Give me your thoughts on PS3 console sales over the next 6 months to a year

[HappySqurriel]

W29 said:

HappySqurriel said:

There really isn't much of a reason to buy a PS3 over an XBox 360 this year (in North America or Europe) being that the XBox 360 has a much larger and better library, and the better exclusive games released within striking distance of the holiday season. At this point, the only reasons some one would choose a PS3 over the XBox 360 is they're a Sony Fanboy, they are really looking for a Blu-Ray player, or they're uninformed. For this reason I expect the PS3 to sell really poorly and only sell 2 to 3 million units worldwide over the holiday season; thus they will be sitting between 7 and 8 Million units sold wordwide as of January 1st 2008.

In 2008 I expect Sony to average 500,000 units per month sold wordwide for the first 6 months and thus to hit 11 Million units sold in May or June 2008.

And where will the 360 be sitting at?

 

Worldwide I expect a similar rate from the XBox 360 gaining a little more than 3 Million units at Christmas and 500,000 units per month for the first half of 2008; this will work very well for Microsoft as it will be creating a pretty dominant lead in North America and Europe and begining to establish itself as a product in Japan (rather than its complete non-presence with the XBox).