Think it tends to float around 30-35%, Xbox is generally 50-60% iirc.
Pretty much. Although Xbox One is closer to that 60% and US and UK is almost 3/4 of total Xbox One install base.
Think it tends to float around 30-35%, Xbox is generally 50-60% iirc.
While console wars and comparisons are cool for forums
Pretty much. Although Xbox One is closer to that 60% and US and UK is almost 3/4 of total Xbox One install base.
*From FY2015, only PS4 unit sales is disclosed.
Do you really think MS is giving Sony the right amount of pressure in this sense? Other than a few NPDs where they jump ahead they seem to be a non factor.
Their forecast is a little conservative. 1M per month or so w/ a holiday uptick.
13.5M PS4s from March 15 - March 16.
Does make you question a price drop. We'll see.
Their forecast is a little conservative. 1M per month or so w/ a holiday uptick.
13.5M PS4s from March 15 - March 16.
Does make you question a price drop. We'll see.
Really goes to show you how important the rest of the world is to the games industry, especially now.
They need to address the ROTW situation. Atleast make a better effort in continental europe.Pretty much. Although Xbox One is closer to that 60% and US and UK is almost 3/4 of total Xbox One install base.
I think so. I view the Xbox One as current as being as good a value proposition as the 360 was, so if Sony made a hideous mess of things like last gen then Microsoft would capitalise. Sony haven't though, hence similar results. I mean, the OG Xbox did way worse than the One is doing, but Microsoft were still highly competitive next time round.
Doesn't seem like we really need all three doing well together for the industry to do okay. But I dont know overall health of the industry.
While we need competition, I don't think there is any reason to think that all three need to be doing well, or that we even need three in the "race".
We need Nintendo to be very successful to help induct as many consumers who like to play games with controllers, right
Do you really think MS is giving Sony the right amount of pressure in this sense? Other than a few NPDs where they jump ahead they seem to be a non factor.
Perfection."It's not a race."
No. We don't want anyone to have a pure, true monopoly, but neither do we need all three to be successful.Microsoft and Nintendo got complacent with last gen, Sony came back stronger this gen - it's a cycle.
We need all three console manufacturers to be successful in the marketplace as a monopoly will help no one.
Competition breeds great things for consumers. As it stands now, Sony is dominating, so MS has to try much harder to keep their marketshare from collapsing just from the hype factor alone. Thus Xbox owners reap the benefits.
Competition.
*From FY2015, only PS4 unit sales is disclosed.
Does it mean PS3 has no chance to hit 100 millions mark?
I remember many people here predict PS3 will eventually hit that mark and even surpass Wii LTD shipments and no chance for Xbox 360.
Now it seems we will never know when Xbox 360 and PS3 will hit 90millions...
Perfection.
No. We don't want anyone to have a pure, true monopoly, but neither do we need all three to be successful.
http://ca.ign.com/videos/2013/11/12/ps4-sony-on-wii-u-changing-your-psn-name
One doesn't need multiple manufacturers performing at the same level or "race," but having multiple competitors being successful in the marketplace is much better than having a monopoly dictating those terms.
Imagine Disney being the sole movie distributor, and not having Warner Bros., LionsGate, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, competing for the same $ - it would not be good for the industry or consumers.
Nope unfortunately but PS3 should be around 90m shipped anyway at this point.
so we can at least reasonably concludes that the PS4 is a global console while the Xbox One is a US/UK one....i'm not condescending the Xbox brand but being pragmatic about it. It is what it is.
Except imagine those studios share 95% of their movies and each has their own on demand service
Sure. But your desires are not indicative of what the market needs.i want Nintendo to be reasonably successful though...i can't imagine a world without nintendo games.......
The forecast is 16.5 million. Not 13.5
I don't think he means in terms of sales, rather system features, IP, deals, pricing etc. Microsoft has been pretty reactive this gen, and consumers are benefiting from it. Removing Kinect as a forced pack in, re-designing the OS, toolsets, offering backwards compatibility, improving their Games for Gold service, securing more games, lowering prices etc. They're not all the way there yet (parity clause, blocking third party exclusives instead of securing new first party one's etc), but it's a hell of an improvement. Had they not been so positively reactive, I think they'd be dead in the water right now.
38.8m (forecast) - 25.3m (current shipped) = 13.5m left to ship to meet that target by March 16.
March 15 - March 16 = 12 months.
13.5/12 = 1.125m per month.
Comes about that much per month.
Sony's domination bring us a lot of japanese games. A lot.
Domination
38.8m (forecast) - 25.3m (current shipped) = 13.5m left to ship to meet that target by March 16.
March 15 - March 16 = 12 months.
13.5/12 = 1.125m per month.
Comes about that much per month.
38.8m (forecast) - 25.3m (current shipped) = 13.5m left to ship to meet that target by March 16.
March 15 - March 16 = 12 months.
13.5/12 = 1.125m per month.
Comes about that much per month.
They need to address the ROTW situation. Atleast make a better effort in continental europe.
July 15 - March 16. 9 months, not 12.
But there are 9 months remaining of the fiscal year.
I think that estimate is conservative, but not by that much.
By the end of the fiscal year it could have reached 90m. Right now its more like ~88m. Same as 360. Both are pretty neck and neck based on all available data.
not bad for a console with no games.
not bad for a console with no games.
now if consoles can be revived in Japan...
But PS4 isn't almighty though and gets to take the back seat if there is a PC version, both consoles are struggling with multiplats this generation which is by far their biggest problem.
now if consoles can be revived in Japan...
You actually don't need sales figures to see that, I just have to look at the date of my "day 1" purchase, 4th september 2014 (!!) Yup, it hasn't even been out for a year in many countries because of that joke of a worldwide launch. They just don't cared about the rest of us. And maybe these figures are the best way for them to realize what an extremely bad decision that was. PS4 got a full year for themselves in many parts of the world to help them getting this kind of head start.so we can at least reasonably concludes that the PS4 is a global console while the Xbox One is a US/UK one....i'm not condescending the Xbox brand but being pragmatic about it. It is what it is.
Out of curiosity, anyone got any idea whether the BOM has decreased much since launch?
Out of curiosity, anyone got any idea whether the BOM has decreased much since launch?