America Up!

[Squilliam]

Demotruk said:

Squilliam said:
@ Xbox 360: Why is it up YOY?! I simply don't know. There doesn't seem to be an explanation I can really call upon for this. Maybe its hype for Reach? Maybe its the ESPN/Netflix on demand services really paying off?

Here's one possibility:

 

More people were looking for PS3's in the last couple weeks because of FFXIII and then God of War. Many of them probably found them, but what about the people who were going to buy PS3's for other reasons? With less PS3's to go around, I would expect plenty of them just decided to opt for the closest substitute instead.

That doesn't really account for the whole trend of the Xbox 360 being very strong YOY and not coming off a price cut for the whole year. It could account for some, but not all of the difference.