XBOX 360/PS3 both desperatly need pricecuts in order to keep with the Wii.

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enrageorange said:

hiroko said:
that norma;l logic my friend
ps3 299
x360 150-250
wii 150.

you do the math

Correction

Wii average selling price $157

Xbox 360 average selling price $269

PS3 average selling price $314 

at least in the only place that actually tracks average selling prices. Don't try and make the ps3 look infinitly more expencive then the competition. The average xbox sells for less then $50 less.  http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6409/npd_behind_the_numbers_may_2011.php?print=1

 

And no the other two consoles are doing fine against the wii.

Last week the wii fell 21% while the ps3 and 360 fell only 8%.

This week the wii looks like it will fall 5% while the 360 will be flat, and the ps3 will actually be up. The 360 and ps3 don't need to beat the wii as long as they are approaching wii numbers before they even get pricecuts they will be fine.

360 will have a very poor YoY comparison in the next week or 2.  I believe the 360 slim was released in the middle of June 2010.  M$ won't be able to come close to their 2010 number from here on out without a price-cut.  That is the kind of stuff investors look at.  Kinect has also stalled-- it has dragged behind Wii Fit for some time now.  Kinect is approaching sub 40k WW numbers.  The new debut software for Kinect didn't do very well, Wipe-out and Child of Eden.  Wipeout was a big success for Wii-- it will probably sell 1 million eventually, so I wonder if Kinect is capable of selling casual games in the same way that Wii did.  M$ is betting a big part of their farm on the future of Kinect, it will be interesting to see how that future pans out.  Price cuts are the only way now for M$ to stay consistent with 2010 sales-- as both the Slim and the Kinect effect produced a huge 2010 boost in sales that year.

As for PS3, I would have to look at the 2010 numbers a little more before commenting further.