| numonex said: Speaking on behalf of 360 fans I am shocked by this terrible news of the PS3 heavily outselling the XBox 360 in NA during BF week. PS3 BF sales week surprise a huge blow to XBox 360 and its fans. I can not believe this has happened. It means the gap will fall to 5 million or below by end of 2009. Natal launch may have to be launched early or just let the lead fall to 3 million by Fall 2010? PS3 outsold the 360 by almost 200k units in NA with BF sales week. The XBox 360 was supposed to win over PS3 in NA. XBox 360 is much cheaper than PS3. This can not not be happening. Hopefully this is not the end of the titanic battle for second place between the XBox 360 and PS3 in the console sales wars showdown. |
I don't see how 300-400K would be a blow to 360... This is very consistent with the previous two years so it shows 360 isn't really losing momentum, Sony is just gaining more momentum. Also, 360 is five years old, so it is at least mid-way through the cycle now.
Even though this has been argueably the worst year so far this generation for 360 from a game lineup stand point, the sales have held very good overall, and the last update of YTD sales still showed 360 growing overall. 2010 looks much stronger and competitive from a games stand point... GT5 and GoWIII are argueably Sony's last massive franchises to move to PS3 (I know their are many others, but these are the monsters along with MGS, GTA, RE, DMC, SF, which have already seen releases this generation).
As well, software sales are still very strong. Call of Duty MW2 kicked Sony's butt, Left 4 Dead 2 is showing strength, I was surprised to see Assassin's Creed II stronger on 360 given that the advertising and promotion has been much more PS3 oriented, Forza 3 is tracking better then Forza 2, and Borderlands sales on 360 are way higher. It shows that the fanbase on 360 is still strong and there are more hard core gamers.
In the end, AAA hard core games are way more profitable and keep the platform going more then the appeal for casual gamers... With that, I see no reason why 360 will not continue to equal or better PS3... There is too much focus on the number of consoles sold. It is only one measure of success. Now, you have to include software sales, tie ratios, DLC sales, active network subscribers, activity on online networks, etc. In these categories 360 is ahead or highly competitive in all.
