Console Market not contracting, becoming more focused

[Louie]

thismeintiel said:

Louie said:

Same here. I can't see gen 8 outselling gen 6 at this point. The PS4 is selling good but not crazy like the Wii did and I doubt it'll be around as long as the PS2. If I had to guess I'd say: 100m PS4, 50m Xbox One and less than 15m Wii U. That's 165m units. As you said, gen 6 was around 200m units total. 

It's good the PS4 isn't selling like the Wii, especially for the reason the Wii was selling.  Why would Sony want to emulate a console that crashed and burned at the end of the gen, having to crawl its way past 100M?  They don't. Not when they can emulate their own console, the PS2, which showed great longevity and sold ~160M consoles.  And like I said, the PS4 is still outpacing it, even without a full $100 pricecut since launch.  And we still have yet to get a PS4 Slim, let alone the Neo.  PS4 is going to around for awhile.

Well, that "crash an burned" part I just won't comment on because our opinions on what that means seem to differ. As for the other part of your post: I'd like that scenario to happen, I just don't think it's likely at this point. Maybe the future will prove me wrong. If Sony can position the PS4 as a long-lasting console that sells close to the PS2 I'll be happy because, frankly, I don't care which console manufacturer sees big sales as long as the console market itself stays healthy.