I don't get exactly this YOY thing, when we refer to PS4, X1 and Switch.
It could be an interesting parameter if all consoles were released roughly in the same time frame and very close in the total hardware sold : let's assume 3 consoles, X,Y,Z, all released in Q4 2013, where console X has sold globally 80M, console Y 83M and console Z 85M. So in this case if Console X is UP YOY, Console Y is steady and Console Z is slowing down a lot, THIS could be interesting.
But what about PS4, X1 and Swith ?? :) PS4 is crushing X1, over 85M sold right now, X1 less than 40M and PS4 is still crushing X1, at a rate of 3:1,
Switch has just sold 21M, light years far from PS4, and released in March 2017; Shall we be impressed if eventually Switch is UP YOY being a new console ? Shall will be surprised if PS4, after 5 years, cannot keep the record numbers of the previous year, but still outclassing his competitors ?
As far as I'm concerned, this YOY was very interesting at the time of Wii VS PS3 VS 360 : 360 had a very good start, ok, 1 year head start over PS3, which had a slower start and has been suffering in the first 2 years. Wii was amazing in the first 3 years, but after the year 2010, was going down and outclassed by PS3 and even 360. Think that Wii, in 2013 sold only 1,9M, while PS3 8,26M and 360 sold 6,24M. Why am I saying that ? Because it was interesting to see PS3 recovering from an unpleasant situation, catching up with 360, and surpassing Wii in Europe; 360 on the other hand, won in NA, while Wii managed to keep the lead in the Global, even though PS3 was crushing it from 2011.
That was an yearly interesting YOY from 2009, that was "exciting". PS3 and 360 ended very close, a marginal lead of PS3 in the Global, Wii won in the Global, but 360 won in NA ! PS3 also managed to pass Wii in Europe.
What about this Gen ? Can YOY be interesting considering the weekly figures since PS4 has launched ? PS4 has lost 1 week VS X1 in 5 years, and lost 3-4 weeks VS Switch since the Nintendo Console has Launched, and the rest is PS4 domination, and this keep going, with Sony holding back the price cut...
Don't get me wrong, I like statistics, trends, charts comparison, but this Gen my friends is really over, and nothing will change, apart from marginal figures.
I still like to see these Threads though, as Playstation is my most favourite console ever :)
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