Will Wii fall behind both PS3 and X360 on the week ending 24 September?

[Avinash_Tyagi]

Carl2291 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Carl2291 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Seece said:
People are really underestimating the PS3 ...

No, I'm just taking historical trends with price cuts, especially of second and third place systems, and the fact that the PS3 didn't move much software with the price cut, just hardware, indicating either people just wanted the blu-ray capability, or it was a lot of upgrades, and the fact that I haven't heard of any rabid demand after the first week, indicating most of the demand was satisfied early

Historical trends? Answer me this...

When was the last time a 3rd or 2nd placed console was the 3rd fastest selling console in history?

You ARE underestimating the PS3, as Seece said.

And also, there was plenty of SW sold.

Its not the third fastest selling console in history PS1, PS2, Wii, sold faster than the PS3, probably others did as well in individual territories, remeber older consoles didn't have as much coverage WW as modern consoles do.

 

Also you are ignoring that population has grown and new markets have been covered in recent generations more than in earlier ones, the fact is the PS3 is still a third place console.

 

Also no there wasn't plenty of software sold, in US it fell 11% and in Japan it was kept up by Gundam

PS3 got to 23.93 Million quicker than PS1 did.

PS3, so far... > PS1

In US the week before it, Batman was released and the Slim had already been out a week in a few places.

Japan... wow, the SW was held up by the biggest game released that week. Shocking news!

Actually, PS1 had shipped 50 million consoles by March 1999, about 3 and a half years after launch, PS3 is currently just under three years old with only 23.97 million sold, so its pretty clear that PS1 sold faster.

Even allowing for Arkham and the early release of the slim, PS3 software still sold well under a million both weeks, and only a bit over the 500K it had been selling before, and Arkham isn't likely to keep selling that high for many weeks.

 Ah, but Gundam isn't going to stay up very long, that's my point, its not going to keep these sales up