Worldwide up

[Reasonable]

bannedagain said:

BeLiKeCLuTcH said:

You guys need to calm down... Ps3 had a GREAT time with Fifa 11 like exclusive and Move boost... Now its 360 time to shine with Black Ops and Kinect... Lets see what happens!

Some of u look like stupid kids wanting attention...

Kinect is going to change the tide I think. I give it to sony, closing up the gap. The gap I think is going to grow again due to kinect. The new numbers show the gap at 3.9 million.

I also think kinect can open the door to japan, that is a market that needs to be tapped buy MS.

That extra 20,000 sony and wii get is small but Big in the end. 2,000 that MS gets is not helping and needs to start a new trend.

Kinect could give 360 a big boost in US, but I think outside of US the result will be patchier.  I really doubt it's going to suddenly swing a region which hated the Xbox and only grudgingly bought more of the 360 because MS managed to get some local jRPGs locked in as timed exclusives.  In Europe it'll definately give a boost, too, but it will probably be in regions already more accepting of the 360 already.

I think overall, with Move seeming to be much more popular in EMEA than initially thought, and with GT5 (probably) about to launch the gap will remain roughly the same.

I just don't see Kinect suddenly swinging things back to 360, particularly in light of the adjustments which have shown just how well PS3 has really be doing.

EDIT: just to be clear, I do think Kinect will be a success for the 360, but I think people are expecting too much of it from a global perspective.  It's got too big an entry price and has (perhaps unfairly) gained the perception outside US it really requires a big living room or clear play space and that combination I think will hold it back outside the US, at least initially.