It seems like people here think that making console is like buying morning coffee, they don't realize its a huge investment in R&D (billions) with tangled supply chain and massive negotiations that take years!
So that's gonna make it even worse when it starts out selling the Series X
He had a car accident after the ABK deal closed and now can only communicate in reactions.
What in the shitting shit are you talking about.
They will, because they still sell them. If they end up with 50-60 million this gen, in addition to all the games they sell on Xbox as well as PC, no reason to not have an Xbox. I would rather have more options than less.
As does the fanbase.
This thread is the console wars variant of the WSJ lifetime sales thread. Brain dead takes and laughing emoji's are the tone.
Xbox One also was a "loyal" fanbase of almost 60 million, but I don't think Series will ever come close to this number. A new Xbox console would probably sell worse than Series.
Honestly the PS5 Pro could end up outselling the Series X.
For the sake of argument, If we say half of the sales of the Xbox sales are Series X, that would ultimately put Series X at about 20M, if they can manage to sell 35-40M consoles (40M is hard to believe at this point).
I can easily see the PS5 Pro selling 17.5-20M units by the end of it life time.
I don't think it's unrealistic. It'll sell a few million right off the bat if they produce enough with another 3-4 years of sale, I think so.
I'll wait to see as more concrete info comes out.
With the way things are going, that would mean that Sony would have sold like 140-180M PS5s ([20,30]x4 + 60), which is probably not realistic.
People would have to return 15 million Xbox consoles to be in Wii U territory. This is more like N64 territory.
The only reason the number is as high as it is is because the series s was the only console you could find for 2 years. Were that not the case, nobody would have bought this thing. It's a total flop of a system that for some reason people feel the need to pretend it's not.
Oh I forgot. The only reason people bought Series S is because they didn't want it.
No one really knows. Phil said they were committed to next generation hardware. That could change at any moment if Amy Hood or Nutella says nah.
I'm not the guy but I'm a neo account. I have poked but only organically. I wish only the best to my Neogaf brethren.
The weird thing is the PS5 also has very few compelling reasons for ownership as far as exclusive games, it has sold really well on brand reputation though
Of course because that's the only place where they can actually grow since console has stalled. They can't just turn around now and give up the 20+mil subs and hope those people don't just move to playstation.
I don't... was it just made by somebody who hates South Park, but clearly kept the Randy hair and stache details lol
It has sold really well based on more than just brand reputation.
As a PC main i tend to agree , However If i was console only the the PS5 wins easily.
reaction is nervous laughter because I'm right Yes absolutely. They have zero momentum. They could gain momentum in the handheld space. If they can efficiently embed their store into a handheld and this handheld is at as powerful as XSS (with more memory, not doing the same mistake twice in a row hopefully), it should find customers. People who want a powerful box will buy a PC anyways, it has become the ultimate Xbox Series X and they can't beat high end PCs.
Well, technically they could. And I low-key believe they will. Just not in the sense we think... If they released a handheld hybrid thingy next year or in 226... that would count as their next-gen console.
PS5 sales drop is understandable, there has been no price drops. Its unprecedented that a console in its 4th year has just not seen a price drop, but ha even gotten more expensive. But furthermore, its sales are still respectable, its still on track to do like 15-16M this year. That's plenty respectable especially when considering this is what counts as a slow year for it.
Strange thing to say in 2024.
It's 2024 and the best FPS game available on PS5 is PowerWash Simulator.Strange thing to say in 2024.
Most of the GOTYs this year are Playstation exclusive or Console Exclusive.
Astro Bot - PS5 exclusive
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - PS5 exclusive
Helldivers 2 - Console Exclusive
Wu Kong - Console Exclusive
But hey....
Agreed. I think both consoles are going to benefit nicely from that drop. College Football did that to them too.
