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Forums - Sales Discussion - The PS3/Xbox 360 Holiday Sales Gap Thread! (Updated: January 11th) - ADJUSTMENTS! Last week is UP!, PS3 and X360 basically back to where the table began, PS3 1.5 million sold more then X360 in 2012

Chark on 09 November 2012
Pineapple said:

So, let's hear some predictions, then! That'll make it more interesting.

VGChartz' best predicters predicted an average of 581k in favour of the 360 in the 10 week countdown. Personally, I was a bit slimmer with a 355k advantage to the 360. Some predicted as high as 1580k in favour of the 360, while others went with the extreme opposite and said a million pro the Ps3.

 


Ooooh, oooh that was me! I applied average weekly sales of total console growth from last year to this year for each product. I suppose I should have applied each products individual last years growth but I was too lazy and already had the console average numbers up. It's what I use in my Vita sales prediction thread.

Basically it limited the consoles to sell quanities related to their current weekly sales, rather than an expected increase for a specific product. Accurate no, insane maybe.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

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man-bear-pig on 09 November 2012

Tagehgbged.

By the end of the year the X360 will be 1.3m units higher than the PS3...meaning the total gap will be ~3m.



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

chocoloco on 09 November 2012

This table is fine though it should have started weeks ago because ioi says that European shoppers start buying for the holidays earlier than North American shoppers. This is seen in the bigger sales on many of the platforms in Europe several weeks back.



Frank_kc on 09 November 2012

Sorry to disappoint some Xbox fans, but there is no COD BO2 bundle in USA. Halo 4 is the only bundled game and I don't see how will this boost sales since any one who likes to play Halo already owned an xbox in the past 7 years.



zuvuyeay on 09 November 2012

what a pretty thread gilgamesh,microsoft king of the holiday home consoles this year,do brand new consoles kick arse,it's been a while i forget



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BenVTrigger on 09 November 2012

Both just might have their worse holidays ever.

These consoles are dead and MS and Sony need to both act fast. MS needs a drastic price cut by 100 dollars. They could easiky afford it and it would boost hardware sales a lot.

But they wont do that



Turkish on 09 November 2012

Is this the first time since 2009 PS3 gets in the lead?



VGKing on 09 November 2012
sales2099 said:
My favorite 2 months of the year and my favourite thread every year! :D

Next week is Halo 4 bundles. Week after is Cod bundles. Then Black Friday?

Just gonna sit back with a smile on my face.

There. Are. No. Call. Of. Duty. Bundles. This. Year.

There may be some random bundles in some foreign country, but there aren't any in America, where it could actually make a difference for Xbox 360.



VGKing on 09 November 2012
BenVTrigger said:
Both just might have their worse holidays ever.

These consoles are dead and MS and Sony need to both act fast. MS needs a drastic price cut by 100 dollars. They could easiky afford it and it would boost hardware sales a lot.

But they wont do that

No, they're not dead. You know what dead looks like? Take a look at the DS and PSP.

A price cut is the last thing Sony needs to do right now. Next-gen is about to start and they need to maximise profits on the PS3.
Xbox 360 doesn't need a price cut since its been leading in America for the past 22 months. 

Next Gen consoles are needed though. Wii U will sell like hotcakes.



ethomaz on 09 November 2012

Nice.

PS3 will sell equal or a little over 360 this year.