| Slimebeast said: Wow you never cease to surprise with your prophecies BHR. |
What most people dont know though is the Xbox 360 has outsold itself every year.. so every year its sold better then it did the year before.. ( see recent Nov 2011 article here ... fact #14 ... http://www.vgchartz.com/article/88468/xbox-10-years-of-fun/ ) .. So even when you look at the great sales of the other consoles.. The Xbox 360 is doing something the PS3 isn't.. #1 Making a profit OVERALL this generation.. The PS3 lost 12 Billion overall.. and recently losses were at 300 million for the recent quarter because someone decided to lower the price ( I wonder if this guy got fired ).. Sony is selling more consoles at a price - losing money - something the PS2 NEVER did.. Stockholders want to get away from the PS3 as it is a money loser... Where as M$ is making deposits in the bank with the 360.. #2 - Xbox 360 is proving it is a gaming machine.. the PS3 is selling so well, yet again with the release of Oblivion Skyrim and COD MW4 we are AGAIN reminded 360 owns PS3 in big title multi-plat releases.. Actually none of PS3's exclusives have outsold MS exclusives either... PS3 fans often try and say " But the PS3 isn't a FPS console" .. Hilarious when you ignore the Fact that the PS3's best selling titles are ALL First Person Shooters.. ( Go check out the top 4 ).. then you get the argument well "We have so much variety".. and the 360 does too.. I think its funny to see the PS3 so close to the 360 in worldwide userbase... but if you go into software sales the picture is quite different...
I think it'll be close sales-wise.. I dont think the Next Xbox will be released next year because Halo 4 has been in development over a year in order to be releasing Dec 2012 .. I doubt its being developed on the Next Gen Xbox console already ( this would mean the console was ready over a year ago ) ...I think they will make the "official" announcement in 2012 that it will be released in 2013..
As I said the 360 is outselling what it did last year.. just as last year it outsold what it did year before.. etc..etc.. As long as the Xbox is selling well - they will follow the business model of supply and demand.. In other WORDS - They will keep selling something people still want.. Just as Sony did with the PS2..
