Sony no longer reporting PS4 shipments, Final Official total 117.00m

[The_Liquid_Laser]

curl-6 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

The problem with this logic is if you try applying it to the PS3 and XBox360.  Your logic is saying that they didn't compete.  They both sold very similarly.  Each took a few years to really get going and then both had their sales peak during the latter years and had good sales for a long time.  The release of the PS3 didn't instantly make the XBox360 go down.  Your logic is saying that they didn't compete.

However, if you compare lifetime sales of PS2+XBox and PS3+XBox360, then they are pretty similar numbers with the XBox getting a much larger % share than the OG XBox got.  It is clear PS3 and XBox360 are competing if you compare lifetime sales but it doesn't look that way if you break things down week by week or even year by year.  That's how console competition works.  You fully see the competition once you get near the lifetime sales of each system, but it's not so obvious on a year by year basis.

PS3 and 360 did directly compete, and neither dominated like the Switch or PS4 because they ate into each other's sales to a greater degree as a result.

Of course PS3 and 360 directly competed.  My point is that the release of one did not immediately cause the other to plummet in sales.  Console competition almost never works that way.  The reason that neither dominated like the PS4 or Switch is that the PS4 was the dominant console of Generation 8 and Switch is the dominant console of Generation 9.  It's not obvious that the Switch is competing with the PS5 now, but it will be obvious by the end of the generation.  PS5 + XBS will never get above 130m.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 29 August 2022