The_Liquid_Laser said:
You must be referring to other posts I've made, because the one you replied to only has 3 sentences. Let me clear things up. It depends on whether you are talking console sales lifetime or console sales this year/month/week. My posts about the resale market have more to do with what is happening with console sales right now, and don't really extend past this year's sales. If we are talking lifetime, then PS5 is not going to outsell X|S in the US. People in the US don't really care about the PS5, and I know because I live in the US. They care about Switch and XBox. And we haven't even gotten to the point where PS5 and X|S have gotten next gen exclusives yet. Once Starfield and the like start coming, then the US is going to go even more for X|S. Microsoft is also throwing a lot of money around right now, unlike Generation 8 where they gave up early and still did fairly well in the US. Playstation is not a strong brand in the US. It hasn't been strong since PS2. It just doesn't have a chance against XBox in the US this generation, especially with Microsoft throwing around all of this money. |
I mean, come on man. There's plenty of data that shows these statements are objectively false. Playstation is still tremendously popular to plenty of Americans, especially in the 18-30 demo that makes a large chunk of video game purchases. Like you, I'm an American mid-40s dad and I agree that among my friends/kid's friends the XBox (and Switch) is typically preferred, but Playstation is still seen as the "enthusiast" console here.
Switch: SW-3707-5131-3911
XBox: Kenjabish