I Believe..The End Of The 360 - A 360 Fanboy's Point Of View

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NJ5 said:

It's funny how much people care about the last 2 weeks of PS3 sales, even knowing that they're very likely just a surge due to the price cut of the 60 GB model and the announced dissapearing of the EE...

This week, PS3 sales in America dropped 13%, which means the PS3 has no momentum. It's losing speed again and fast. Only the next few weeks will tell us for sure, but it's not looking good for the PS3 without a REAL price cut (i.e. a model under $499).

When Halo 3 launches and Microsoft cuts the price of the console (they have to do it this year), do you think the PS3 will still be outselling the 360 in America? Allow me to be the first to laugh:

Haha.

 

The PS3 is very slow in selling, this primarily is down to price; yes the PS3 has seen esculated sales over the last 2 weeks due to the $100 price cut and this won't last.  I fully expect the sales to end up sitting around the late 20's in NA once it's settled down.  Of course the 360 will see a rise in sales with Halo and with a price cut.  But the main issue here is the sales up until this point in it's 20 month lifespan.  They are very poor.  Comparing with the PS3, they seem similar, but we have to take into account that the 360 has generally been half the cost of the PS3 from day one (Core $299 v's PS3 $599), yes the sales are similar in it's first 8 months.  Also the PS3 wasn't released in Europe until March, which was a whole 4 months later.

MS need to do something quick, or they WILL be left behind.  The sales of the 360 this year has been nothing short of abysmal.  If you check over the numbers.  MS has only really sold around 2m 360's this year WW.  Which is very low.

I would expect the PS3 to sell at least an extra 2-3m based on the same timespan.