| Zackasaurus-rex said: 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. |
I am not saying that one has nothing to do with the other, not at all. What I am pointing out is that people are quick to look at the PS4 and the performance there and label the XB1 a failure. This is despite the fact that the XB1 hasn't really moved much in terms of marketshare. Like you, I would love to have better data to show where exactly the market trends go. Then we could get a more clear picture of what is going on gen to gen. Instead we just get the assumptions of "all Wii users are now on cell phones" or "PS4 is gonna have half the market therefore the XB1 sucks" and the like.
