Michael-5 said:
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Well PS3 and 360 both had some good exclusives for 2010, combined sales are about the same, and so are ratings. So many people on this thread think PS3 has had a better 2010 simply because of God of War 3, but Splinter Cell: Conviction got equal ratings, and was a really good game, hard to beleive it was a Tom Clancy title.
Anyway, I agree the Slim effect is dead in Japan, Japan is a lost market for Microsoft, but PS3 generally only gets a little over a million sales annually from that region, so it's not that big of a deal. The slim effect will also probably lose it's edge in EMEAA when GT5 comes out, so in EMEAA PS3 will probably have more sales annually as well. However Americas is still the largest region, one that is masivly dominated by Microsoft. The 360 has already outsold the PS3 3:2 here, with Kinect, Halo Reach, the slim effect, and limited edition bundles of Black Ops and Halo Reach, the 360 i likely to increase that lead.
Annual sales are only 440k apart in favor of PS3, mostly due to sales before the 360 Slim was released. This gap is still dimishing by 60k a week, and with Reach around the corner that sales difference will increase. Until GT5 Sony doesn't have much to offset this, and even then the 360 is likely to outsell the PS3 in Americas since Black Ops and Kinect come out the same week, both comming bundled with the console.
The sales difference may slightly favor PS3 in EMEAA, and severly favor the PS3 in Japan, but in Americas the 360 will either still outsell the PS3 by at least 1-2 million, probably more, and thats enough to make up for the loss of the EMEAA and Japan superiority.
I mean it's fine to believe GT5 will push PS3 consol sales, and retain PS3 superiority for 2010, but if it does the difference will be tiny, and I personally just really doubt it. Reach will push as many consoles, maybe not in EMEAA, but it will push soo many consoles in Americas, that it should still do the same as GT5. With Kinect bundles, the slim effect still working in EMEAA for now, and Americas until next year, Black Ops 360 bundles, and Halo Reach with limited bundles, Microsoft has many more sales boosters.
I respect your opinion that PS3 will outsell the 360 this holiday season, and outsell the 360 for 2010 annual sales, everyone is entited to their own opinion, and you have at least done some research to back up your claims. I just disagree. Neither of us is more right, the year is not done. So until 2011, I can't say you right or wrong, I can simply say my opinion is different, and I stand by my opinion.
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