| Darth Tigris said: One thing this analysis showed me was how the 360 basically SAVED the industry this year because EVERYTHING else was down except for the PS3 which was flat. It'll be really interesting to see how the introduction of the 3DS, PSP2 and likely price cuts on the 3 consoles will affect annual hardware sales and revenue. |
I think 3DS mania plus Kinect growth might be enough to put 2011 ahead of 2010. I don't expect either Wii or PS3 to grow though, at best they'll probably stay flat. PSP2 comes too late probably to make much impact, and it's success is still pretty up in the air anyway. I do expect DS/PSP/PS2 to fall off the map though (PS2/PSP are arguably already there).
360's situation is pretty unique though, it's basically like a complete worldwide system relaunch. I don't think we've ever really seen anything comparable except the original Game Boy's revival in the mid 1990s (based off the GB Pocket and Pokemon dream combo, which is actually kinda similar to 360's S and Kinect dream combo).
