| DarkFury said: Of course summer is a time of slow sales. But year-on-year comparisons to past summer months are not encouraging. I do not like the trend here: a big reason why PS4 and XBO are ahead of the previous gen is how front-loaded the sales were. Having said all that, of course Holiday seasons are the real acid test for this generation. If they do gangbusters during Christmas period, all is well. If there is sustained year-on-year drop there too, it is time to get worried. |
You're looking at this the wrong way. You can't compare first summer sales of current-gen consoles to PS360 sales from summer 2010. At that point, PS and Xbox had established libraries of must-have titles, which neither PS4 or X1 had at the moment (but they will). A much more apt comparison would be comparing first summers. Example: comparing PS4's first April/May weekly global numbers (usually when the summer slump starts hitting), to 360 during IT'S first April/May, PS4 sales are doubled on average. For PS3 it's even worse. Hell, PS4 has doubled weekly global sales of 360 from its April/May in 2007 as well. Next year? Sales for both cranked up due to more and better games. This has N O T H I N G to do with the health of the industry (which is excellent..... just look at game sales/industry revenue for May) and everything to do with historical trends and game availability. Watch Dogs was not a huge system seller (although I think it DID move units; I suspect its one reason why PS4 did so well it's first April compared to PS360's first), nor was it must have (but it sold gangbusters). Wait til the REAL system movers hit, as they always do. Have you SEEN the game release schedule for fall 2014 to 2015? The hype for titles like Destiny is real. It's gonna be a madhouse.
