Neodegenerate said:
Market share and demographics are not the same thing. Last gen market share was 37.4% Wii, 31.3% PS3 and 360 each. This gen it is currently 48.1% PS4, 28.6% XB1, and 23.3% Wii U. That is indicative of the market share lost by the Wii U being taken up by PS4 more than it is that PS4 is taking it all away from the XB1. |
Partially true, but there is a misguided assumption hidden there. Demographics matter because they construct the market. We know that many Wii owners are not traditional gamers and are not entering the new gen at all. Some stopped playing, some are on mobile, and some even died (the Wii had an impressive elderly audience).
Given that so much of the market has changed, it is evident that PS4's gains versus PS3 are the combination of gaining some Wii audience, some 360 audience, and some brand new/PC audience. Sony have commented on this, but I wish stronger numbers were possible. That would require a gaming census.
Nonetheless, we can be informed in other ways.
