will hardware go down this week?

[postofficebuddy]

Reasons for potential decreases.

Wii: Decrease of red Wii bump in Americas and Japan

PS3: Decrease of of Black Ops effect in EMEAA and America

360: Decrease of Black Ops effect in America and EMEAA and Kinect effect in EMEAA

Reasons for possible increases other than regular seasonality.

Wii: Nothing really

PS3: Possible GT5 anticipation and early leaks in France and Italy. Black Ops and new Torne bundle in Japan.

360: Kinect and arguably Black Ops in Japan.

 

I don't think PS3 got much of a bump from BO in Americas so I don't think sales will decrease there. Seasonal lifts should begin to kick in in Japan so between that and BO I think PS3 should be up depending on if we track the GT5 leaks in EMEAA. I think seasonality should cover decreases in Americas and EMEAA for 360, and personally I think Japan could be around 15k-20k so I think 360 will be up too. Wii will likely see at least a moderate drop in Japan but I think the west will cover for it. So I think everything will be up at least slightly.