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

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pezus said:

XanderZane said:

pezus said:

kowenicki said:

pezus said:

Either way, if 360 manages to be ahead by something like 10-50k I wouldn't call that a win. I wouldn't call a PS3 lead by 10-50k a win either AND I'll wait until late January to see if there will be any adjustments, especially in Europe/Others because the numbers look a bit weird there in some places. A tie would mean though that MS were wrong all year.

Strange predictions happen... at least the MS one wont be too far off.    So MS may be wrong this year... Sony will be wrong forever with Kaz's prediction.

Hirai: PS3 can beat PS2

by Ben Parfitt 
Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 9:00AM

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The man standing at the top of Sony’s games business believes PS3 has shrugged off its stuttering start and is on course to become the firm’s most successful console to date.

Speaking in an interview with MCV, SCE CEO Kazuo Hirai says the aim is still for PS3 to outsell PlayStation 2 – a platform that has sold 146m units worldwide in a decade.

38m PS3s have been sold globally since launch in 2006. But Hirai is confident his flagship console can grow to 150m, and by 2016, too.

“The high point, looking back at our console business, has been PS2,” he told MCV.

“For PS3, that is one level of success we’d like to emulate and hopefully surpass at the end of the ten-year lifecycle.”

Already Sony has seen momentum switch in its favour, with PS3 sales up 57 per cent year-on-year. And the firm has high expectations for Move, which launches in two weeks.

But Hirai feels that in order to go a step further, the company must improve its international focus. He told MCV he’s restructured SCE’s HQ in Japan into three business units – console (PS3 and PS2), handheld (PSP) and accessories. And each unit is charged with looking after its businesses on a global scale.

“If it’s right for Japan it’s probably not right for the rest of the world,” he said, acknowledging that power has shifted away from its Tokyo HQ, which will now take a more international approach to business decisions.

 

“For PS3, that is one level of success we’d like to emulate and hopefully surpass at the end of the ten-year lifecycle.”

I don't see the problem? A man can hope. This is way different from what MS were doing. They weren't hoping, they were stating it as a fact that they'd be #1.

I think they were talking about the U.S. The Wii is still ahead of them in the U.S., but that could change within the next 2 years. Neither the XBox 360 or PS3 will be #1. Not sure why those execs are smoking. They still have a long, long way to catch the Wii.

Nope, it's pretty obvious he was talking about WW. And he didn't even mention the Wii or 360, let alone being #1. He's only comparing PS3 to PS2.

"38m PS3s have been sold globally since launch in 2006. But Hirai is confident his flagship console can grow to 150m, and by 2016, too."

The PS3 will never sell as much as the PS2. Neither the PS3 or XBox 360 will pass the Wii this generation. It's over 30 million ahead of it's competition. I doubt the Wii will be taken off the market anytime soon. Hirai is nuts if he thinks the PS3 will reach 150 million this gen. The next XBox will be launched in 2013, will Sony be ready?