PS3 will overtake XBox 360 by December 2009 in worldwide console sales.

[NJ5]

MikeB said:

NJ5 said:

So the PS3 doubling its userbase (built in 2+ years) during a recession year is a balanced perspective?

By the way, your "Sony couldn't have afforded" argument doesn't work. They could have afforded it if the PS3 sold OK at 500-600 € as Sony was expecting.

What do you mean? The console sold OK, it outsold the much overhyped 360 sales taking equal time frames.

And no, Sony couldn't have afforded selling at Wii like levels early on (at least not at 500 or 600 dollars, maybe at 800 to 900 dollars they could have). That would have costed billions extra without enough software sales revenue to balance the hardware investment costs.

 

If the console sold according to expectations, why did Sony lower the price from 600 € to 400 € before the PS3 even saw its first holiday in Europe?