Worldwide UP! (Nov. 1-7)

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Reach said:

TheSource said:

Whoever calculated the console drops / rises on the front page needs some lessons in division / percentages. 327k / 469k = -30%, not -43%.

For Wii the drop off is about 30%, and it should shrink some next week when the Mario bundle comes to the USA and seasonality pushes continue to grow. X360 and PS3 are going to be up a ton next week as well. There is a slim chance all three consoles will be over 400,000 next week, although I'd wager PS3 will be just under 400,000 and Wii only just above it.

PS3 is getting Gran Turismo 5 before just Black Friday it looks like. That should be an excellent week for Sony. That may end up being the biggest PS3 week of the year, maybe as high as 1.2m, with following weeks lower without the GT5 spike.

1.2M ? I would take that bet... If FFXIII didnt make that i dont think it will be GT5.

FFXIII's effect was limited to Japan. GT5 will have a worldwide effect and be much greater. It's impact in Japan is already a foregone conclusion, the blue GT5 bundles have been sold out since the day after they were announced. It's likely an automatic 100k-150k boost depending on how many are produced and distributed (there were 200k FFXIII and GT5P bundles. Although the GT5P bundle wasn't a unique specially colored console).