| Shadow1980 said: CHART TIME!
The PS4 has experienced its best first half to date (+12.4% YoY), while the XBO has experienced its worst. The PS4 Slim & Pro haven't had as big of an effect on PS4 sales as the PS3 Slim did on PS3 sales, but there's still a clear effect, plus the Gold Slim probably helped a lot for June. Meanwhile, the boost provided by the XBO S has clearly fizzled out and then some. The XBO needs a big boost from the X1X this holiday season, because at this point it's looking like the XBO is past its peak, with YTD sales being down 10.6% YoY. The Switch is doing okay considering the supply shortages, but we still have no idea what its true sales potential is at this point and at this price. We could be looking at a Wii-like situation where sales steadily improve not due to big games or price cuts, but to improvements to supply. |
Thanks for da charts as always mang! And yes PS4 has its best first half to date mostly thanks to all the exclusives.
Clearly games sell consoles, games create value. MS thinks power is what beat them but they're gonna be so wrong. I foresee XboneX doing (really) well for a few months at $499, XBX total will prolly eclipse PS4 in the holidays in the US, and then regress hard by early next year. PS4 will likely have another stellar first half next year with God of War and other exclusives.
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