kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:
kowenicki said:
well the slowing of momentum is a fact... not sure why anyone here is tryingto say it isnt so. And saying its still above WW week after week is true, but its a shrinking gap. It sisnt so long agio that people were saying the slim would be so far ahead that the lifetime gap would fall quickly... that is simply not going to happen at the current rates.
PS3 and 360 may be almost identical in weekly sales soon....
PS3 XBOX 360 Difference
03-01-10 508373 311534 39%
10-01-10 289889 196978 32%
17-01-10 211584 153358 28%
24-01-10 198645 153467 23%
31-01-10 205661 167155 19%
07-02-10 171131 147850 14%
the gap is falling every week.
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Need to take into account Mass Effect 2 boost + PS3 shortages in NA with those numbers dont we?
And when will we see your next thread about the gap. The one with the "how long it takes for ___ to overtake ___"?
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It still stuck at 1.2 years based on the last 3 and 6 months.... and about 3 years based on the last 12 months... so unless things change it would be about 2 years I think as clearly the slim boost wont happen again.
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No thread + Charts? 
And the slim boost could happen again. All it would take would be $199 PS3. Possibly with a true "Slim" release/ colours.
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Not in the next 1.2 years it wont. No, the gap will close (if it does) in 2012 earlierst and by then we will all be drooling over leaked PS4/720 specs... and looking at 360 and PS3 both heading towards 60 millions install base... would it actually matter by then?
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$50 cut with colours + GT5 this holiday would probably give the same momentum (or close to) as the Slim.
As for if mattering. Not really. But its still bragging rights for the companies. Im sure MS would rather say "We finished 2nd last gen" or "We won the HD war", rather than "We came 3rd, but..."
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Actually I am pretty sure ms would be happy with an effective draw... which is the worst they can expect now this gen.
Start of this gen... some guy says "ms will sell approximately 60m 360's by 2012 and they will be very close to the PS3 perhaps even above"..... other guy says "wtf are you on?..you are insane"
And imo a $50 cut and colours wont be anywhere near as big as the slim + $100 cut. Not even close.
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True, but im pretty sure MS would love to keep the lead they have had the entire gen. Especially with the effort they put in.
As for the $50 cut + Colours... You never know. Anythings possible. If a few month before the Slim released i said to you that the PS3 will be close to 1 million in a single week and still be over 900k the week after, you would have laughed at me.
