February Circana (NPD) 2024 Thread + Predictions

[chakkra]

chakkra said:

Kyuu said:

Me moments ago:

"PC is destroying Xbox and hurting Playstation hardware sales. So much that even if Xbox hypothetically exists console hardware, Playstation could very well still decline."

Why did you skip this? lol.

PC keeps growing and is clearly eating into the console market. Series XS has been trending below Xbox One before any talks about going multiplatform. And Playstation hardware, as I said countless times before, is being affected also. But growth in first party and the weaker direct competition are offsetting the damage.

In short, PC is hurting both consoles, but Xbox is more affected for rather obvious reasons.

That obvious reason being the fact that by putting their games on PC MS is stripping away the need for PC gamers to get an Xbox, but for some reason you think that principle don't apply when we talk about MS putting their games on other platforms.

Look, I guess we're just gonna have to wait to see how big the decline will be in the next few months; if the decline remains around the same percentage as it has been in the last year, then I will concede that this first batch didnt hurt that much, but if the drop is anywhere near as bad as it was in Europe, then you cannot come here with a fresh face and tell me "oh, this was supposed to happen".

Btw, Target had a promotion this month that apparently did pretty well, so the numbers should not be that bad.