PS3 can still finish in first place.

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Gilgamesh said:

PS3beats360 said:

PS3 can still finish in first place. The console wars are live and kicking. Wii peaked in 2008 with 25 million console sales. PS3 sales are rising and rising every year. PS3 will pass the 360 in 2011. PS3 moves to second place and starts chasing down the "invincible" sales leader. 

PS3 started slower but was at a much higher price than the Wii. Almost 4 years after the launches the Wii is on 75 million and the PS3 just over 40 million sales.

Wii sales started fast and well peaked in second year 2008 with 25 million sales. The sales of the Wii are expected to trend downwards over time. 2009 (20 million sales) was a 20% decline on 2008 sales. 2010 sales should be another 15% to 20% decline on 2009 sales: 16 to 17 million Wii console sales for 2010. 

PS3 may even claw back the  sales gap on the Wii as its big games and price cuts help  boost PS3 sales. PS3 in the next 5 or 6  years may well outsell the Wii by 30 to 40 million console units. Time will reveal all. 

PS3 can possibly make the biggest come back in console wars history. 2016 may well see the PS3 over take the Wii in total console sales. The chances are very slim but the PS3 has a chance of re-writing history. 

The PS3 has already made the biggest comeback in the history of video games, no last place console ever sold like the PS3 and it's going to continue.

Also it's definitely possible for the PS3 to pass the Wii, but it will take the next 5 or 6 years to do so and it'll just barely pass it. The Wii has a big lead and that's going to take some time to pass. But then again nothing's impossible, especially this gen. So it might not be that crazy to imagine the PS3 selling like 20 million consoles in it's 5th or 6th year out.

This. The victory, if you wanna call it that will be hollow at best. Sure it might make SONY some good money but man PS3 could have been a huge cash cow going off the lead of the PS2. It fumbled the ball instead.

Nintendo could release Wii 2 or wtfe you want in the next year or so and one-two-punch SONY and MS in the nuts because I seriously doubt SONY and MS are going to release before 2011 and it could even be late 2013 (for SONY at least) before even an announcement.

Mark my words though, next gen is gonna be a weak jump in performance if SONY or MS release earlier. Hell, PS4 and XNEXT might even just be a new platform with little to no discernible graphics enhancements other than full support for 1080p, true stereo sound, and possible 3D support.