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Like I said before, I expect the PS5 to sell ~100M, give or take 10M. But when I posted that prediction, I didn't explain the reasoning as to why "only" 100M

Playstation + Xbox have for 3 generations now (PS2 +Xbox; PS3 + 360; PS4 + XBO) sold somewhere around 170M when added together. Considering that the XS is off to a much better start and has much less negative baggage than the XBO had, I do expect the XS to outsell it's predecessor. Consequently, when going by the rule that the total Playstation + Xbox sales only budge very slightly, I expect PS5 numbers to be down compared to the PS4.

However, I don't think that it will be down by much, and while I expect the PS+XB total to go up slightly this gen to maybe 175M-180M, Playstation will still have a clear lead over it's direct competitor in the end, just not quite as overwhelming as it was last gen.