toastboy44562 on 24 November 2008
| mrstickball said: Very incredible numbers for the X360 and Wii. Although we'll have to wait on NA and JP data, it's very likely that, based on previous trends, that the X360 will beat the Playstation 3 by around 200,000 units this week once the dust has cleared. That's absolutely insane given how close the systems were before the X360 price drop. Europe has now become ground zero for the MS/Sony saga, and the appearent beatdown that Microsoft is handing Sony. If trends continue, we could see the Xbox 360 outsell the Playstation 3 by up to 500,000 units on one given week. Insane, given the fact that the Playstation 3's YTD lead was pretty beefy at one point. Microsoft has done the exact same thing Sony did in 2007: Capture the end of year momentum with a critical price drop. And for those wondering why this is going on - It's the fact that the X360 is FINALLY, 3 years after launch, at a decent price. Everyone has been saying the X360 has the best library, and had tons of good things going for it - but the actual sales of the system never seemed to match what the system offered. Now, the price is good enough to entice the average gaming consumer to pick the Xbox 360 head & shoulders above the truly inferior Playstation 3. Now, when I say inferior, I'm not talking hardware specs, but what consumers perceive as being valuable - Blu-Ray isn't as important now that the BR-DVD players are cheaper, and games are coming back to the forefront. And when you have a system that plays the same, and better, games at half the price....Eventually, your going to pick up a massive amount of the consumers. I thought Microsoft was spewing PR tripe when they mentioned that consoles sell 70% of their hardware below the $199 price. It now seems plausible that the X360 may indeed sell twice it's install base, now at the $199 price point. |
Well said
