Hi, gamers! Were you having a good day today? If so, I apologize for bumming you out, but hereās a chart from a statistical analysis of the sales of Nintendo and Sony console and hardware sales.
The chart is one of a batch crafted by Asymco researcher and former Nokia analyst Horace Dediu, who, sadly, calls this study Game Over. You should read the whole thing and stare sorrowfully at all of his charts. I mean, it was one thing to think that Nintendo might be in troubleā¦ but Sony, too? And heās saying that the only reason Microsoft isnāt in here is because they donāt report sales with this level of specificity?
Ugh.
Bright spot! ā> He doesnāt have numbers in here for the end of 2013, mostly because the end of 2013 hasnāt happened yet and heās no soothsayer. Sales tend to be way bigger in the final few months of the year, so the slopes on these charts probably wonāt be that bad once the holiday sales are counted. I mean, weāre about to see a 3DS surge just from the first real PokĆ©mon games coming out on the system next month, right? That dark blue lineās going to get thicker, yeah?
Dediuās deeming that itās not just the previous generation that has fizzled out but that, as his other charts show, the Wii U, 3DS, 3DS XL and Vita are all not doing as hot as their predecessors. Heās not too hopeful that the PS4 and Xbox One will do better, either.
OK, Iāve bummed myself out now as well. Sorry.
Game Over [Asymco, via Twitter]
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