By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
EricHiggin on 09 December 2016
Edit Thread
Swordmasterman said:
EricHiggin said:

This isn't much of a concern for PS4, correct. PS4 has this gen locked up, unless Scorpio fits in this gen as well, and MS starts offering deals like we've never seen before, which is highly unlikely.

The concern is what if Xbox is gaining traction, and what if Scorpio is next gen?

There are lots of people wanting PS to show their numbers with the "BBF EVER" statement. It doesn't mean they will though. PS can do whatever they want.

The 50mil number is not all that matters. Adding software to that helps yes, but whats happenening with the competition matters a whole lot as well. A great example is when PS2 was selling like hot cakes, and Xbox was selling just ok. What ended up happening because PS didn't pay attention to what was happening at MS? The 360 launches a year before PS3 and steals tonnes of business from PS. The hardware, the games, the price, the launch, the "proor" Xbox sales, all contributed to this, and PS had put themselves in a horrible position.

If PS lets this happen again, they could very well suffer with Pro and PS5, if Scorpio turns out to be next gen. Again, this doesn't matter much as to PS4 sales, but the future of the brand most definitely, its all interlocked.

The Xbox 360 had  half of the price, launched early and re-sold  more than half of what it sold in the first year to the same owners, that due to the Red Ring.

Microsoft got a 20+ millions of lead in the USA, that won't happen again. In the last 2007 November NPD thread, the Xbox 360 easily outsold the PS3 in November, but lost to the PS2, if I remember well.

The PS2 sold almost more than the Xbox 360 even after the 360's launch. So, Sony's fanbase  splitted in 2 platforms.

Yes, but look at how PS3/360 gen ended. Basically 85mil even steven. How many gamers stayed on PS2 and didn't get a PS3? How many PS2 gamers eventually went to 360? It's not just about this year and next, it the entire upcoming gen and where it may be headed.