PS4 will outsell Xbox One through 2018, says analyst
So far, the PS4 has been trampling all over the Xbox One.
From launch in November 2013 through October 2014, it outsold the Xbox One month-to-month. It gave up its lead during November and December, but took back the crown as soon as the holidays ended - despite Microsoft’s decision to keep its console’s price low.
PS4 units in the wild outnumber the Xbox One by at least a couple of million. Sony has sold 18.5 million PS4 units as of last week; the last update from Microsoft was 10 million units shipped in November.
Naturally we don’t expect Microsoft to take this lying down, and it’s such early days that the outcome of the console war is still anybody’s guess – or is it? According to research firm Strategy Analytics, the deal is done and dusted – the PS4 will outsell the Xbox One by 40% through 2018.
In a report summarised by GamesIndustry, the analyst company said there will be 80 million PS4 units in the wild by 2019, with sales tracking closely to the phenomenal PS2. Meanwhile, the Xbox One will have sold a comparatively modest 57 million.
Strategy Analytics said the console market is alive and well, and that core gamers are adopting new hardware faster than before. Any perceived slackening in sales, it said, is due to the huge glut of casual Wii owners last generation, who have moved on to smartphone and tablet games instead.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/02/18/ps4-will-outsell-xbox-one-through-2018-says-analyst/
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SagePosted:
lilrichard22 What does it mean to be a strategic analyst? Do I just guess at stuff that might or might not become true?
They kinda just look at numbers and guess new numbers XD
lilrichard22Posted:
What does it mean to be a strategic analyst? Do I just guess at stuff that might or might not become true?
joefizz32Posted:
Recently bought a Xbox 360 with 6 games for a decent little steal. First console I've had since a PS2. I want to go back to the PS consoles so badly. Gotta save that gravy though!
PryzelPosted:
Personally much prefer Xbox and think it's far better.I can't see this happening, Xbox will catch up.
-AnonPosted:
As a ps4 user i rather xbox one all the way, i had so send my ps4 back to sony cause it broke for NO REASON,the only thing that i rather about ps4 is the games and all my friends are on it i guess..
RobShepherdFTWPosted:
Roqueee15 its not true xbox has way more beter features
That does not mean anything. People will go for the cheapest (DUH) or the one that suits their needs and wants.
TimePosted:
Whoa. Cheaper piece of hardware sells more than expensive piece of hardware. Who would have guessed. The truth is that both consoles sell better than previous generation so I doubt that they are bothered too much by it. It took almost whole last generation for Sony to catch up with sales of PS3. Now its other way around.
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