Are PS4+X1 sales front-loaded?

[MikeRox]

padib said:

MikeRox said:

I think some of it could be that PS3 and X360 had "delayed" sales. Because many people bought a Wii in 2006/2007 and so moved onto the PS3 and 360 later than the ordinarily would have done had the Wii not wowed them with Wii Sports.

How about how many hardware sales there were across all 3 7th gen systems at this point, vs how many hardware across ll 3 8th gen systems? I think that would probably bridge that gap an awful lot, if not show that this gen's hardware is actually moving a bit slower?

@paragraph 1. I absolutely think so. That's why I think it would be fair to say that this gen is selling much faster especially since last gen sold abnormally slowly.

@paragraph 2. I honestly believe that the numbers the Wii sold are in a market that isn't active right now. We know that by the lack of reception for games that sold typically well on the Wii. Here is a thread that explains it in detail, let me know what you think.

 

Indeed, but if they were users that are no longer in the market, that would go with the theory that this gen overall is actually moving slower :) I do know quite a lot of "core" gamers who got the Wii as their first 7th gen system. 

Having thought about it a bit more. The PS3 retail price will have also held off sales they would ordinarily already have had. $599 or even worse as the (6 month later) EU release had it £425 launch price tag meant after the initial sales glut, sales plummeted. Once it was down the the acceptable sub £300 mark sales really picked up. (It took the PS3 over 6 months to sell it's launch shipment in the UK, as I grabbed a brand new 60gb PS3 just as they announced that model had been discontinued. I understand these were actually all launch units. The PS3 launched in March 2007 in Europe, I got my PS3 brand new from a mainstream retailer off the shelf for £350 with 2 full price games and a blu-ray movie in October 2007. The £425 was solus.

The Xbox One also tried launching with that sort of price, and quickly had to reduce it to stimulate sales.