Hard to tell.
But for me the HD-market in NA seems to be in MS-hands so far. Especially the shooter-loving crowd found its home on the Xbox360.
- Halo 3 sold 6.5 million units just in NA (Try to compare this with a PS3-Userbase of 7.69 million in NA)
- Gears of War sold 3.81 million units in NA
- Gears of War 2 sold almost 3 million units in NA
- Even Left 4 Dead sold 1.22 million units in NA
That is just the exlcusive side.
- Call of Duty 4 sold almost 5 million on the Xbox360 in NA
- Call of Duty 5 3.3 million on the Xbox360 in NA
- Bioshock sold 1.4 million on the Xbox360 in NA
That is the multiplat side.
To me this looks like the shooter-loving crowd made their choice.
It is almost certain that Killzone2 won't be a system seller in Japan. So this means it is all about Europe. This game needs to push 40k consoles to equal the European sales of the PS3 and the Xbox360 and another 20k systems to equal the worldwide sales. Of course this excludes the number of consoles Star Ocean might move in Japan (estimated extra sales of 10k at least) and NA (hard to say, if any, besides Seraphic_Sixaxis) And there is the Halo bundle coming out in Europe (Halo3 + Halo Wars + 60GB Xbox360) It remains to be seen if this one could move additional hardware.
Might be fun to watch.
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...
