libellule said:
numonex said:
GameAnalyser said:
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.
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It's indeed happening..now understand that being cheaper alone can't boost sales..PS3 deserved every sales and this trend shall continue.
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PS3 does not deserve these high sales numbers. They just got lucky because they bundled some games with the PS3 which attracted more buyers. Sony put more effort into advertising the PS3 in America. The current sales trend will not last for long.
XBox 360 will erase the lost ground in 2010 when it has price cuts, Halo:Reach and the Natal launch which will help extend its lead to over 7 million over PS3 once again by end of 2010. 360 is still over 6 million units ahead of the PS3. Even 5 million would be a good lead which would take around 18 months to erase. First 6 months of any year is generally slow sales.
Imagine what a $99 XBox 360 Arcade would do for sales in last four months of 2010? Extremely unlikely Sony would drop the PS3s price down to $199 in 2010.
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at the end, if datas are exact, we will only remember that :
200$ 360 2008 BF < 300$ PS3 2009 BF
that is what I call a big surprise ...
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Stop comparing the hard-drive less Arcade to the 120 GB PS3 slim. Last year the 60 GB Pro was much more popular than the Arcade and this year the 120 GB Elite is more popular. The HD twin demographic (young males with disposable income) doesn't necessary look for what is the cheapest. They look for value for their money, especially in this economy. And right now the PS3 slim offers that. The Xbox 360 isn't cheap and M$ isn't making it cheap because they'd prefer to stay in the black after all these years of investing in Xbox. Especially during these tough economic times.
