Protendo said:
Actually it's the oposite. January 2015 is when the Xbox One was gaining on the PS4 after the fire sales. It also includes the Xbox 360 which attachment ratio and digital sales were greater than the PS3. The PS4 is also in more developing countries where digital isn't a thing, meaning the PS4 rations should be even lower. When you take all this into consideration the chart makes it painfully obvious that best case scenario for Xbox One is that digital attach rates are equal based on the console ratios themselves in January 2015. |
Err, that was the month AFTER December. Sales peak on November and December and slowdown the rest of the year, specially during January when the spending spree is over. Also, didn't the chart literally read "Xbox One" and "PS4"? Not to mention that at the time, a lot of the Xbox 360 userbase was migrating to the XONE. Well, that and digital sales on the Xbox 360 were better than the PS4, but compared to this gen were positively tiny. The digital buying trend is something that started this gen...
Also, I hate to point out the obvious, but the XONE outsold the PS4 in Latin America, which is where most of the emergent markets that can afford to buy current gen consoles are. The only way the PS4 would sell more in developing countries would be if it sold a lot in Africa or SEA, and in SEA the internet is not much of a problem.
I also might point out that the PS sells steadily through the year, whereas the Xbox goes through boom and bust during the holiday months. January is naturally going to favor the PS4 when it comes to any form of market share, digital included... Revenue is not the same as attack rate when you can have two digital games for free every month and pay only one game per year (XBL Gold at $30 together with GwG makes for a killer deal)...
