There also wasn't any of this "competition is good" nonsense. 360 got a 10 million lead in the U.S. early on and I don't remember people hoping the consoles were close in sales holding hands skipping through the park because it's good for the industry.
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NPD Sales Results for April 2015 [Up1: Xbox One #1]
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There also wasn't any of this "competition is good" nonsense. 360 got a 10 million lead in the U.S. early on and I don't remember people hoping the consoles were close in sales holding hands skipping through the park because it's good for the industry.
Yeah, those were good times (well, not so much for me, as I was a PS3 early adopter). And once the PS3 started consistently beating the GBA, it became against the PS2. I think the Energizer bunny got posted in every thread for a long time.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Any retail musings on Splatoon?
why xbox players are always waiting for something? jesus christ
Lol, Good point.
theprodigy
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Back in those days the main event was Wii/DS salt and gloating.
Amirox' old rant about the PS3.
I guess it's now gotten less popular after it seemed to be in every thread.
This gen is up YoY and combined with last gen they are slightly down.
"Maybe next decade."
He's a prophet!
Yea the Wii audience is largely lost this gen. I don't think many would debate that. But I think the core audience that picked up 360/PS3 last gen is still around. PS4 seems like its going to dominate that audience WW this gen. Again I truly beleive that they are slowly losing traction with the current price point and this could cost them in budget minded markets.
It was truly awful though. I was a child/fanboy back then supporting it for a while, but it had everything against it. I guess Europe, some big titles and hefty subsidizing helped it.
Edit: One of the amazing things with the PS4 reveal was Mark almost apologizing for the PS3.
SatelliteOfLove
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Yeah, that always struck me as crazy, like a learned Pavlovian responce.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Some competition is gooder than others.
But the question then becomes how big is that core market.
A lot of casuals bought the 360 and PS3. Even the PS2 wouldn't have done the numbers it did without support from casuals. (Remember E3 2004)
Anyway, i'm not saying console gaming is dead or that casuals are gone. Just the market isn't as large as it has been. Price drops will cause spikes in sales and get more people buying but sales won't be much higher, especially when compared to the PS2/Wii/360 peak years.
You could be right. You probably are. But this is GAF man! I want to believe! ;-)
You're usually right. So you're probably right. T_T
I mean look, I could be wrong.
But that's how I see it right now. As I said above, there is still plenty of demand for consoles but unless we really see morpheus take off or some sort of life extension product take off then I just don't see this generation of consoles having consistently high sales over the years.
Theonik
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MrNyarlathotep
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From the new predictions thread, but I don't want to derail it with discussion;
While impressive, this is also indicative of a product that is moving from a position of mass consumer appeal, to being a specialist niche.
Gamestop accounted for nearly 50% of all hardware and software sold?
It's like when comics stopped being things kids bought at news stands, and became things "collectors" bought in specialist stores.
While impressive, this is also indicative of a product that is moving from a position of mass consumer appeal, to being a specialist niche.
Gamestop accounted for nearly 50% of all hardware and software sold?
It's like when comics stopped being things kids bought at news stands, and became things "collectors" bought in specialist stores.