ZhugeEX "Xbox One sales around 41m"

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curl-6 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

When Sony released the PS2, the PS1 continued to sell with very long legs.  It's gravy train did not end when the PS2 released.
When Sony released the PS3, the PS2 continued its gravy train continued for a long time.
The PS4 is a very solid console like the PS1 and the PS2.  It will have strong legs even after the PS5 releases, regardless if it comes out in 2019 or a later year. 

What Sony needs to be worried about is the PS5.  The PS2 was the best selling console of all time and that did not help the PS3 one bit.  The PS4 is very solid, but that will not help the PS5 one bit.  The longer they wait to release the PS5, the harder time it will have in the marketplace.  The Switch already has a head start that is two years old and growing.  Are they going to let Microsoft have a head start too?  How much are they going to cripple the PS5 before it even launches?

Switch is in a different niche and won't impact PS5, just like it isn't impacting PS4. And letting MS go first has advantages for Sony; it lets them see Xbox's hand and work to counter it by making sure the PS5 is superior.

Evilms said:

For the moment it looks like :  PS4 > WiiU+XBO+Switch. 

It reminds me a little of the PS2 versus the xbox, game cube and the dreamcast :)

Hardly. That graph is skewed by PS4 being out for more than 5 years and Switch less than 2. Switch is selling at a similar pace to PS4, none of PS2's competitors sold anywhere near close to it.

Ya that graph is more like

PS4=PS1

XBO=N64

Wii U=Saturn

NSW=Gameboy Color