Sony to catch 360 by March 2008?

[HappySqurriel]

shams said:

superchunk said:

@http://www.ps3center.net/story-979-Sony-Promises-PS3-To-Catch-Xbox-360-In-Sales-by-March.html

"Sony’s chief Kaz Hirai has stated that the way in which the PS3 is going, it will be able to catch and hit the current sales mark of the Xbox 360 by next March.

Lets not ignore this guys.

He doesn't say it will catch or overtake the 360 - he says it will reach the "current" 360 sales figure (11m) by March '08.

This is where I get confused. I thought they forecast 11m sold in their FISCAL year. They had already sold 3m (4-5m to retail?) BEFORE the current fiscal year started.

So are they aiming to sell 11m in this fiscal year (April '07 - March '08) - or 11m lifetime by March '08?

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Either way, I see them having their work cutout if they want to sell 11m (WW, lifetime) by March '08. If its shipped to retail (rather than sold to consumers) - they have a chance.

Even if they mean they only plan on having 11 million shipped by March 31st I think the prediction is foolish (unless they intend on having multiple millions 'in transit').

In order to come close Sony would have to sell between 3.5 and 4 Million consoles over November and December which I don't think is plausable