The PS4 may be stealing players from Microsoft and Nintendo

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prayformojo said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

prayformojo said:

But that's basically assumption. I am sure alot of PS2 owners got 360's. But at what number? No one knows. The thing I'm talking about is trying to take three generations and find some sort of migration chart or patern. I think that's just ridiculous. Over the course of 14 years, so many things have happened that it's impossible to say with any certainty where PS2 gamers went. It's just as likely that PS2 owners grew up and bought houses and raised kids as it is that they ALL magically bought PS4's. 

Too many variables.

To my recollection Nintendo took the rest of the numbers. Microsoft didnt take all of the gamers. Nintendo introduced 50-60 million non-gamers to the Wii console and gaming in general and already had about 23 million from the gen before plus the other 15 or so million gamers sony lost. It adds up (not perfectly but enough to be considered convincing in theory).

MS figured out the key to beating Sony, Nintendo or even Sega had everything to do with garnering the multiplats. Thats why they rushed the development of the 360 to get the years head start. They had to make as many exclusive deals and level the third party playing field as much as possible. It succeeded while the integrity of their rushed consoled collapsed beneath them. It didnt matter in the end because they had already set the standard they desired. Even in my early days being Wii60 In this forum I knew where the mass majority of the 360's numbers came from. MS didnt create a new market. They took from the existing one just like Sony did with Nintendo. The difference between Sony and Microsoft is Sony increased the numbers they gained off the back of Nintendo and multiplied it. Sony had the game down from their first gen.