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BeElite said:
DM235 said:
 


The law of "in my opinion".

My reasoning is that for something to break Wii's records it has to be cheap enough to be affordable to (nearly) everyone.  I don't think $399 is that price point.  I was originally thinking $199, but I think it is doable at $249.


yes and no.

If there was better competion at much lower price yahh.  But 399 seems to be just fine these days and given the comp is not exactly super strong its possible.  Europe record possible much much more.


You have to remember that the Wii had mass appeal, and a low price, so it had everyone including soccer moms and seniors buying it.  Obviously, I could be wrong, but I just don't see that happening with the PS4.  

What the PS4 does have going for it is younger gamers who grew up on the Wii now moving on to the PS4 to play more mature games, and 360 gamers who are either mad at Microsoft, or who were won over by the Sony exclusives.

Historically, console sales follow a "mountain" curve.  Sales keep increasing yearly, and then slowly decrease.  Last gen did have exceptions on the tail end, but I think those were just that - exceptions.  I don't think the PS4 will have record breaking sales (ie beat Wii's 2009 records) in its 2nd holiday season.  If you are just thinking that the 2nd holiday sales for PS4 can beat the 2nd holiday sales for the Wii, then I do think that is possible.