yeah they probably figured out to just 2x for xbox and 3x for ps npd to get global sales/shipments lol. because these are very close to that. so, close to accurate most likely. no estimation will be exact.
Their PS3/360 figures are likely incorrect as has been hashed out here a few times but it's controversial so lets not get into that. But it casts doubt for me on the accuracy of the rest of their numbers.
For PS Sony gives the WW numbers and I dont see a lot of point distinguishing between sold in and sold through TBH. For Xbox, 2X the NPD should be close.
These type of estimates are about as accurate as the sophisticated posters here could come up with, or probably even less.
interesting to see that mobile downturn. that is what i had thought. i believer Piscetalla was recently casting it as mobile to the moon and that doesnt agree with latest data.
console up pc down at the end of the graph there also seems at odds with prevailing wisdom, but i guess it could be some sort of ps5 stock blip?
Looking at that graph it seems to contradict all that ''PC is stealing every console user away'', i mean spending on consoles and PC seem to be basically equally rising, with console spending even going ahead of PC in more recent years. So yes it seems to confirm that PC killing consoles is a gaming forum myth.
ehh, if you blindly trust whoever made the graph. overall we do know at least in terms of console hardware sales, it's trending PlayStation down 5%, xbox down 10% or something like that this gen. that's pretty incontrovertible. compare ps5 sony reported worldwide sales to ps4 for hard data. not sure where switch would fit in, i tend to put Nintendo in a somewhat separate category. steam also occasionally sets new user records, although too be fair steam is not pc gaming. hardware also doesnt count software etc obviously though. including prior gen still in service etc.
if it's true thats interesting though.
Given that Xbox focus on power never seems to work out,
That seems odd to say given if we presume that Sony is the success here, theyre basically literally built on OMG LOOK AT TEH GFXXXXWTFBBQ (ON TEH SONY EXCLUSIVE)!!!! Going back many years ago to countless killzone spam gifs, Uncharted etc. Maybe Xbox should double down on power (or it would be more correct to say, begin stressing gfx might on their exclusives more, which they mostly have not done, exception maybe being forza). I'd say Sony is the one who has focused more on power. It just typically has worked out where their hardware has less, in theory. PS5 has done amazing holding up against XSX though in how actual games run, and I still am not sure how MS fubared a 52 to 36 CU advantage, even beyond the clocks leveling it out somewhat. Typical MS. If you look at 360, it's success was based on being as powerful as PS3 despite a year head start. Which is hard to do, so I guess Sony equally fubared that one lol.
If you say "focus on power" for this gen PS5 has gone toe to toe with XSX on actual games. So theres no real off paper power edge for us to get results about IMO. i keep waiting for xsx to show an advantage in newer more advanced games, and it keeps not happening. GTA 6 could be interesting, but if history is an indication PS5 will do fine, and it's too late anyway (ignoring the PS5 Pro impact)
