| zorg1000 said: It was comfortably up YOY in the first quarter according to NPD, they are probably just assuming the trend will continue. Personally i dont think the YOY increase will last much longer. The combination of the momentum from X model & PUBG releasing over the holidays, nationwide discounts in Feb & Sea of Thieves in March caused it to have a solid increase in Q1 but i dont really see anything that will cause that momentum to continue into the Spring/Summer. |
WWell thats true, and being up YOY is definately better than being down. My thing against it though is that looking at it being up YOY is just a really nice way to not look at how badly it still doing compared o everyone else.
It makes for really embarrassing analysis "The XB1 is doing X% betetr YOY and having the best year so far in XB1 history, but its still being outsold 3:1 by the PS4, and the Switch."
| Kerotan said: Another win for the ps4. 2018 has been its year so far both hardware and software. |
Yup, but its still down YOY, if it keeps this trend through out the year it will be behind YOY by about 1M - 1.3M when its all said and done. Although that means it still has a 19M+ year, it also means that we have the first real evidence of the PS4 having hit its decline.
A price drop to $199 by sony will destroy everything i just said though, so there is still that.
