| gergroy said:
actually, if we are talking about home consoles, EMEAA & Japan is about equal to America. Total console sales EMEAA & Japan = 96.2 America = 91.3 With VGchartz being aproximate (around 10%) it is actually a statisticall tie. So basically, if Xbox continues to dominate in America, it will make it really hard for the ps3 to surpass it. Not impossible, just hard. Right now, xbox isn't doing that well in EMEAA and Japan and PS3 isn't doing well in America. With both markets being about equal... you see where I'm going? Right now it is pretty balanced out. Something drastic needs to happen to tip the scales, and not a price drop. Those only give a temporary boost. By drastic I mean like next gen system being released. Kind of like the project cafe and obviously any next gen consoles from sony or MS. |
The thing is that it isn't just a matter of winning or losing a territory. It is how much the gap is. While the xbox might be 'dominating' in America, the PS3 is absolutely crushing it in Japan. So even though Japan is a much smaller market, the gap between the two is about equal. The 360 was about 326k ahead in the US in the first three months according to NPD. In Japan, the PS3 was ahead by 299k according to Media Create. Thus, even though the US market is more than double that of Japan, the gap was only 9% higher for the 360.
