PS4 sales double Xbox One

[vivster]

Turkish said:

vivster said:

That math doesn't add up. The PS4 doesn't just need to sell 1.5 million more than X1 from now on. They will also have to additionally double the number of all X1 sales while catching up those 1.5 million.
by the time they get close to 2:1 it will be holidays and I absolutely doubt that PS4 will outsell X1 2:1 in November and December. Which will in fact push them back in their schedule again. And then there is Halo. Yes The PS4 will have its system sellers too but none of those are Halo.

What does this mean. At its current rate, PS4 is doing 50k more than Xbone on vgchartz, if the PS4 keeps outselling the Xbone by 50k, it will double the Xbone in 30 weeks.

Halo 2 HD will be a big system seller? I doubt it, the first one sold 2.2m, and 2 likely comes to 360 too.

With all of its marketing, and 449 bundles, Titanfall couldnt prevent Xbone being outsold by 60k in its stronghold. I doubt Halo 2 will be bigger than Titanfall.

Ok, a little calculation example for you. Hypothetical numbers because I don't want to look up the real numbers.

X1 5million, PS4 8.5million, so PS4 needs 1.5 million to make it double.

Now the PS4 sells 150k each week while the X1 does only 100k.

Forward 30 Weeks

X1 now has 8 million and PS4 has 13 million. Does this look like double to you? Why doesn't it add up? Because not only does the PS4 have to close the 1.5 million gap but it also has to keep up the status quo of 2:1. That means to reach the double in 30 weeks the PS4 needs to double the X1 PLUS 50k every week... 250k.

 8.5million + 250k*30 = 16 million.

And of course I'm talking about Halo 5 which I expect to hit early next year around the time of UC4.