playing games than ever. Gaming is the #1 activity on those billion smart devices, and then there's further growth potential on PS Now, Steambox, Amazon TV, Play TV, etc. Platforms are going to be less and less tied to specific hardware IMO.
My 8th gen collection
