VGChartz Hardware Sales Update (16th July 2016)

[Mummelmann]

Farsala said:

Mummelmann said:
^So, 1 million overtracked again? That means probably about 5.5 million or so sold this year, making the 20 million CY even more unlikely. People have really been overestimating the PS4, I think many expect it to sell really great just because the competition is doing poorly, the fact that it isn't selling faster with said poor competition is actually cause for some worry, it would seem that consoles overall have lost some of their zest.
It was inevitable though, there were always quite a few fringe customers buying consoles, these are now situated in convenience gaming markets, for the most part.

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Shipments are up yoy and that is all that matters when compared to the 17.7m shipments last year.

Even if they were down yoy so far, it hardly matters in the grand scheme due to how much the holidays contribute to the total.

Either way I think the 20m requires another price cut.

Yeah, something needs to happen for 20 million to become reality, but quite a few users berated me for not supporting the idea of 20 million sales in 2016, even in 2015. Again, the notion put forward seems to be that the competition is moving so slowly that the PS4 is bound to have amazing sales.
That said, even without a 20 million selling year in its entire cycle (an idea I've actually suggested a long time ago), it should still sell a good amount lifetime. I also still believe it won't catch the PS1 and that the PS3 is a much more realistic target to beat lifetime, especially given the PS3's long life, which the PS4 won't have, by all appearances, the 7th gen was very long and we likely won't see one as long as that again.