PS4 to lead all consoles with 51 million sold by 2016 - IDC

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daredevil.shark said:

PS4 to lead all consoles with 51 million sold by 2016 - IDC

By James Brightman

 

Tue 06 May 2014 6:08pm GMT / 2:08pm EDT / 11:08am PDT
RetailHardware

Research firm also expects Kinect to be unbundled from Xbox One and physical game sales to decline 45% compared to last gen

International Data Corporation (IDC) is preparing to publish its latest console forecast and the research firm has given GamesIndustry International an exclusive preview of the report. There are several key takeaways to note, including Sony's dominance of the new console cycle, Microsoft's need to unbundle Kinect, and a general decline in the physical retail side of the games business.

IDC predicts that Sony's PlayStation 4 will have the single biggest share of the market in 2016 with 51 million sold globally.

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Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-05-06-ps4-to-lead-all-consoles-with-51-million-sold-by-2016-idc

 

It may sound crazy but there is a good chance that it will happen, and it beautifully sits inside my prediction interval if they mean "by the end of 2016".

My current estimates for the end of 2015

PS4 : 28.4 to 36.3 mil

XB1 : 11.2 to 17.4 mil

 

My current estimates for the end of 2016

PS4 : 47.4 to 58.9 mil

XB1 : 16.7 to 25.9 mil