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Binary Solo this isn't the time or the place to express your buyers remorse at getting a PS3 over the superior Xbox 360!

Anyway it is a definate possibility if you consider that both Xbox 360 and Wii sales were boosted temporarily by different short term effects during the year. For the Wii it was bundles and different colours/temporary $149 price cuts? whilst for the Xbox 360 it was a redesign and Kinect. However I suspect that Kinect may be more sustainable and with Nintendo focused on launching the 3DS in 2011 they may have to divert more of their resources whereas Microsoft and the Xbox 360 do not have that same situation.

Given the new nature of the Kinect platform it is significantly more ripe to be boosted in the medium term by games coming out. Also we are not yet done with the sales boost that Kinect has bought the Xbox 360 given the 50% attach rate for new systems from what I heard to Kinect. Beyond this given the relatively higher price of Kinect Xbox 360s at this time there is likely a lot of sensitivity to price cuts as if Microsoft cuts either or both the Kinect price and the mainline console price, then the price of the bundles could fall significantly and demand could raise significantly likewise.

But overall I think it is quite difficult to actually call without having a clear idea of how sales drop into particular patterns post Christmas and without any applicable adjustments which might change the picture significantly. Perhaps in another month when sales are within 5% and not up to 20% off their actual rates we could start to see patterns emerging. It isn't so obvious yet to call it either way before the sales numbers are tightened up with adjustments.



Tease.