PS4 Still beating PS2, launch aligned

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Turkish said:

Ljink96 said:
It's not going to beat it though. I know the evidence says otherwise, but remember it was the early to late 2000's PS2 was the cheapest DVD player on the market. I know a lot of family members that had one just to act as a DVD player. Although PS4 does Blu Ray, the demand for it isn't as high due to streaming services like Netflix. I think 95-100M LT, no way it's getting past that tbh.

PS2 didnt get to 157M because people wanted a cheap dvd player back in 2000, it kept on selling after PS3 because it was so cheap and affordable enough to continue selling in emerging markets. Launch aligned PS4 is beating PS2. Also VHS was still king in 2000, in 2002 I bought a dvd player for 50 euro or so.

PS4 is well on its way to do ~100M in just 6 years, it wont have PS2 legs but it also wont collapse like the PS3 did.

fleischr said:
But still falling behind the Wii in the same timeframe.

It's hard to say if PS4 will have the same life span as the PS2 and leg out just as well.

I think aligned next year is when Wii loses steam, not sure if it was 2010 or 2011 when it collapsed.

Yea, the "DVD player myth" is gettting old.  PS2 helped DVD become the success it was, not the other way around.  People who bought the PS2 to play video games also bought DVDs.  Were there some who bought it just as a DVD player?  Sure.  But that was an extremely small number.  And like you said, DVD player prices dropped quite quickly.  By the time the PS2 launched, you could get a cheaper one for like $150.

As for the Wii, according to VGC, its peak year was 2008, just two years in, with 24.2M.  The next two years saw a slower decline, but it was obvious the interest was dying, with 21.3M in 2009 and 17.3M in 2010.  In 2011, it plummeted nearly 6M to 11.5M.  And in 2012, it was just 5.1M.