| czecherychestnut said: I can see what you are saying but the PS4 was so supply constrained last Christmas its impossible to say how either will go this Christmas. What I will say is that IMO the 360 traditionally got a larger boost than the PS3 during the Christmas period because US sales are more heavily concentrated around that period than say Europe, so its natural that the leading console in that region (360) got the larger boost. The PS3 was the leading console in Europe, but sales in Europe are more spread out across the year than in the US, which is why the PS3 would often lead global sales during the year but the 360 would catch up over the holidays. As an example, in 2012 (prior to PS4/XB1 release) the total console sales were 20 million in the US and 16.6 million in Europe. However over the Nov-Dec 2012 period, 10 million consoles were sold in the US but only 6.4 million in Europe, so as a percentage of total sales the US has a larger spike around Christmas than Europe. So its not so much a 'Xbox gets a bigger boost in the holidays' but more 'the market leader in the US gets a bigger boost in the holidays', which happened to be the 360 last gen, but is currently the PS4 this gen. Therefore I expect the PS4 will continue to outsell the XB1 in Nov-Dec this year. |
We'll have to wait and see. I ran this logic through my head too but decided on the 'boost for XB1' conclusion. I'm by no means certain though. I'm actually torn between the two ways of thinking but I think I'll play it safe for now lol.
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