| weaveworld said: can anyone explain to me why ps3 beat 360 this week? |
There were two catalysts responsible for the minor increase in 360 sales over the past month.
In Japan, Tales of Vesperia along with Soul Caliber IV gave the hardware an unusually high bump (still minor overall, just impressive for the 360 in Japan).
But more importantly, in the U.S., the inventory clearing sale of 20GB SKUs moved just about all remaining old stock. Now that the old stock is increasingly difficult to find at retail outlets at $299, being replaced with $349 60GB SKUs, sales are dropping back down to previous levels.
On the PS3 side, Sony has been phasing out the 40GB SKU (by ending production), but without any inventory clearing sale like last year's 60GB SKU. Result: reduction of inventory to retail outlets, coinciding with traditionally lower demand for consoles seen in August/September.
PS3 sales aren't up significantly this week; 360 sales are slightly down due to the now limited availability of those $299 20GB SKUs.
