Why Microsoft is afraid of Sony

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Jereel Hunter said:

Carl2291 said:
Good article... can agree with a lot of the points made.

Aint there a graph that shows something about at the same point in the consoles lifetime PS3 is like 1.5+ million consoles up? And thats without the pricecut thats sure to come this year.

 

Yes, but this is changing.... wheras Sony's momentum is falling in their 3rd year, the 360's increased substantially in their 4th. The "same point in time" comparison charts will equalize over the next few months.

Not really.

See this graph for the weekly sales? It's basically the first derivative of the total sales since launch. Note how the PS3 is still consistently overselling the 360, thus the overtracking since launch can't but increase right now.

In about 6 months we'll hit the increase in sales from 360's price cut in that graph and at that point the 360 will start to "equalize", but shortly after that point the PS3 might have one too (we're talking October-November), so the 360 might keep being overtracked.