Will the new Apple TV be the PS4's only real challenger this gen?

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Soundwave said:

Hynad said:

The PS4 already has competition with the XBox One and soon enough, the NX.

 

This Apple TV will be a niche among the niche.

Yet the AppleTV is already crushing Wii U sales since 2012 and selling about on par with the XBox One. And this is with the old model and Apple barely supporting it/throwing any marketing behind it. 

It's not a threat to Sony because it's clearly not going after the same audience, but saying it's a niche device is just stupid. It very easily could end up outselling the XBox One and it will certainly outsell the Wii U easily. 

AppleTV is a mediocre performer in the TV streaming space, it is being dominated by other players. The only thing even keeping Apple in the game was the price point and apple fans, now they have thrown out the price point advantage. personally I don't see Apple succeeding here. They still only have a mediocre TV streaming box and now a mediocre gaming added in (but with increased price).

however Apple fans are often beyond my understanding where they will trade features and performance for clean pretty interfaces, so I guess we will wait and see. My prediction is though they will gain some casual gaming audience but lose some of the TV streaming audience (they had already really lost there already anyway).