RolStoppable said:
I definitely don't foresee such a signficant decline in total PS+Xbox sales. I expect the total to remain at 170-180m as any declines in established markets will continue to be offset by growth in developing console markets. As for the breakdown, there are still major unknowns such as pricing and SKU strategies, but so far Microsoft is better positioned than they were with the XB1, so I am going with an expectation of ~100m for the PS5 and ~70m for Xbox. These numbers are still suspect to change (big changes included) once pricing, SKUs and first year lineups become concrete. |
How is Sony being brought down to earth by selling 100m PS5 lifetime sales? Considering that PC gaming, Gamepass, Mobile, and Streaming will inevitibly eat up at least 10 million potential PS5 sales that 100m lifetime would be phenomenal staying power.
Edit: What I see happening with PS5/XBSX is that they will not do as well as this gen, but Switch will wind up ending with over 100m lifetime sales, leaving the overall console market with growth. But analysts won't count Switch as gen 9 and will declare that the market is shrinking, that mobile or streaming is taking over, blah, blah, blah. Eventually this declaration will become a self fulfilling prophecy with the launch of gen 10.
Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 03 January 2020
