AlfredoTurkey said:
Aura7541 said:
Hence why I said "temporarily boost sales". Sales will go up when these games launch and then, gradually fall back to the original baseline. I never claimed that these games will have the same affect as MK8 or COD. I just said that PS4 sales will go up for a short while when its exclusives launch.
The PS4 is outselling the X1 in most retailers in the US despite that it has a $50 price disadvantage. X1 taking the US is not set in stone. As seen last year, winning January to (end of) October was more beneficial than winning November & December. What if the PS4 wins November and December, too? Even if not, what if the PS4 only got outsold by 200K for the holiday season?
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I think the reason Xbone is going to win the US and why it's inevitable is because we're seeing a late uptake in people upgrading from last generation on the 360's side. It's starting to look like the PS3 last generation where alot of people wanted one, but waited until the price came down. The Xbone launched at a ridiculous $500.00 price tag. I think we were all thrown off by this and assumed those early PS4 numbers were people jumping ship. I think some of it might have been due to that but now, it's looking to be alot smaller than we anticipated.
There were ALOT of hold overs this generation. Way more than ever before... or atleast in modern times. I think this (2015) is the year we see the majority of them upgrade and I fully expect the Xbone to win the US because of the 360.
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Your argument is terrible. You are assuming just because someon had a 360 they will upgrade to an x1, that is not the case and sony has done a study that showed 30% of ps4 owners were 360/wii only owners last gen. Ps2 is also proof people don't just stick to the same console, if that were the case ps3 would have won US..it never ot got dominated there.
Ps3 also launched a full year later, not the same case here. Ps3 nver came close in the US.
Ps4 is in year 2, and still leading the US, and will win most months this year, even when x1 is 50 cheaper. Not once ever has the leading console in the US changed this far into a gen, x1 spike was a price cut spike, it was temporary. You are going to be wrong.
