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Which console will have the most Lifetime sales by the end of 2014?

Wii U 210 25.55%
 
PS4 569 69.22%
 
Xbox One 42 5.11%
 
Total:821
TheFallen on 04 January 2014

PS4 easily as it's already outselling the competition without heavy hitters like Uncharted, InFamous, The Order and all the announcements we'll get at E3 and GamesCom.



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Figgycal on 04 January 2014
JoeTheBro said:
Figgycal said:
JoeTheBro said:
Figgycal said:

I don't know dude. I think I'm with toastboy about Xbox vs Wii U given the information we know.


Wii U would have to sell negative units for the whole of 2013 for his prediction to be reasonable.

Anything can happen.

True. XBONE could have a better first year than the 360's best year ever. That's about the only way for his prediction to work out.

I don't know anymore. :(



small44 on 04 January 2014
Figgycal said:
toastboy44562 said:
Xbox One America sales>Wii U total sales by the end of 2014. You guys are crazy to think Wii U will have more sales than Xbox One

Indeed. People seem to forget that Halo is coming out next year as well. The only way I see PS4 outselling Xbox One next year is if 1. The Last Guardian comes out for PS4. or 2. The next Halo underperforms horribly.

If there's a price cut for Wii U around the time that Mario Kart comes out however; I think there's a good chance it'll at least compete with the other 2 consoles next holiday season. There's no chance Wii U outsells them for the year though. There's another huge drought for the Wii U next year.

What you think The last Guardian would boost a lot the ps4,i doubt the game will sold a lot more then 1 millions,sure Halo will boost xboxone but i don't think is enough to outsell ps4.



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

scoobydoobiemew on 04 January 2014

Its got to be Playstation 4, the amount of people I know who have not got one yet because of stock shortages is stupid and thats just a small group out of millions of other people.



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PenguinZ on 04 January 2014

PS4 is going to be the long shot winner at this point. Xbox One hasn't really sold that badly, but if they want to try to compete with Sony they need a price cut quickly. If you have $500 on hand, you can easily get an X1, but your not going to have the same luck with Sony's console. I also don't think Xbox One will close the gap on the Wii U this year.

PS4 > Wii U > Xbox One



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torok on 04 January 2014

PS4 first with a lead of at least 20% over One. Wii U dead last.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

vivster on 04 January 2014
MTZehvor said:
vivster said:
chakkra said:
MTZehvor said:
Call me crazy, but I'm going with Wii U here. I expect the PS4 to pass it at some point, but I think Nintendo's 2014 lineup (Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros) is enough to delay that into 2015.

 

I won't call you crazy. Those are pretty good games and I can see why you have faith in them; but in my opinion the PS4 has an stronger line up of games for 2014, even if it is just quantity wise.

Just to name a few: The Witcher 3, Infamous: Second Son, Destiny, The Order: 1886, The Crew, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Metal Gear Solid, Thief, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Driveclub, Dying Light, Final Fantasy XIV Online, The Elder Scrolls Online, Minecraft (I don't know what  the fuss is with this game but people seem to love it).

 

Now, I know some of these games are not gonna be PS4 exclusives, but they are games that are NOT gonna be on the WiiU, and are games that would make me go for the PS4 instead of the WiiU (if I were to buy another console on 2014) well, except for Minecraft.

 

^this.

Are Nintendo fans really that blinded by the handful of great titles for the WiiU that they ignore the great lineup the other consoles have?

I mean have a look at this and show me how much anticipated the WiiU games are in comparison to PS4/X1 titles.

http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/41637/USA/

 

OT: PS4>X1>WiiU

I'm certainly not ignoring what the PS4 has, there are some fantastic titles coming its way which will definitely boost sales. I wasn't trying to make some argument as to whether the Wii U's upcoming lineup is better than the PS4 or not, simply that the Wii U has some titles that will keep the PS4 from catching up with it for a while.

Consider this; the last iterations of Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, and Donkey Kong sold roughly 50 million units combined. A sequel to each of these is being released at some point in 2014. I'm certainly not going to suggest that these titles will move 50 million consoles, but I believe they'll be enough of a boost to keep the Wii U's lead intact until 2015.

That may very well be but please consider that PS4/X1 currently have a bigger draw than WiiU regardless of the upcoming titles. They have the buzz going for them and the great lineup of games with a broad appeal will only make them stronger.

WiiU on the other hand is pretty much lost and buried under the hype of the new consoles that it is actually detrimental to their sales. The great titles definitely will push them to a "normal" level of sales and above but I don't think it can reach PS4/X1 levels of sale. It might beat them in the first weeks of the release of the titles and it might even beat them in the holidays but it just won't be enough to catch up the overall gap.

It would be interesting to see if it can actually keep up over the year and I'd like to see it staying ahead of the X1 but as of now I'm just not seeing it happening.

The end of spring will tell us more.



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Turkish on 04 January 2014

PS4: 13 million
WiiU: 9 million
Bone: 9.5 million



small44 on 04 January 2014

ps4>xboxone>>>wii u



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

Legendary_W on 04 January 2014
small44 said:
Legendary_W said:
If there's something I've learnt about sales in this very website, is that we never know what to expect. Sales always take weird twists.
Looking at the current situation it's logical to assume PS4 will be the winner, but the real question is, will it be able to keep it's momentum? Will Wii U be able to make some sort of comeback (I'm not saying an epic one, just one good enough to compete properly against PS4)? What will happen with Xbox One? What about handhelds? I don't think that PS Vita will surpass 3DS but what if it suddenly starts selling great and 3DS sales lower making the gap between them decrease at a slow but steady rate?

Now, seriously people, we don't know what to truly expect specially since we have no idea what will companies do. Wii U + 3DS bundle? PS4 + Vita bundle? New services? What will happen when the Steam Machines come out and how will it affect the consoles sales? So much to think about.

If wii u manage to compete with ps4 it will be one of the most epic comeback but it imposible without 3rd party support same for psv it won't surpass Nintendo 3ds without 3ed party support.

Like I said, there's just so much to think about. We won't know how long will PS4 keep up these sales. Many people seem to believe it will always sell at these levels, but the truth is that we won't know 'till we see it for ourselves. Maybe it was just the initial hype + holidays, maybe  the console really is that convincing as for people to buy it in masses at anytime of the year, so as I said we won't know for sure until numbers speak. We also don't know what will happen with Wii U. Miyamoto's new IP can be either an epic fail or an epic win, X looks very promising, Mario Kart and Smash Bros. will be decisive, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Yarn Yoshi aren't system sellers at all but are definitely strong additions to the catalogue. I'll just go ahead and quote myself: Sales always take weird twists. Personally, I'd like them all to do at least well enough to make profit.