Could PS3 be the #1 selling home console in EMEAA in Q4? I think so!

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Looking at some of the current trends leaves me quite intrigued. Xbox 360 is selling amazingly thanks to the slim redesign. Wii seems to have veritably bottomed out. And PS3 is selling at a seemingly steady and consistent pace. Who could have possibly foreseen this a year ago? Looking at the line-up for all three systems in the coming months it’s clear that they’re all poised to have a pretty good quarter 4. But who do you think will come out on top among home consoles in EMEAA in the final 3 months of the year? I think it will be PS3. Let’s take a look at what each of the big three has to offer.

 

Xbox 360

Major software releases*

- Castlevania: LOS (10/8/10)

- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (10/8/10)

- Medal of Honor (10/15/10)

- Fallout New Vegas (10/22/10)

- Vanquish (10/22/10)

- Fable 3 (10/29/10)

- Rock Band 3 (10/29/10)

- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (10/29/10)

- The Sims 3 (10/29/10)

- Call of Duty: Black Ops (11/9/10)

- Kinect titles (Sports, Joyride, Kinectimals, Your Shape) (11/10/10)

- Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (11/19/10)

- Michael Jackson: The Experience (11/25/10)

 

Hardware, Accessories, and Bundles*

- Slim Arcade 4 GB £150  €200

- Slim 250 GB  £200  €249

- Slim Arcade/Kinect bundle (11/10/10)  £250  €300

- Slim 250 GB/Kinect bundle (11/10/10)  £300  (Available to mainland EU through import)

- Kinect £130  €150

 

Playstation 3

Major software releases*

- Castlevania: LOS (10/8/10)

- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (10/8/10)

- Medal of Honor (10/15/10)

- Fallout New Vegas (10/22/10)

- Vanquish (10/22/10)

- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (10/22/10)

- Rock Band 3 (10/29/10)

- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (10/29/10)

- The Sims 3 (10/29/10)

- Gran Turismo 5 (11/24/10)

- Call of Duty: Black Ops (11/9/10)

- Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (11/19/10)

- Michael Jackson: The Experience (11/25/10)

 

Hardware, Accessories, and Bundles*

- PS3 160 GB (10/15/10)  £250  €300

- PS3 320 GB Move Bundle £285  €350

- PS3 320 GB Gran Turismo 5 Bundle  £285  €350

- Move Starter Pack  £50  €60

- Move controller  £35  €40

- Navigation controller £25  €30

 

Wii

Major software releases*

- Wii Party (10/8/10)

- Just Dance 2 (10/15/10)

- PES 2011 (10/15/10)

- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (10/22/10)

- The Sims 3 (10/29/10)

- Goldeneye 007 (11/5/10)

- Call of Duty: Black Ops (11/9/10)

- Sonic Colors (11/12/10)

-Michael Jackson: The Experience (11/25/10)

- Epic Mickey (11/26/10)

- Donkey Kong Country Returns (12/3/10)

 

Hardware, Accessories, and Bundles*

- Standard Wii console bundle (Wii Sports/WSR/M )  £160  €200

- Red Wii Bundle W/ Wii Sports, NSMBW and Arcade DK (10/29/10)  £160  €200

- Black Wii W/ WS, Mario Kart Wii and Wheel, Arcade DK (11/26/10)  £160  €200

 

* Will be updated as announcements are made and release dates become known.

 

Tips

- As of the beginning of October Wii is down YOY in EMEAA by approximately 200k.

- As you can see above the PS3 160 GB model doesn't come to Europe until October.

- Every PS3 320 GB model is bundled with the Move starter pack.

- Nintendo's Fiscal year projection for the Wii is 17.5 million. Sony's PS3 projection is 15 million. Sony recently said that they're on track to reach that target and could potentially even beat it.

 

Previous year's EMEAA Q4 sales

	2007	2008	2009
Xbox 360	1,183,405	2,684,779	2,129,760
PS3	2,039,387	2,027,669	3,258,428
Wii	2,632,508	4,716,994	5,060,595
Total	5,855,300	9,429,442	10,448,783

 

Weekly Quarter 4 2010 sales

Week Ending	360	PS3	Wii
October 9th	84,641	143,567	61,334
October 16th	76,105	138,180	60,416
October 23rd	80,106	124,212	85,172
October 30th	107,177	148,327	139,226
November 6th	126,186	183,051	189,702
November 13th	224,706	229,337	209,662
November 20th	205,712	228,623	304,490
November 27th
December 4th
December 11th
December 18th
Christmas
January 1st
Total	904,633	1,195,297	1,050,002

Discuss!