xl-klaudkil said:
Wow,people really still trying to downplay this waauw!!! Sold is indeed sold. |
It's not downplaying. PS4 had EU and NA in the same month and Japan only 3 months later. If you align the regions launches, PS2 is a bit ahead. This points that PS4 won't beat PS3 numbers, which is reasonable. PS4 will probably do anything between 120 to 130M. People normally say that this is because its sales are front loaded, but in reality it is selling a tiny bit slower than PS2.
Saying that something is a bit behind PS2 isn't downplaying. PS2 did those numbers because it had 2 dead oponents. X1 at least puts up a bit of a fight, enough to avoid letting PS4 be as dominant as PS2. If PS3 also had a scenario like PS2 did, it would be way above 100M easily.
This actually speaks a lot about PS4 health. If it was really above PS2 and ended up falling short, it would result in a Wii scenario. It actually has a similar pace, so it's a healthy platform.
Of course, my prediction also doesn't consider the impact of Switch, but I think it will be negligible since it will appeal to a different market.
