Erik rants. Today: "The PS3 is not the N64!"

[Diomedes1976]

Darc Requiem said: Diomedes1976 said: TheSource said: One more thing that shows PS3 is not the N64...PS3 will not be the 3rd place console in Japan. However, PS3 is likely to be lower than 2nd place in at least two markets due to its price and timing of launch (North America - 4 million behind 360 and growing, Japan - 1 million behind Wii and growing ). Really, it is well behind in Europe as well, but that is unfair since it has not launched there yet. But do you REALLY believe the X360 will beat the PS3 in Europe ? I didn't think the PS3 would be doing so poorly right now in Japan. You can never assume anything in the gaming industry....well except for poor X-box console sales in Japan

Well ,I also expected the PS3 to do better in Japan .I was expecting some 45-50K all the weeks .But things can improve ,as Gundam Mussou shows once the software starts rolling it will do well . But ,just to put the European data in perspective ..... Microsoft announced that they had sold 1.3 million consoles in Europe end september 2006 ,and 1.7 end november .Sony will launch with at least one million on launch day ,probably more ...and it will sell everything in days if its not in the same launching day .PS3 surpassing the X360 isnt a question of years but months .To add some nuances you have to consider the european market in two differente parts ;UK and continental Europe .Uk makes for some 35% of the European market as it is the older and more developed videogame market with the most hardcore gamers ,early adopters and also casual gamers .In UK the X360 is doing quite well ,not overwhelming anyone but managing good numbers ...still its sales for 2006 were below the PS2 ,the DS and the PSP ....so it was four out of four for the year .In continental Europa things are much worse ,with the X360 struggling in most markets and in some with ridicule numbers .In continental Europe the X360 has been selling like crap consistently .In the Christmas period Gears of War and an aggresive marketing campaign by Microsoft ,plus the delay of the PS3 and the Wii shortages ,did a lot in X360 favour and it improved its numbers ...but it still ranked below the DS ,PS2 ,PSP and Wii in that order being 5 out of 5 consoles competing .In Uk the X360 can keep its position for some months from the PS3 ,but in continental Europe it will be a question of one or two months until the PS3 displaces the X360 .The Xbox brand just hasnt got a good reputation here;Microsoft is seeing as some monopolistic company condemned by our justice several times ,and the machine is seen as some PC by many and even the gamers consider its technical problems ,lack of retrocompatibility and the failure of the Xbox (good numbers but surpassed by a great margin by the PS2 and only 3 years in the market here ) as reasons not to buy the machine .