EMEAA UP 28. august

[Michael-5]

*Sound Of Rain said:

hudsoniscool said:

*Sound Of Rain said:

Jereel Hunter said:

*Sound Of Rain said:

(Above Post)

Oh so your not confident about the Wii now are you? I thought that all P.S.3 and 360 fans thought that the Wii was dead? Your not willing to take a bet between Wii or 360 now? I guess your right the Wii will outsell the 360 yet again this Holiday...anyway I am a Nintendo fans not a Sony fan so I honestly don't care if 360 outsells P.S.3 this Holiday but I know it won't and so I will take the bet...I say that P.S.3 will outsell 360 Worldwide this Holiday!(Total sales of the final 10 weeks of the year)

Very few people think the Wii is dead. However, it's days of outselling PS3 and 360 combined are certainly over, and it's likely to hemorrhage marketshare for the rest of the generation.

As for sales this holiday, the 360 or the Wii could come out on top, it's impossible to say at this point. The only thing that's certain is what is coming in last - PS3.

I am positive that the Wii will be #1 again this Holiday no doubt...While you have your opinions I have mine and I am confident that P.S.3 will beat out 360 Worldwide Holiday 2010.

how are you confident the ps3 will outsell the 360 this holiday. the 360 is far above the ps3 now, and ps3 has GT5 while 360 has reach, fable, and black ops console is sure to sell alot better on 360. then kinect is also coming out in october and looks to be much more popular then ps move(i mean come on the only games i know of at launch are sports champion and eyepet).  the 360 is more then 60k above ps3 weekly. how can u expect that to disapear when 360 has more games and better accesories. even being confident the wii will outsell the 360 this holiday is dumb. u cant just expect it to pick up in the holidays for no reason. unless you expect a price cut from both ps3 and wii this holiday i dont know how you are so confident.

The Wii has had zero big games this year besides for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and games(along with price) sell consoles. When games actually are out for the Wii it will start selling along with the normal huge Holiday boost for Wii it will be #1 yet again this Holiday. Wii games sell for many years and I fully expect Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit Plus, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii(Along with the bundled Wii Sports and Resort) to still help sell consoles this Holiday...That along with the new games such as Wii Party witch I fully expect to be the N.S.M.B.W of 2010. Also the Wii brand has become so big this Gen that it only needs 2 big games a year to outsell the P.S.3 and 360 and this year the Wii has at least 3! Also price will have a big effect even if new Motion controls are out the Wii is still miles cheaper and will help it be the big family item again like always.

As for P.S.3>360 is because the 360 Slim effect will be gone by the time the Holiday's start because many old 360 owners are the ones who are buying the Slim. In America I wouldn't be surprised if 360 was close to Wii #'s but in Others P.S.3 will be ahead of 360 for most of the year starting in October and Japan I don't need to explain...To be honest in my opinion I say the 360 will only be in the race this Holiday because of America which I don't think is enough to beat P.S.3 Worldwide. P.S.3 will be strong in Others and Japan this year. Also not that it matters all that much but Sony has 7 Move games published by them due to come out in 2010 as well as others that can use it like Heavy Rain and LittleBigPlanet 2.

I agree 100% on you about Wii picking up pace during the Holdiays, for your reasons, and also for the added reason that Wii sales are generally strongest during the holidays (probably because parents buy it for their kids and stuff).

As for PS3 >360, I completly disagree. The PS3 experienced it's Slim effect until, well until the 360 made a Slim model. It's true the PS3 Slim had the old SKU to face with where the 360 Slim has the PS3 Slim to face with, but the Slim effect will not die out by the holidays. Holiday sales begin to pick up in September and October, and the 360 is still outselling the PS3 worldwide by 60k a week, or by over 30%. Without Halo the 360 Slim would continue to hold 360 sales until GT5, but with Halo, the 360 gets a big early holiday boost.

As for EMEAA, thats iffy, at best Sony can expect to match sales when GT5 come out, but until then it's still 360 territory (remember UK is heavily 360 biased, and it sells more consoles then any other country in EMEAA). However MS has Kinect, and the success of Kinect is hard to predict. It may sell as well as a good game, it may push more units then GT5 or Halo.

I don't think the PS3 will experience a lead in sales over the 360 until 2011, and even then thats a maybe. The one year PS3 outsold 360, I blaime for the Slim, and Sony can't pull that move again. The 360 has Halo, Kinect, and Fable, and all three will push more consoles then GT5, Move, and LBP2. GT5 versus Halo is debatable, but then there is also a 360 bundled Call of Duty, the slim effect, and 360 generally has been the beeter selling system in the past. NO new PS3 Slim, means 360 edge, this is not 2009.

BTW, there will be 21 Move titles by the end of the year in Americas, and 20 Kinect games in Americas. However a couple move games are simply compatible with games currently out (like Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition).