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Nuvendil on 23 December 2016
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zorg1000 said:
CGI-Quality said:

Now let's take a close look at that:

 

  • Battlefield 1 - Fantastic game. Yes. Not much of a system mover, however.
  • WATCH_DOGS 2 - Speaks for itself. Sold less than the original and wasn't accompanied by the same hype.
  • Titanfall 2 - As of now, it's selling worse than the original and was never going to contribute and major amount to the units sold of either console.
  • Dishonored 2 - Isn't a huge franchise like that.
  • Mafia III - While gamers seemed to like it, the game was critically injured, which usually cuts off any kind of legs for console sales.
  • Skyrim Remastered - May have moved some units, but nothing even close to the caliber of a Modern Warfare or some other major title. TES: VI will do that.

 

As for what's up YoY, we don't have solid numbers. So it's pointless to make any full assertions based on one unconfirmed source. You'll have a better idea next month.

Idk seems like making excuses

The combination of Call of Duty, Battlefield, Watch Dogs, Titanfall, Dishonored, Mafia along with first holiday for Slim models and sub-$250 price tags should have put them up YOY.

As for the rumored figures, you should read the post that I originally responded to. He asked why the rumored numbers are considered bad, I said they arent bad but are lower than people thought they would be based on all the things they had going for them.

I think the biggest damage was CoD's performance.  It's not just down, it's WAY down.  And there was no official bundle for it.  And Assassin's Creed, also a typical console mover, skipped this year.  And aside from Battlefield, all the rest you mentioned were fairly underhyped and Mafia in particular got quite the lukewarm reception.  

And PS4 lowered it's price late in the November game, so that's part of that issue.  But Xbox's problem is that their little game of fire sale after fire sale is a war of diminishing returns.  Having them so frequently has eroded their effectiveness.  So Sony under-utilized their resources and Microsoft has so often over played their hand with the sales that their agression in the Holidays this year just isn't as effective as it has been in the past.