| Kerotan said: i'm so happy gamers are embracing next gen in such huge numbers. Devs will be so confident with making games now and not having to worry about the console having bad sales for their game. Gonna be an epic gen. |
Ignring the sensationalists and the naysayers.... I have never had a doubt in my mind that consoles will thrive. Its almost as if a lot of posters online or the industry media in general just completely lack a handle of exactly who buy consoles or why they sell. I expect this console generation to be smaller than the last one, meaning that it wont sell 270M+ combined units. But I don't see that as a bad thing if the user base is more focused and active than ever before. At the end of the day teh real determinant of the industry should always be just how much software is being sold as opposed to how much hardware is being sold.
eg, If 260M consoles move 1B units of software per year and 150M consoles moves 2B units of software per year, then in my book the console generation moving more software is more successful and represents a real tangible growth in the industry. I would have though this inda reasoning is common sense. But apparently its not lol.
