Xbox will catch up to Playstation this generation

[thismeintiel]

Kyuu said:

Kyuu said:

This prediction will not age well. Sony is aiming for the PS5 to outsell PS4's first fiscal year, and break their all time hardware record in the 2nd year, which -alongside a plethora of other information- makes me more confident in my 140 million+ prediction than I ever was.

If MS keeps the majority of Bethesda group's games exclusive, then they should be able to have a chance at barely winning in the US without resorting to heavy price drops (which was partly what kept Xbox One competitive in US/UK), but it's still far from a guaranteed win considering Sony's current position, plans, and momentum.

Funny how literal minutes after posting this, I don't believe Sony will be able to meet their targets by FY 2023. Their CrossGen approach may bite them in the ass.

Dissociating PS5 with exclusives by continuing to release notable CrossGen games in 2022 should affect the general hype and sales. I for one am no longer excited for PS5 at all at this point. It'll still be huge of course but I don't see it hitting 23 millon+ in FY 2022.

I think you really should reconsider your way of thinking if you honestly think cross-gen games are going to hurt the PS5's sales. The PS5 is the new hot product on the market. Having a few games still available on PS4 isn't going to change that. They're producing more units than they did the PS4 and it's still selling out.

There will still be games exclusive to the PS5, some more will probably be announced this year or next, and even the cross-gen games will look drastically different on it. We only have to look at the positive reaction to Horizon: FW to see that. GOW will also blow people away. It's not like Sony is showing games that look like Halo Infinite. People are still impressed with their cross-gen games, so it's not going to hurt them in the least. It'll just be fodder in some console wars on forums, ones that will do nothing to change the mainstream's views.