Video:Excuses Why PS4 Is Selling Is Irrelevant

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ChudStudly said:

No, you weren't right. At all. Of course the numbers look bad if you compare it to PS3's 2008 sales; at that point the PS3 had an established library which included.the newly-released MGS4, an exclusive, must-have, system-selling title. You NEED to be comparing it to summer 2007, which directly correlates to now, the PS4's first summer. If you do THAT, like you should be, you'll see the PS4 is selling much, much better than the PS3 during the same time period. To say nothing of the fact the PS4 has now more than doubled the PS4's sales during the same time period. I GUARANTEE the PS4's sales will look even stronger next summer with the plethora of titles releasing Sept through next spring. Even the X1 is gonna pick up. It ain't pulling PS4 numbers, but it's STILL outselling PS3 during its first summer. You want doom and gloom? Look at PS3's first year sales, especially in the summer. It still went on to do just fine.

Honest to God. I don't get the annual summer doomsday posts. Really, I don't.

1 - I did a comparison and I was right about it, regardless whether you think it's fair or not. You can criticize the comparison, you can't tell I'm wrong.

2 - That is your reasoning. Mine is: PS3 started at 600€ and got to the 400€ price point on 2008, PS4 is at 400€ since the beginning. Today PS4 is doing poorly when compared to PS3 at the same price. But since the price doesn't seem to be an issue for you, then compare the PS4 with the Wii and see what happens (it was doing around 250k per week on the "equivalent" period!).

3 - How do you classify PS4 sales today? Do you think it's a good sign when people can only accept the challenge of comparing it to the PS3 (which was lagging behind the competition on the last generation)?