PS3 to take #1 Holiday spot

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KBG29 said:
Well this is an interesting story. If these predictions come true I will be very, very pleased. However, I know that it is going to take a mirical to slam the door on the Wiis momentum. The PS3 does have a lot going for it this holiday, and it has a very good chance of selling in a decent second to the Wii. I am thinking 45, 35, 20 for the Wii, PS3, and 360 is not a bad guess.

It is really to early to tell what will happen around mid October, but that is when things for this holiday will begin to shape up. I believe that in America the PS3 will begin to match back up to 360 sales around this time. Then as we move into November, we will see 360 move ahead yet again on the launch of Gears of War 2. The week following GeoW2 PS3 will be ahead of 360, and from there through the rest of the year PS3 will pull further and further ahead. In Europe the 360 really has no chance. Sales for PS3 will start to really sepperate from it starting the last week of Sept/ first week october thanks to football games. Following that the PS3 games for this winter will crush the 360, this is the same as why PS3 can't beat Wii. PS3 just has way to much momentum in Europe to allow the 360 any breathing room.

Now the most interesting place for the HD consoles this winter will be Japan. Microsoft at the moment seems to have the Japanese in confusion. They love Sony and really want to support them yet Sony has failed to give them the games they want. Out of pride they have avoided the Xbox brand for the last 7 years, however, with recent money hatting moves buy Microsoft, the Xbox brand is now getting many of the games they expect on the PS brand. Unless Sony has a card up there sleeve for TGS, I see it being a very bloody battle this winter in the land of the rising sun.

I beg to differ about Japan. So much so in fact, that I have to question your sanity. With the release of Infinite Undiscovery and Viva Pinata 2, Microsoft has almost no presence in Japan for the rest of 2008. The only games coming to 360 in Japan up until 2009 that aren't also being released on PS3 are The Last Remnant (A known timed-exclusive) and Agarest Senki: Reappearance (A low-profile port of a PS3 game). That's it. 2 games. Compared to the PS3 with Eternal Sonata, G1 Jockey 4 2008, Aquanaut's Holiday, Cross Edge, SOCOM: Confrontation, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, Way of the Samurai 3, MotorStorm 2, and White Knight Chronicle all hitting Japan before 2009, 360 is going to get destroyed.