It is to be expected that after the holidays that the PS4 and Xbox One will have a pretty drastic decline in sales.  Not only because it is no longer the holidays but I also believe a lot of the hype will have died off by that point.  Maybe it'll take another month or so, not sure yet.  

The thing is, software sells hardware.  The question really remains to see how well third party games can push the PS4 and Xbox One.  At the moment I do believe Xbox One has a slightly better exclusive list with Forza 5, Dead Rising 3, and Killer Instinct.  However, it's bigger games won't be out until Q3 or Q4 of next year most likely(Same goes to Sony).  Until then it will be relying on third party games, TitanFall, Plants vs Zombies, and Kinect Sports Rivals.  TitanFall is the big one on this list and it really depends on how good this game is to see how far it will push Xbox One as it is definitely being marketed for XBO over PC/X360. kinect Sports while has been a big time seller in the past I'm not sure how it'll fair outside of the holidays.

Then you have PS4 which right now is relying on Killzone and third parties.  It does have InFamous coming around the same time as TitanFall to counter that but InFamous has never been known as a high tier game.  Instead it can usually hit 1 million on its own and then it gets heavily bundled so I'm not entireley sure it will push the PS4 that far either.  Don't get me wrong, I expect it to have a high attatch ratio and give PS4 a sales spike but not something that will push it through out the entire first half of the year. Also Driveclub could act as a wildcard for Sony as we don't know if it'll be good or not.  It sure is beautiful though xD

The difference is something I see a lot of people often ignoring is that third party games are much more dominating than first parties.  Because of this the PS4/XBO should have better legs than the WiiU which was unable to rely on third parties (A lot of it their own fault and some on third parties) but when there is plenty of cross gen games it is hard to say that people will be upgrading for better graphics alone.  

On the other hand PS4 is only $400 which is in my opinion one of the biggest factors going into next year.  XBO doesn't have the same advantage but after using Kinect 2.0 myself I can defintely see it as a selling factor.  None the less $400 will be more appealing most likely.

Anyways I want to know if you all think that XBO/PS4 will have a rough time for the first half of next year?  Or do you expect them to stay strong?

I expect them to stay strong. 'Owning a ps4 makes you cool', that's what sells hardware.

Titanfall is also on 360. I have to write this because it seems everyone treats it like it is only on the X1.

I agree with Pachter in which he figures continued high sales.

Oh we know, everybody that visits forums knows this. 

When TitanFall first came out everybody said "Omg it is coming to PS4 too"

Then when that stopped everybody said "Im getting it on PC or X360"

So trust me, people know so no need to point it out.  In fact i mentioned it in the thread.

You make a lot of assumptions.

If i were to ask people on this site I'm betting most if not everybody who visits here regularly knows.  Basing this off of "if" people tell the truth

I do not know why you are throwing off your own thread with a tangent, but okay.

chocoloco said: I do not know why you are throwing off your own thread with a tangent, but okay.

I'm not sure if it is a tangent but you said you wanted to point it out.  The question is why point it out(as if we didn't know)?  And number two why do so after it was already mentioned in the original post?  Just sounds like console war propaganda to me.  And that my friend was an assumption xD 

I suspect Watch Dogs and possibly Destiny will be out in Q2 and those will be huge for both the PS4/XB1.

The Jan-March post launch period is generally on the dry side, that's normal for any console.

for the ps4 you got Drive Club too coming out relatively soon, and dont forget The Order thats quickly becoming a game im anticipating. and my fav sports game MLB The Show is also Sony Exclusive.