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

[Michael-5]

binary solo said:

Michael-5 said:

VGKing said:

The_God_of_War said:

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 10th Oct 2010 to 01st Jan 2011:

X360                  PS3


6,866,522          6,283,436

Just another way to look at it. MS outsold PS3 by nearly 600K from Oct 10th 2010 to Jan 1st 2011. They need to outsell the PS3 by nearly twice that amount this year without Kinect being the hot new device. If MS have a price cut or something up their sleeves they should do it already.

If the Xbox 360 coudn't beat the PS3 last year with its half a million marketing campagin for Kinect why does Microsoft think it will do it this year?
PS3 has outsold the 360 2 years in a row(2009, 2010). So far it looks to do the same this year.

But the 360 did beat the PS3. In Americas and EMEAA 360 outsold the PS3, it's Japan that's keeping the PS3 above the 360.

Console	PS3
Total Others (Oct-Dec 2010)	3,539,911

Console	X360
Total Others (Oct-Dec 2010)	2,479,653

You sure about that?

If you mean Americas + EMEAA well there's an easy counterpoint: PS3 beat 360 massively in Japan and EMEAA, it's only Americas which kept it from being an arse whipping. It's about worldwide sales. What happens in each region, or a combination of regions that doesn't cover the world, is secondary.

In reality there are only 2 countries which are keeping 360 in touch with PS3: USA and UK. Certainly there are other countries where 360 has higher LTD and weekly sales than PS3 (Aussie), but they are miniscule markets in the big picture. Only USA and UK have sales levels which have a substantial effect on global sales, and even UK is small potatoes next to USA. Japan can never solely be the difference betwen Xbox and Playstation. PS3 has modest leads in most countries and a big lead in one. 360 has modest leads in a few countries and big leads in 2. And PS3 sells in some countries 360 does not, though I don't know which. Put it all together and, in recent years, it adds up to PS3 selling more than 360.

Digressing. I wonder which way China is going to jump once it opens up. Eventually China will be a bigger console market than USA, just like it will be bigger than the USA in every way (good and bad) eventually. I suspect China could be Xbox territory: mostly because China and Japan are long historical adversaries (kinda like the French and English); and I think there's a lot of Yankophiles (for want of a better word - no offence intended at all, esp. not to Southerners) among the general China populous. Certainly more Chinese who love Americana than who love Japanesiana (is that a word?).

Yes, you misunderstood. I meant Americas + EMEAA, as in everything outside of Japan. That one small region is the only reason PS3 sales have even caught up to 360 sales.

Yea PS3 in EMEAA and Japan beats 360, but Americas is half the worlds video game sales. I mention Americas and EMEAA because it explains a pattern. If 90% of the worlds gaming population prefer a 360 over PS3 (sales for 360 are stronger for 90% the worlds gaming population), then how can you expect the PS3 to ever make serious gains overall?

For 2011, since Japans holiday season is coming to an end, this means 360 sales will likely match or supass PS3 sales for most of the weeks until christmas. For WW this means that PS3 can only shrink the 360/PS3 sales gap by the number of sales in Japan. If PS3 dies off in Japan (like every other 7th gen console basically has now), then the gap may stop shrinking all together.

UK sells more home consoles then Japan, it's the 3rd biggest individual country to sell games after USA and Japan.

So in reality 360 has big leads in about 50% of the worlds market, where PS3 only has big leads in about 10% the worlds market, and PS3 has modest leads in the other 40%. PS3 is outselling 360 because in Japan PS3 crushes 360 sales, by a large margine, where the rest of the world generally gives 360 strong sales.

Hence if PS3 does shrink any WW lead, it can't do it by much because only 10% of the gaming world strongly preffers the Ps3, and that's Japan.

China has a law that bans the importation of video games. It corrupts youth apparently. Even if console importation became legal there, most Microsoft franchises would become banned. Far too graphic.