Realistic Expectations for the PS3 Slim/Price Cut

[theRepublic]

Squilliam said:

theRepublic said:

@Squilliam

I'm also not entirely sure what you mean. I worked everything out in the actual numbers, not percentages. The only percentage I gave was to show what kind of increase the PS3 would need, and I derived that only after finishing with the actual numbers.

Well its more that the PS3 does markedly better during the year and has traditionally done relatively worse than the Xbox 360 during the holidays (when compared to the performance during the year, and vice versa when comparing the Xbox 360 to the PS3).

So to derive any numbers at this point you probably should give more emphasis to yearly gains and less emphasis on holiday season gains for the PS3.

I see.

The reason I split it the way I did is because I constantly see people underestimating the holidays in their predictions.  They also tend to ignore it completely and just give a per week average, which I find to be meaningless since the gap is generally small during the year and larger in the holidays.

Either way, I don't think the PS3 will be catching the 360.  My goal was to show just how difficult it is at this point.