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GTAIV08 on 17 February 2009
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
kowenicki said:

Compared to last year...

2008 week ending 5th Jan to week ending 9th Feb

Wii  1,909,368          47.4%

PS3  1,256,497         31.3%

360   854,869           21.3%

Total  4,020,734

 

2009 week ending 3rd Jan to week ending 7th Feb

Wii  2,733,445          52.8%    (up 824,077 or 43.2% on 2008)

PS3  1,051,797          20.3%    (down 204,700 or 16.3% on 2008)

360  1,395,980          26.9%    (up 541,111 or 63.3% on 2008)

Total  5,181,222        up 28.9%

 

So in a rising market the Wii is taking off, the 360 is follwing that market and the PS3 is falling hard...  if this was extrapolated over the whole year it would be very ugly for Sony...

Solutions? Well.... obviously the only one that will turn this is a price cut?

But is it too late? Are the buying habits of this gen set? 

Thoughts??

 

 Sony needs to add price cuts around the time of sales boosts (3rd & 4th quarter). The 1st and 2nd quarter should go properly for Sony because of great anticipation for Killzone 2, InFamous and a couple other expected games. Really and truly if you want my opinion, wait to spell out Sony's fate for 2009 after E3. This one will be the last and I believe that they will go out with a bang.

true, xbox 360 can outsell ps3 all year long but if sony came out with a big worldwide price cut right at the end of the year like say in november, they will easily make up all the lost sales and eventually start closing the gap again..... until microsoft cut the 360 price to $50.