PS3 disastrous release took over 3 years to be corrected and PS3 still oversold X360, X1 release took less than 6 months to be corrected and they are selling less than 40% of what PS4 do (and actually the gap have been only increasing, even after the corrections). Sony would need to fuck to much at once and MS do everything right for XSX to have a chance to outsell PS5. Not likely at all. |
If the announcement of the Xbox One wasn't such a disaster this generation would have been completely different is my point, Sony wouldn't have had near the success with the PS4 it did. And in comparison to their other products, the PS3 was a disappointment period by their standards.
Much like the PS2 and the wild success it had, Sony basically had no competition this generation for years. It is clear from the last few generations that brand loyalty isn't as strong as many think it is. Sony had no competition in home console gaming with the PS2, Nintendo won last generation with the Wii, Sony won the first half of this generation and Nintendo won the second half with the Switch.
It will be very interesting to see what will happen with this generation between a system that is hitting it's peak (Switch) and last generation hardware still very capable (Xbox One X/PS4 Pro) of performing well. I just don't see the SXS/PS5 having great launches in the current world (coronavirus and a real possibility of massive unemployment).
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