Dusk said:
chapset said:
Dusk said:
What makes you think that? Why would it peak then? The PS3 was a very different beast than the PS4 and there are no similarities in the release structure.
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What how was the ps3 so different to the ps4? They are both powerfull hardware at launch, both will sale mostly due to third party support, Sony already said they will support the ps4 for at least 10 years just like the ps2 and ps3 why would the sale patern of the ps4 be different lol. The ps3 will end up probably around 90million, for the same time period the ps4 outsold the ps3 by more then 4million ( the ps3 was at around 4mill at this point of it life) with how weak the competition is this gen I have no doubt the ps4 will increase it lead over the ps3 by 6million when it's said and done putting itat more than 100 million lifetime. Using the slowest part of the year when the console didn't have any note worthy release for a long time to say it won't reach 100 million is pretty dumb if you ask me.
edit: also the 360 peaked in it's 6th year. The ps4 will have a very similar sale patern to those 2 console not to the wii
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Ummm k. I think you missed my point. The PS3 did not sell well when it entered the market. The PS4 has so far. The PS3 had loads of support. The PS4 has some support. I say "some" because there aren't as many games coming out for it as there was for the PS3 in comparison although it does have some high quality games. All the systems are suffering from this, not just the PS4. The development cycles are longer but the same games are being pushed out more regularly so there is less incentive for someone to purchase a new system for it just to play the "new" iteration of whatever "new" game it is in the franchise. I'm talking about IP fatigue. Look at COD for instance. Or AC. Or the 2D mario games recently. But my point is that a console needs games to sell, and if there are less games, unless they have ultra mass appeal, less will sell. This is of course my theory.
Every console will have slow times, there is no denying that, but hasn't anybody noticed that the droughts are longer and more common?
I find it funny that so many people have a problem with my reasoning though. Maybe I'm entirely out to lunch, but what if I'm right?
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bold: not true at all lol, did you even look at the ps3 release schedule back in 2007? it wasn't getting any more games than the ps4 and even worse it was getting the gimped versions ( the x360 version were running and looking better) unlike the ps4.The droughts are longer and more common? how? the ps4 is 8 months old. I'm starting to think you didn't even check the sales at comparative lifetime of each console before making this assumption. And it's not like cross-gen games will be offered all gen. Plus like you said developement times are longer and games are more expensive to make wich is why I think this gen will last just as long or even longer than the previous one because developers will try to maximise the amount of money they can get from their franchises. I mean the ps4 is doing everything better than the ps3 it's already 4million ahead for the same period, it's facing weaker competition, it's priced way better, it's the console to get if you want the better version of third party games yet somehow it won't reach 100million while the ps3 will do 90 million easy, what kind of logic is that? The only thing I could see stoping it from reaching that is if Sony just close the playstation platform due to lack of money.
