Compared to last year.
Change in sales from 2 weeks before BF to 1 week before.
Wii gained 82%
360 gained 21%
PS3 gained 21%
Change in sales from week before to BF week
Wii gained 53%
360 gained 64%
PS3 gained 81%
This year
Change in sales from 2 weeks before BF to 1 week before.
Wii lost 2%
360 gained 27%
PS3 gained 15%
Looking at how things changed from last year to this year I predict the following changes for next week.
Wii gain 35% = 455K
360 gain 70% = 325K
PS3 gain 55% = 141K
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Couple of other things:
How can MS be predatory when the 360 in one more year on the market the price has dropped the same amount (some would say only 1/2) that the PS3 has dropped. Sony tried to have the price war last year and MS said no thanks we will let you gain a little in 2008 before dropping price.
Wii is available everywhere and it has been available all month. Was at a Best Buy today, TRU today and Target today in the Chicago area all of them have ample stock. They have had ample stock for weeks now. This is why week over week you wont see the Wii jump Black Friday week like you did last year when Nintendo got big shipments to retailers for Black Friday and consumers flocked to stores to get them. This year consumers have had the ability all month to get a Wii.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
