Has the 360 turned the corner in North America?

[davygee]

The big sales for the 360 at the moment are solely down to Halo 3.  NA is the only region where the Halo 3 effect hasn't worn off yet....but it will.  It has already dropped considerably in Others.  The 360 was selling 40k on average and peaked at around 80k after Halo 3 was released, then dropped to 56k, 42k and now 37k although it looks like the PS3 is taking it's place instead.

The same will happen in NA, apart from the PS3 part.  I expect sales of the 360 to drop considerably after the first week in November (when PS3 pricedrop and new model appear), with PS3 sales going up again.  And then it will be into the Xmas period.

Wii sales will start rising the closer to Xmas we get with 360 sales coming well under 100k and then rising above the 100k again the closer to December it gets.

So in short....no, I don't think the 360 has turned the corner.  I do expect it to sell more than the PS3 in NA for a good while yet, but I do expect the Wii to sell more than the 360 over the same period.

As we have discussed elsewhere.  The 360 can't hold it's own in only one region.  It need to perform well in 2 regions...and seeing as Japan is a no go area, it needs to fight back hard in Europe and take it by the scruff of it's neck to "turn the corner"