| superhippy420 said: Those PS4 numbers are amazing too because they are bucking the trend of video game history. Sony sold 48k consoles in the U.S., yet only had 100k in software sales, and only had 3 games sell atleast 10k copies. They are selling a whole ton of consoles with pretty much no software, pretty much exactly how the N64 was back in the day. It will be interesting to see though if it follows the N64 trend of huge 1st year sales and then a big dropoff or it keeps up the momentum. Hard to tell right now. |
Well, something you may not be considering is that a majority of the software sales may be digital. No way to track those. There may also be people that get PS+ and download any number of free games to begin with.
I don't see any possible way that the PS4 will drop off in momentum. The N64 dropped off cause in its second year (which is when it dropped off) that was teh PS1's third year and by that point it was already regarded as the dominant console. Next year will be a far far far better year for the PS4 than this year. Just too many good games coming out next year and 2015 is more likly the tru transitional year to current gen when a lot of people upgrade from the last gen consoles. These are some probable system sellers for the PS4 over the next two years. Even if its just a small sales boost.
- 2015; Uncharted 4, MGS5:PP, The Order
- 2016: GOW4, GT7, FF15
