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Will the 8th gen do as well as the 7th?

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small44 said:

Most people buy console for the whole library not just some games last gen the best place to play multiplatform games was on Xbox360 now it's on ps4.

Since ps4 is crushing ps3 now it dosn't need a big sale jump to still outsell ps3.

in terms of world wide sales, yeah, it's crushing, in terms of weekly sales, it is just about even now but the PS4 won't pull a PS3 and then be "saved".

 

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ikki5 said:

in terms of world wide sales, yeah, it's crushing, in terms of weekly sales, it is just about even now but the PS4 won't pull a PS3 and then be "saved".

We will see



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

ikki5 said:

 

ok, the PS3 which had a bad start pretty much due to it's price however once it was finally back and all those issues were fixed. It was selling BETTER than what the PS4 is now DURING the summer months. Same with the Wii, The wii was still 200-300k a week during the summer months and 5 years later, it was still over 100k.  THe PS4 isn't breaking these numbers, over time yeah, it will spike up and then slowly drop again to these numbers and probably lower because that's what consoles do. If they don't already have the momentum, it is going to be hard to get it.

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yes, and after it got ignored, it was still selling better than the PS4 is now and it hit 100m. Yes, the sales will improve, but they will also drop. Take watch Dogs for example, PS4 sales jumped, now they are back down. Mario Kart 8, Sales jumped, now they are back down. Titanfall, sales increase, now they are down. Price cuts from the Xbox and Wii U, sales increase. back down again. This will happen with the PS4 also. As for selling for years to come, yeah, it will go for the next 6 years and if they want it to hit 100m, they will need to keep it going for another 9 or 10 at least with the way then trends are going now. People must be delusional to not see this and think other wise. Do you honestly think the sales are going to increase tro like 1.5-2 million consoles a month? And that is selling that many WITHOUT decreasing for the next 5 years. Maybe during the holiday season but then it will just drop back down.

MK8 doubled the WiiU's baseline from 30k to 60k, but that's irrelevant, right?



                
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AZWification said:

MK8 doubled the WiiU's baseline from 30k to 60k, but that's irrelevant, right?


and the Wii U's number are still droping. I'd give it another few weeks before we call this 60k the base line.

 

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ikki5 said:
AZWification said:

Why? The PS4 is going to sell roughly 100-110 million before it's all said and done!


And what is your basis on that? The Wii hit 100 million  and was selling 3 times more than what the PS4 was by now. The Wii didn't drop below 100k sales a week until 5 years into it's lifetime. Maybe if Sony keeps the PS4 going for the next 10-12 years but it won't because they won't let them selves be left behind. With the current numbers as they are and how they are going, it will never happen. Not even close.

Source? I'm pretty sure it dropped off a lot faster than that. Maybe three years, at most.



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VanceIX said:
ikki5 said:
AZWification said:

Why? The PS4 is going to sell roughly 100-110 million before it's all said and done!


And what is your basis on that? The Wii hit 100 million  and was selling 3 times more than what the PS4 was by now. The Wii didn't drop below 100k sales a week until 5 years into it's lifetime. Maybe if Sony keeps the PS4 going for the next 10-12 years but it won't because they won't let them selves be left behind. With the current numbers as they are and how they are going, it will never happen. Not even close.

Source? I'm pretty sure it dropped off a lot faster than that. Maybe three years, at most.

I need a source for this on this site when you can go and check the figures yourself? GO take a look at the february of 2012 and around there, it wasn't until the summer where the Wii dipped below 100k.



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Wii sale by year

2006: 2,954,781
2007: 16,553,289
2008:24,188,263
2009:21,295,417
2010:17,320,956
2011:11,522,685
2012:5,082,024
2013:1,947,850

Wii started to die in 2010 i don't see ps4 die that quickly



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

small44 said:
ikki5 said:
small44 said:
No because of wiiu


lol, even if the Wii U sold as well as the others (well, actually it is starting to sell as well as the Xone right now), it would still be lower. PS4 will be lucky to even make it to 80mil with the sales it is bringing in now.  Btw, if the PS4 is going to reach your prediction, iis is going to need to sell 100-150k console a week on average for the next 9-10 years. With it already dipping below 100k on several weeks now, That is not going to happen.

Wii u is the biggest contributor,and ps4 will be not lucky at all to not sell 100M,it's not my fault if you are ignorent do you know Ps4 still selling better Ps3 until now and in Summer console sale are always low.

once cross-gen stop and get it's biggest exclusivity ps4 cold sell even 200k a week for long time

I do agree that the PS4 will pick up but usually if a console starts off slow it won't pick up that much. Look at Wii U. Even though it now has a great library it started off 2013 really slow and that ruined it. We're still seeing side effects of that today and probably will until it's done. Wii will sell more than PS4 unless Sony pushes the PS4 for 10-12 years like they usually do



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