I keep reading and seeing a lot of users say that this generation is front loaded. Usually, this "observation" preempts a statement suggesting that the consoles would not do as well as their previous counterparts or sales will crash eventually.
My questions are; what are the grounds for this notion? What does it mean for "new" hardware to be front loaded? What are your thoughts on this?
My thoughts are that we can't just say, "hey, these new consoles are doing better than their previous version" (because that has never happened before with a new generation). It has to be that for them to be doing so well it must mean they are front loaded.
I would have thought, that the only way to even realistically conclude that something is front loaded is if and only if when comparing its first full year of sales to its second year, then third year we can record a decline. If the PS4 sells less in its second full year than it did in its first then yes, we can say its front loaded. I can not understand why anything can be branded as being front loaded simply cause its selling well or better than predicted. And this applies to both the PS4 and XB1. Yes, compared to the PS4 its not doing too well, but as an Xbox its currently doing better than any Xbox before it.
