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Soundwave on 23 May 2024
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zeldaring said:
Soundwave said:

Here's another statistical fact, Playstation + XBox sales have declined since GTAV released, not gone up. GTAV came out at the very tail end of the PS3-360, PS2 era was pre-GTAIV/V.

PS2 + XBox + GameCube = 195 million units

PS3 + XBox 360 = 170 million units

PS4 + XB1 = 175 million units

There's not really anything above that suggest GTAV onwards we've seen any kind of massive console sales growth. The largest "traditional" console generation was the PS2 era, 20+ years ago and no XBox or Playstation console has even topped 125 million since then, let alone 150 million. 

These are really useless comparisons. GTA franchise hasn't had a sequel for 12 years, gtav sold over 200 million it will be the biggest game ever when released. Its gonna sell consoles.

GTAV should have grown console adoption during its 12 year reign, it did not. The PS2 + XBox sold better combined than the following two generations that did have GTAV. I even took out the GameCube to show this more clearly. 

Them's the facts. That section of the market is not growing, hasn't been for decades. GTA IV and V did not cause overall console adoption growth for Playstation and XBox combined.