Intrinsic said:
Darwinianevolution said:
I think every console in thig gen wil sell a lot less than their predecessor (I don't think PS4 will even reach 90 millions, that alone pass the 100m mark). 1. Nhe new consoles still compete with the last gen, 2. PC and tablet gaming keep growing, the 3. 8th and 7th gen are not that different, 4. bad advertising for WiiU, the 5. Xbone policies fiasco, 6. Sony's financial problems... |
those reasons hold no water...
- New consoles kinda always compete with the old. in some way or the other.
- Two non iclusive markets. People won't stop gaming on consoles cause they game on tablets and console gaming is still the easier gaming platform for the mass market.
- not relevant. At some point, the only place to buy games will be on the 8th gen. so unless everyone that has an 7th gen console just decides they don't wanna play games anymore, they will migrate to the 8th.
- I'll give you that, though its the least of the wiiU's problems.
- Give you this too, though thing about policies is that they can be turned around. Id sony could survive $599, MS can certainly survive ideas they never even implemented.
- oh, so sony doesn't have enough money to make enough consoles? Ok, got you.
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I see your reasons, but I think this problems are important.
1. Yes, there is always competition between gens, but I'm seeing most games appear in new and old devices alike than in every other moment. This is going to hurt the sales of the firt three years (in my opinion, the maximum time to abandon the last gen), so hardware sales will not start to really grow untilll that time. And every gen now lasts between 6 or 8 years before it starts the next one, so it's a lot of time.
2. PCs and tablets are intrusive markets. Tablets and moblie gaming are hurting dedicated gaming handhelds, and PCs will hurt console sales as well. The cheaper digital distribution becomes and the easier to get PC hardware gets, the more and more ground PCs will take from consoles.
3. Watch point 1.
6. The PS brand is the strongest brand in this gen, but it could be much stronger if Sony wasn't in financial trouble. For example, they could have bought more Square Enix shares instead of selling them. They could have tried to buy Atlus, or try to get shares of Capcom now it's in trouble.
