Squilliam said: I just edited my post changing 400k to 210k to reflect these numbers. Its interesting that we both wrote pretty similar posts at the same time, you just type faster! But WOW, those are pretty damning numbers right there. Could we be looking at a lead of 10,000,000 before the start of the financial year if Sony doesn't make deep cuts to the price of the PS3? I can almost see the PS3 dropping below 20% market share worldwide considering the Wii is currently ripping apart sales records left/right and center and the Xbox 360 is currently holding its own market share steady at 30%.
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I think 10,000,000 is a lock if Sony doesn't drop the price before the end of their financial year (isn't it at the end of March, 2009?).
Here's my take on what we're going to see with the gap between now, and March (because I don't see the PS3 dropping before late Mar):
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Wk. Ending: | X360 | Playstation 3 | Margin | Total |
12/07/08 | 645,749 | 349,949 | 295,800 | 7,275,800 |
12/14/08 | 774,899 | 419,939 | 354,960 | 7,630,760 |
12/21/08 | 929,879 | 503,927 | 425,952 | 8,056,712 |
12/28/08 | 1,115,854 | 604,712 | 511,142 | 8,567,854 |
01/04/09 | 669,513 | 362,827 | 306,685 | 8,874,540 |
January | 1,000,000 | 550,000 | 450,000 | 9,324,540 |
February | 850,000 | 500,000 | 350,000 | 9,674,540 |
March | 950,000 | 450,000 | 500,000 | 10,174,540 |
That'd put it just above 10 million, but the key is that I'm showing the PS3 to have a whopping 1.5m consoles sold in January-March, which may be high.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.