Console Market not contracting, becoming more focused

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thismeintiel said:

Trunkin said:
"Becoming more focused" is just PR speak for contraction, i.e shrinkage. You can spin it all you like, but this gen isn't going to come close to the previous two gens in terms of userbase, and what this has and will lead to is companies milking their remaining users for all they can get, with services, dlc, and digital games.

Care to explain? Sure it won't match last gen, but that was bloated by casuals who have never gamed before.  However, I don't really see it having any problems matching Gen 6.

 

We have a PS4 still outpacing the PS2, even with the numbers game favoring the PS2, since Sony was reporting shipments to their warehouses, not shipments to retailers.  And this is without it hitting $299, let alone $199, or the Slim and Neo SKUs out.  We have a XBO that won't match 360, but is definitely going to outpace the OG Xbox, maybe even by 2x.  The Wii U is falling behind the GameCube, but if it can drop to $199 relatively shortly, I'm sure it could at least match it.  When all is said and done, I wouldn't doubt this Gen will either come damn close to matching Gen 6, or possibly outdo it by a few 10s of millions.

I don't think so. That would make it relatively close to the 7th gen. The Wii U has practically free-falled into nothing, and the XB1 will probably barely scrape past 1/2 of the Xbox 360. The PS4 will probably outsell the PS3 a bit, but I don't see it surpassing 110 million, which for Playstation consoles is normal. That would mean we'd miss the 6th gen numbers (around 200 million) by around 30-40 million consoles.