| Shadow1980 said: The gap is narrowing, sure, but both systems are down a good bit overall from 2015. Assuming those 1M and 1.1M figures for November are as accurate as we're gonna get, the PS4 is down 12.3% YoY while the XBO is down 4.2%. Both systems were hurt by a relatively anemic November, which was responsible for most of their YoY losses. The slim models (and the PS4 Pro) have had a smaller effect on sales than their counterparts from last generation did. I think this has a lot to do with just the overall sales pacing we've seen this generation, which is a lot faster than what we saw last generation. I think both the PS4 and XBO simply have less room to grow at this point in their lives than the PS3 and 360 did. This isn't to take away from what the XBO has been able to accomplish since the "S" model was released. It has helped a fair amount, and has done more for the XBO than new models have done for the PS4. But the facts are what they are. The PS4 and XBO are at or getting close to their peaks, with the XBO having maybe a little more room for growth than the PS4. The XBO may have narrowed the gap, but it was still down 3 out of 4 quarters this year. Neither MS nor Sony really has any room to brag in regards to their performance in the U.S. market right now. Since this is likely the best we're going to get data-wise, I'm going to go finish up my charts, post the basic ones in the NPD thread, and maybe make another thread going more in-depth on the state of the U.S. hardware market. |
Would be nice to see a thread like that if you decide to make one.
Bandorr said:
You mean that price cut? That was from the 11th to the 24th? |
Was extented to the 31st
hudsoniscool said:
Actually if I recall, someone free to correct me as my memory can fail. Sonys was from the 11-24. Then they extended it. Microsoft was from 11 or 12th-24th. Also didn't Sony have a ff15 bundle in December. |
PS4 was from Dec 11- Dec 31st
XBO was from Dec 13- 24th
The FFXV bundle was very limited.
