Did we REALLY need or want a new generation of consoles?

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fallen said:

You have it reversed OP. I'm amazed that despite 1/10th-1/20th the userbase of PS3/360, PS4 and Xone are already increasingly dominating the software charts. This shows how fast people abandon past gen.

7 million PS4's, 4.5 million Xbox One's, 84 million 360's, 82 million PS3's, yet PS4 and Xbox One already are tending to dominate the charts. It shows what we expect, people move on rapidly. The most active buyers have already moved to next gen.

I guess what I'm hearing a lot is the lack of reason for many people to get a current gen system vs. a last gen system. A lot of people aren't convinced that the new systems are "so much better" than the previous gen. I feel we are in for a market slowdown, unless developers stop making last gen versions of new games.

I am not seeing this domination, if the top 10 in software sales on the front page is any indicator.  1 PS4 and 1 XB1 game doesn't signal domination, in my eyes.