Intrinsic on 02 February 2017
KingofTrolls said:
I will try. PS2 ( Jap March 2000, USA October 2000 ) launched before Xbox OG ( November 2001 ) and Gamecube ( December 2001 ). PC gaming was a dirty mess back in the days. 299$ is the price. PS4 launched after WIi U, same month as Xbox One. PC gaming is strong.399$ is the price. |
Thats not entirely comparing the states of the markets though........
more like this.....
- PS2 sold 12M in 3 years in japan. PS3 sold under 11M in 7 years in japan. PS4 has sold 4M in just under 3 years in japan.
- PS2 came at a time when there was no competition for gaming dollars. Now we don't just have PC we also have mobile.
- PS2 had a lower cost of entry and came at a time when there was a massive media shift (VHS to DVD)
If you want to launch allighn, rather than look at how many months the PS4 as a whole had the entire market, isolate it to the regions. So take when the PS4 was released in japan and launch align it with japan sales of the PS2.
As i said, this whole launch aligning thing only makes sense if you are looking at the specific markets in quetion. Now this would all be different if PS4 japanese performance is whats responsible for its sales. It isn't.
