Is PS4 the first console to sell like this without a fad?

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shikamaru317 said:

Ganoncrotch said:

The PS4 is selling like this because of the X1 reveal. IMO.

That reveal was just an absolute disaster, they left the door wide open for Sony in all markets, even their tightly held US. So yeah... the PS4's Gimmick was Smartglass, TV integration, DDR3 memory, empty promises of cloud power (remember that?), always online, no more trading of games, Kinect always kinected (remember that?), moving all games from the console to Games for Windows Live 10, but yeah... for Sony the handy thing is, all those ideas were on the systems main rival.

I bought a PS3 after that reveal, and a PS4 soon after launch, after being a X360 fan all last gen.

Gotta agree here. If XB1 had been at least as powerful as PS4 for the same price on release without all of the BS with Kinect and cloud and always online, I feel like XB1 sales would be at least 10m higher than they are now while PS4's would be at least 10m lower, possibly even 15m. 

Geez. Those are some pretty big "if's". :) But they did what they did. With a big, shit eating grin, Don Mattrick smile backing it up. Who then told people who didn't like it, that the Xbox 360 was still there to meet their needs. An audience who almost exclusively already owned that console. I know Hitler analogies have become passe, which is huge loss for comedy...... but, if only he had focused on the autobahn, anti-smoking legislation, and his paintings......