| mrstickball said: Here's the issue: MS needs money. In order to get money, that have to not only sell games, but move hardware as well. Bill Gates already said that the central battleground is holiday 2007. MS by far has the best lineup of holiday games (not saying Wii or PS3 is bad), but they have the biggest # of titles guarenteed to do obviously well. Now, with so much at stake, plus the fact the 360 is making money now (and should goto 65nm by then, therefore increasing profitability), its entirely impossible that they not drop the price. IMO, we'll see a price drop in September or October. Personally, with flegling 360 sales in the US, I'd drop the friggin' price in 3 weeks when Forza hits. The 360 hasn't had a US price drop yet, in every other market it's had a drop at some point. MS wasn't afraid to drop the price and pack Blue Dragon in Japan, why not do it in the US. IMO, the Wii should pass the 360 w/w sales wise in September, but the 360 should easily come back due to huge sales globally (with a major YOY increase in all markets due to LO, H3 and GTAIV) to re-take the lead till Febuary or March. |
You really can't say that the 360 has the better holiday line-up than the PS3;
MGS 4, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Killzone 2 and maybe the FF XIII and of course Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction. These are games that will appeal to everyone, or at least one of them will. Also many people will buy PS3 because of what is over the horizon; God of War III, GT 5 (Jak and Daxter The Lost Frontier) Resistance 2, probably MotorStorm 2.
Of couse the 360 price will drop as will the PS3's, but by the end of the year, far more people will have HD TVs and so far more will be interested in getting next gen DVD players. Many people who want a games console will opt for the PS3 as it comes with the next generation DVD player built in, and by then Blu-ray will probably have an unassailable lead.
Back to the main arguement; why is it so suprising that there have been 4m pre-orders for Halo 3. This is meant to be the best game of the year (according to Xbox fanboys) so why should there not be so many especially as pre-orders have apparently been taking place since 2005. I thought Halo 2 sold 8M, so you would expect this one to top that as people have seen how good the series is. Of couse it will be a hardware shifter for them, but you would expect that, although I think that many of the people who get Halo 3 will be people who bought the 360 for GRAW and Gears of War. According to the data on this website, they sold 2M and 4M respectively. Considering that, this is not hugely suprising especially as this is not actually from customers, and many of the pre-orderers are people who bought those games
I would also guess that alot of this is simply the stores ordering loads and loads, as many people will pick the game up with their new 360's on launch day.
Also, I take it this is only from US stores?
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