WW UP 3rd September (Update: Software UP!!)

[postofficebuddy]

Do we really need to keep going over this? Do the math.

Console	Yearly (change)	Total
PS3	6,304,534	(-56%)	52,570,638
DS	5,558,097	(-73%)	148,203,884
Wii	5,439,026	(-69%)	87,895,540
X360	5,349,574	(-61%)	55,738,215
3DS	4,595,659	(-)	4,595,659
PSP	4,020,472	(-57%)	69,504,393
PS2	1,708,353	(-65%)	144,001,091

PS3 has a million unit lead for the year. By October that will probably be around 1.4-1.5 million.

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 03rd Oct 2010 to 01st Jan 2011:

 

Console	PS3
Total	6,521,328

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 03rd Oct 2010 to 01st Jan 2011:

 

Console	X360
Total	7,047,842

360 only outsold PS3 by 500k during quarter 4 last year with momentum from Reach and the Kinect launch. So to take the crown for the year not only would PS3 have to be flat or down YOY but 360 would have to be exponentially up. So unless we see huge adjustments in 360's favor it's effectively impossible for 360 to catch back up, even with a price cut. Also keep in mind, last year PS3's Q4 Japan performance was utterly shite. It barely even beat its 2008 Japan performance when it was somewhat consistently getting outsold by the 360. With both the Ninokuni bundle and FFXIII-2 releasing it will almost certainly be hugely up there for the rest of the year.