PS4/XBO/NS - 2017 vs. 2018: Final Results!!!

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CartBlanche said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:
Looks like the PS4 will be 1M behind last year's numbers next week

will they make up any ground come the Black Friday sales?

They might. 
From these latest numbers to the week ending September 1st. They're expected to just keep falling further behind, especially at the last week of July due to Dragon Quest XI releasing at that time last year. But once the week ending September 8th rolls around (the week when Spider-Man releases) is when they should start to gain a little ground. It should be up that week and the week after that. Then the next two weeks are questionable. FIFA usually comes out at the end of September, but with FIFA 19 being the series' 6th entry onto the PlayStation 4, I don't think the sales effect will be quite as big as it has been in the past. I could be wrong since this year was the World Cup, but we'll just have to wait and see on that one. 
October should be up dramatically because of all the titles releasing that month. (Battlefield V, Black Ops IIII, and Red Dead Redemption 2) Compared to last year, which only had Gran Turismo Sport, a series that is nowhere near as big as it used to be. So, October is the biggest opportunity the system will have to make up any ground come November. However, I think that's when the gap will just widen again, since Call of Duty, which is usually a November title, was pushed forward to October and the only huge system selling game that is scheduled to release in November (that I'm aware of) is a Nintendo Switch exclusive. 

Long story short, it could make up some ground come Black Friday, by I think its window to do so is short and its chances are slim.