Cueil said:
Louie said:
selnor said:
Louie said:
JaggedSac said:
Squilliam said:
I would say the minimum gap would be about 7,000,000 units and the maximum would be about 14,000,000 units. |
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Well that would mean you expect the 360 to increase its gap to 14 million and the PS3 to outsell the 360 by 7 million in the second half of 2009?
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I dont expect the gap to drop at all. There will be the odd couple of weeks during big games though. The momentum is with M$. Game stores here have already cut PS3 room to 2 sections in my City, 360 has 8 now generally and the Wii 13 at last visit on Jan 02nd.
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I'd personally expect the gap to decrease to 6 million units as this is the PS3's third full year on the market and the Xbox360 should see a slower year next year. It's just the huge difference for me. You know, this year the gap didn't change that much. It was at 7 million at the beginning of the year, then decreased and is now at 8 million.
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That's not very rational. Through the first 8 months of the year the 360 was selling to a saturated market. Their current price point is no where near saturation levels. I think next year will be even bigger. I also think if the gap hits that 10 million mark it'll likely just keep growing from there on. Sony can't afford an early 100 dollar price cut and 50 bucks isn't going to work to well since they are close to the saturation point for that price already. The more that Microsoft pulls away the more of a mind share they show that they have. In the end all the awesome games in the world can't compete again what the common people think... just look at the Wii... The system has mind share and that's why it has market share.
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The part I bolded is very true and why the other consoles face an uphill struggle to top it.
