Xbox 360 Vs. Playstation 3 2012 - *February* Update

[Michael-5]

Pikachu266 said:

Michael-5 said:

Yea, I agree with this. With Kinect and it's appeal to the casual audience, I think MS can at least tie Sony for the last 3 months of the year, and I do expect a surprise Kinect price cut + Bundle. I also wouldn't be surprised if MS made a Forza 4, Gears 3 or even Halo Reach bundle.

Even if they just bump up the hard drive in the Arcade model to 12GB, that would be like a price cut. I still use my 20GB (14 available GB) hard drive on my old SKU 360 and I don't fill it up, even with videos and DLC.

Anything is possible, but I expect PS3 to outsell 360 for October. Maybe I'm wrong and Just Dance 3 will boost 360 numbers substantially. I remember when Wii Fit came out seeing people come to stores just looking for that in particular.

but just dace is also on the playstation? plus xbox has dance central while move has everybody dance plus with the move price cut i reckon just dance 3 plus a few new casual move games and everybody dance will do great with the casuals plus the battlefield 3 and Uncharted 3 holidays bundle will do great in america while the silver and white limited editions 3 will kill in europe so xbox can win but it's very unlikely, they need a pricecut

I never mentioned Just Dance, but Kinect is significantly more popular then Move, especially in the Dance genre. Also it's a timed released for Wii and 360, the PS3 version of Just Dance 3 doesn't come out until December, where the 360 and Wii version are already out. This could kill the game on PS3, just like Child of Eden.

As for bundles, 360 has CoD and Gears 3. Ms also said instead of a price cut they will do more bundles. I think MS tops Sony on bundles, but in the end, bundles don't always help that much.

As for those limited edition PS3's.. limited edition.

I don't think PS3 will beat 360 over the holidays mainly because the holidays boost the Americas region most, and 360 is vastly more popular then PS3 in Americas. However I don't think 360 will top PS3 without a price cut or more then just Kinect. Maybe a hardware upgrade will do the trick because then more people will buy Arcade consoles, but still. I think, a tie for the next 3 months is likely, followed by a landslide win for PS3 in the first 9 months of 2012.