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Tim_Duncan on 08 April 2009
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Rpruett said:
Cueil said:
Rpruett said:
Black RL said:
@Megadude, your signature says everything.

"Let's agree to disagree with anyone who disagrees with me"

It's pointless to discuss with you. And yes, it's impossible to the PS3 to catch the 360 and the 360 to catch the Wii. It's pure mathematics.

Riddle me this,  What was the PS3/360 gap just before the 360 holiday price cut?    How did it grow this quickly?    Obviously unless the PS3 starts pulling off serious sales it's going to take quite awhile but impossible to catch the 360?  

The PS3 is still tracking higher than the 360.  If the PS3 lasts 10 years and the 360 lasts 10 years (At what has been the current sales trend between the two consoles)  the PS3 will be slightly ahead of the 360 for the generation.

 

It doesn't matter how hight it's tracking comapred to the 360 at the same time in it's life... what matters is that the 360 continues to outsell it on a WW basis by a good margin every week.

 

Given what we've seen from the two thus far,  when Sony decides to cut the price they will be outselling the 360 weekly as well.  The overall trend has been one that has favored Sony.   The only long term issue that Sony may end up facing at some point is the overall diminishment of the effective pool of sales.    As long as the price cut does not take an eternity to arrive,  I believe Sony will keep right on Microsoft.   Thus putting the ball back into Sony's court.   

Also one other thing that should hold true is that this will be the start of the downfall of the 360.  (In sales terms atleast). By 2010,  the 360 can predict to see lower yearly sales than before.  While the PS3 will still have yet to hit it's core price. 

 

The key for Sony IMHO is making sure that they hit the $200/$250/$300  price ranges before a majority of current PS2/Last gen users migrate.

 


I agree. I think Sony is definitely in control. The PS3 is now the console to own, when you look at the worldwide sales you see sales roughly match 360 sales worldwide, with a twice as high price... Plus, there's basically nothing released anymore on 360 as AA+ exclusives, so unless MS announces something big soon (at E3 ?), the future looks grim for the 360.