Shadow1980 said:
It is? Wow. If true, that would be bad considering we have two new systems... Except it's not true. March 2014 NPD had all six consoles selling a combined 958k units, and the PS4 and XBO alone sold 682k units. Meanwhile, March 2013 had the 360, PS3, Wii, and Wii U selling a combined 631k units. At the current rate, this year will see console sales in the U.S. up by several million units. Even Europe is up slightly by VGC's estimates for February and March. Even Japan is up a bit over last year if you ignore the fact that the PS4 was in absentia until late February; Media Create Week 16 of this year has total home consoles at 26,281 units sold, while the same week last year was 24,607 units. So, overall the console market is indeed up over last year. We are now entering the upswing part of the cycle. 2013 was the nadir. The next peak will likely be in 2015 or 2016. After that, we'll hit the downswing part of the cycle, with the market bottoming out again around the time the ninth-gen systems debut, at which point the cycle begins again. Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can explain that. |
You may interpretate isolated months numbers as you wish. However, just take a look at Vgcharts comparisons between years and you´ll see that the trend still continues.
A single example: year-to-date total console sales (same periods covered).2009: 17millions; 2010: 15 million; 2011: 14,3 million; 2012: 12,5 million; 2013: 11 million; 2014: 10,3 millions: http://www.vgchartz.com/article/251592/2014-year-on-year-sales-and-market-share-update-to-april-12th/
Some major retailers, like Gamestop, already announced they´re changing their focus from videogames to phones and tablets, due to this pattern. Investitors are careful, waiting for some point of stability on this.
