| Tridrakious said:
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The new releases of Quarter 1 2010 didn't contribute any more to the sales than the new ones in 2011, though. While those games may be highly critically acclaimed, they accounted for less than 20% of the Ps3's sales in Q1 2010. The releases in both the quarters have been roughly as big as each other, so mentioning that as a factor is kind of meaningless.
I'm not sure what the point of the "PS3 has so much more content than just games". You seem to be mixing up the sales and you liking the Ps3.
| Galaki said:
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I have a habit of doing that. I didn't really make a prediction for the Ps3, though, other than "it's going to sell roughly as much as it did in 2010".
The Ps3 had a relatively weak year for software in Q2-Q4 last year. It sold roughly 80% of the X360, despite having 92% of the userbase. In other words, Playstation 3 buyers simply didn't buy that many games last year.
It might just be that Ps3 owners don't play as much as X360 owners, in which case the pattern should repeat itself from last year. I expected the Ps3 not to perform as bad this year, but I don't really know. It could be that Sony releases their games early in the year, whereas the other companies release them late in the year, I don't know.
Anyway, I'm expecting a better case scenario for the Ps3 because it performed poorly games wise last year, whereas the X360 performed well.
I might be underestimating the Wii, though. If it gets some popular releases again, it could tie last year's sales. All it needs is really another Mario Kart Wii/New Super Mario Bros. Wii/Wii Sports Resort/Wii Fit Plus/Wii Fit quality game (which it lacked year) in addition to the not-ridiculously-huge games like Zelda, Super Mario Galaxy 1/2, Donkey Kong, Just Dance and the other spinoff Mario and Wii-series games. It just needs one fantastic seller.
