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Netyaroze on 25 January 2010
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Darth Tigris said:
Netyaroze said:
kowenicki said:
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^PS3 peak year 13 Mln Xbox peak year 10.8 Million.

And it seems PS3 hasnt peaked yet because its up yoy and first 9 months 2009 were horrible.

Xbox sold 10.1 Mln 2009. It is down yoy even more this year 3rd year is normaly peak. And 3rd fiscal year was Xbox peak year.
Normaly there is no upwards trend after that. PS3 was blocked because of high price. If it continuous to be up 40-70% yoy until september it will peak 2010. PS3 still increasing sales Xbox360 and even Wii sold less 2009 then 2008 PS3 sold every year more:

 

Xbox360 2005<2006<2007<2008>2009 until now trend seems to continue

Wii 2005<2006<2007<2008>2009 

PS3 2005<2006<2007<2008<2009 until now trend seems to continue
There is no comparison.

the 360 was up for the first 40 odd weeks of 2009 and it ended it down.  (in early 2009 it was up massively)

dont count any chickens just yet.

 

Yes nothing is said and done I just wanted to show why the Xbox year 2008 was not as succesful as 2009 year of PS3. because he said this:

 

"But wasn't the 360 doing the same late 2008 when it had a price cut?  What's different this time around (other than the role reversal of the PS3 being doomed vs. wait until the price cut)?"

 

It was not the same and you and everybody else has to admit it. The 2009 PS3 year was more succesful (hardware sales wise) then the 2008 Xbox360 year.

 

In terms of closing the gap and in terms of total hardware sales. MS did not the exactly same thing in 2008, Sony did in 2009 (hardware wise).

 

And Its more up yoy until now then Xbox was up yoy during the beginnig of 2009. And MS had decreased sales like Nintendo one year Sony didnt so thats also another fact why this isnt the same stuation vice versa. 

 

MS can do pricecuts redesigns and Natal. But I think only the pricecut will be possible for the beginnig of the year. But maybe they will drop all 3 things in the end of the year.

 

After March we will have a better picture, how this will go on . Until september/october when MS counters. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FFXIII was released in Japan.  This is the ONE game that the Japanese gaming community has been WAITING to purchase a PS3 for.  The sales explosion makes that obvious.

So why did the PS3 do so much better in 2009 than the 360 in 2008?  FFXIII was finally released in Japan. 

My point was more about how much the PS3 outsold the 360 after the slim-cut was comparable to how much the 360 outsold the PS3 in 2008 after its price cut.  And everybody overreacted to that as well.





Ok japan accounts for roughly 500k after FFXIII release. Even then nothing changed also Ps3 was never in decline Xbox was.
PS3 sold a lot more consoles after its price cut then 360. Japan waited for FF13 but after FF13 they sould just 500k and this is not everything due to FF13. 2008 there were major releases for Xbox too like Fable 2.

Even without Japan after FF13 release Ps3s peak year by now was still higher then Xbox year in 2008. 1.5 Million more consoles sold. PS3 had two weeks with roughly 950k+ such a thing was never achieved from Xbox. Its pretty clear that the demand for PS3 is just higher.


The numbers are on different levels and the situation for the PS3 is way better then for the Xbox. Xbox has peaked. If there was one year decline the consoles normaly dont top their highest year. It was a rule until this gen with the DS.

The PS3 was 9 months in pretty bad shape its in very good shape now if it go on further like this until September PS3 could sell 14-15 Million in 2010. Every week the Xbox is down yoy it will make it a lot harder to be on par with 2009 or 2008 in the the last months of 2010 sales have to double if the trend goes on.
2008 Xbox360


PS3 sold way more then Xbox after its pricecut. Just compare the charts by date. Especially if you know that until 1 September 2009 the PS3 sales were abysmal.


And I am not upset I dont think I have overreacted or someone else. This is a forum its here to discuss things. I wanted to clear up the myth that Xbox and PS3 have just switched places when its not like this because the numbers speak against it.
You dont should take this to serious afterall its just consoles I see that like beeing fan from a football team. I dont wanted to offend you or something like that. I just took the chance, to explain, why I think this situation is not comparable anymore.