PS4 will outsell Xbox One through 2018, says analyst

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The PS4 will continue to dominate the Xbox One, according to one analyst firm.

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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Tree_FiddyPosted:

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HOF Xbox one will eventually catch up when people realize sony can't keep their own servers up.


Microsoft can't keep theirs up either, also MS have a hell of a lot more money than Sony so there's no excuse.


But has our servers been out for a month straight? I don't think so. Also Microsoft hasn't been hacked to the point where peoples passwords/ cc numbers been stolen? As for the ddosing of the servers of xbox, they solves it within minutes of it happening. Can your internet survive a ddos attack that big? I think not


No my internet can't withstand a ddos attack of that size, I'm not a multi billion corporation. Also I think you'll find it most certainly wasn't fixed in minutes over the Christmas period.

then name one company that can protect them selves from a ddos attack of that size huh? its almost impossble to protect them. the fact is that xbox had some services issues but i was still able to play online on my games. unlike playstaion whos server almost died LOL

CancerousPosted:

Tree_Fiddy
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HOF Xbox one will eventually catch up when people realize sony can't keep their own servers up.


Microsoft can't keep theirs up either, also MS have a hell of a lot more money than Sony so there's no excuse.


But has our servers been out for a month straight? I don't think so. Also Microsoft hasn't been hacked to the point where peoples passwords/ cc numbers been stolen? As for the ddosing of the servers of xbox, they solves it within minutes of it happening. Can your internet survive a ddos attack that big? I think not


No my internet can't withstand a ddos attack of that size, I'm not a multi billion corporation. Also I think you'll find it most certainly wasn't fixed in minutes over the Christmas period.

lm_CrankedPosted:

LAUGHING_TAC0 Doesn't surprise me one bit. I use to be an xbox player but switched to ps4, cuz i was tired of Microsoft's service, and i have to say i got my ps4 on release day and haven't had a single issue with it other than the controllers short battery life i have no complaint's trying to start any "wars" but my brother has an xbone had he says he has connectivity issues on it all the time. I do believe ps4 will outsell the xbone, just seems like a better console imo.


I think you messed thatup cuz Xbox One has no connectivity issues but from what i've seen most of the time you cant even play online with your playstation. But thats none of my business.

Tree_FiddyPosted:

Cancerous
HOF Xbox one will eventually catch up when people realize sony can't keep their own servers up.


Microsoft can't keep theirs up either, also MS have a hell of a lot more money than Sony so there's no excuse.


But has our servers been out for a month straight? I don't think so. Also Microsoft hasn't been hacked to the point where peoples passwords/ cc numbers been stolen? As for the ddosing of the servers of xbox, they solves it within minutes of it happening. Can your internet survive a ddos attack that big? I think not

KatsumiChanPosted:

HOF Xbox one will eventually catch up when people realize sony can't keep their own servers up.


Let alone protect those servers that are still up lol

CancerousPosted:

HOF Xbox one will eventually catch up when people realize sony can't keep their own servers up.


Microsoft can't keep theirs up either, also MS have a hell of a lot more money than Sony so there's no excuse.

HOFPosted:

Xbox one will eventually catch up when people realize sony can't keep their own servers up.

LAUGHING_TAC0Posted:

Doesn't surprise me one bit. I use to be an xbox player but switched to ps4, cuz i was tired of Microsoft's service, and i have to say i got my ps4 on release day and haven't had a single issue with it other than the controllers short battery life i have no complaint's trying to start any "wars" but my brother has an xbone had he says he has connectivity issues on it all the time. I do believe ps4 will outsell the xbone, just seems like a better console imo.

BTD_5Posted:

If your looking at the amount they've sold and other various numbers provided then it's clear that this was always going to happen

CancerousPosted:

Yeah you guys are right the 900p box will dominate the ps4 because its "better" lol.


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