Pachter/Pidgeon on GameTrailers "Analyze this"

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TheSource said:

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Pachter believes PS3 will have a great year in 2008 as a) Price goes down, b) PS2 users run out of stuff to play c) PS3 content increases, d) HD TV adoption/Blue Ray adoption increase. Until then, Pachter says, people are buying Wii as their first next-gen console since it is fun and cheap - with the intention to buy PS3 or 360 when they are ready for what they offer at a lower price. Not surprisingly, both analysts believe Sony is going to lag behind Nintendo and Microsoft in 2007.

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So the analysts have gone from saying that "PS3 will dominate and win outright" to "PS3 will have a great year in '08"...

No doubt that sales will improve. But define "great year"? It will still be battling with the 360 to take 2nd spot (in terms of weekly sales), will still be caned by the Wii, etc.

By the time the PS3 gets to 20m sold, the Wii will be hovering around 60m - if not higher.

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Its going to be really interesting to see how the PS3 & 360 turn out next year - both will have very strong software line ups.