Prediction: PS4 will win all the holiday's NPD even without new E3 announcements nor an official price cut.

[Jon-Erich]

daredevil.shark said:

Jon-Erich said:
Sony probably will win and it sucks. PS1 was great, although a lot of the good games on that system have aged poorly. PS2 is one of the best game systems in history. PS3 won me over after a few years. PS4 is just a huge disappointment. I don't understand why people are buying it. The 8th generation for the most part has been one huge disappointment so far.

I am really curious. Have you seen first 2 years of PS3? Let me take you for a history tour.

1. Games like gears of war, mass effect (also on PC) and lots of JRPGs were coming in Xbox 360.

2. PS3 was loosing exclusives left and right. Assassins creed to DMC 4 all became multiplat.

3. As advertised supercomputer PS3 was struggling to put decent frame rate in same game compared to Xbox 360.

4. PS2 was still kicking PS3 in sales.

5. Xbox live was reliable, well designed and fun to play.

6. Xbox 360 was cheaper.

7. All of Sonys first party studios were struggling.

If you really liked PS3 even after these problems then why not give a chance PS4. Lots of games to play. And wait for E3 for one / two AA / HD remasters for this fall.

I didn't buy a PS3 until 2012, although I had been wanting one since at least 2009 so all those issues had been resolved. Besides, as you mentioned, PS3 had a lot of problems. PS4 didn't. PS4 should have a far superior lineup of games compared to PS3 at the same point in that system's life. 

With most game systems, I can understand why they got the support they did. I understand why the NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, and Wii were the best selling consoles. Yes, even the Wii. Despite how much people hate that system, it did have a solid lineup of games from beginning to end. They were all marketed very well and had more exclusives than what the competition had to offer. PS4 is an anomaly in this regard. Yes, it was marketed well but the marketing behind the system wasn't about why it's so great. It was about why it doesn't suck. The exclusives aren't there to the extent of previous PlayStation consoles, even the PS3. Even Sony admitted that they were surprised by the PS4's success and aren't sure why people are buying it.

So yeah, PS4's success doesn't make any sense. The first few months did. But the first year? The first 18 months? I'll wait until E3, but as of right now it's looking more like I'll be getting an Xbox One before the PS4.