cpg716 said:
We all know that PlayStation is more of a "global" brand for console gaming. So X1 likely won't surpass the PS4. The X360 had NA and UK to help fill that global gap, which right now is in PS4's favor. But again.. just 8 months in.. 8 MONTHS PEOPLE.. NOT EVEN A YEAR.. we can't be saying anything is set in stone.. |
All those countries where PS4 officially is and Xb one officially is not make up only a few thousand sales each week for PS4 (aside from Japan) and it will be the same for Xb one. So if Xb one's non-holiday baseline is in the low 60Ks currently then when those other countries come on stream then it might bump that baseline up to close to 70K. If PS4's baseline rmains in the high 90K-low 100K range then those extra countries will have negligible effect for PS4 vs Xb one. They will have non-negligible effect for Xb one vs Wii U and they could secure a minor advantage for Xb one over Wii U and eventually assure Xb one of 2nd place.
And the hardcore early adopter Xb fanbase in many of these countries, esp in the EU, already have the box.
And you actually can fairly reliably predict the relative positions of the console at the end of the gen after 8 months on the market. Barring a major game changer the global picture for the whole gen is more or less set by looking at LTD after each console's June in the calendar year after launch has past. (i.e launch in 2012 --> June LTD 2013 meaniong one holiday period).
So I predict:
PS4 at 8.4 million LTD current to 5 July 2014 --> 1st place this gen.
Xb one at 4.8 million LTD current to 5 July 2014 --> 2nd place this gen.
Wii U at 3.2 million LTD (June 2013) --> 3rd place this gen.
Those numbers don't predict market share for the whole gen just relative position.
Interestingly Xb360 and PS3 difference in the equivalent timeframe was only 124K. So too close to call at that stage, but PS3 had the lead and at what could be considered the official end of last gen PS3 had a very slender lead on VGC of just over 400K. After the new gen had fully launched Xb360 re-took 2nd place in the holidays, but PS3 has just recently re-taken 2nd place.
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