UPDATE: PS4 doubles xbox by Sept. 27m vs 14m?

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Intrinsic said:

Puppyroach said:
Will never happen, and its a completely ridiculous prospect. Thing is, PS4 will probably never reach a 2:1 ratio in these consoles lifetime.

Simple math says you are wrong.

As of January 2014, PS4 was ~4.2M and XB1 was ~3.3M. Approximately 30% lead to the PS4.

As of January 2015, PS4 is 18.5 and XB1 is ~11M. That's approximately a 42% advantage to the PS4.

As long as the PS4 keeps selling better than the XB1 every year, then it means its overall lead is growing and it will just be a matter of time. Having said that, I don't think its happening this year, but maybe around 2016/2017.

That math doesn't add up. Even if from now on the PS4 sold double as much as X1 weekly it would never reach 2:1 LTD. People forget that to close a gap you need to sell the ratio you desire and then some. PS4 didn't even manage to sell 2:1 last year. I'm almost confident that it will manage to do it this year but it will lack the additional sales to lock it down LTD.