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thismeintiel on 29 December 2011
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Michael-5 said:
thismeintiel said:
Darth Tigris said:

@ Micheal-5

I'm still not buying that shortages led to a ~102K gap for the PS3 above the 360 for the last week of December.  Not when 2010, with no 360 shortages, has the PS3at a  ~258K lead over the 360 (I would guess the PS3 price cut helped boost it an additional 158K-178K).  And in 2007, with no 360 shortages, the PS3 had a ~91K lead over the 360.  Then with the 360 having a much better price advantage with a new $199 SKU in 2008, it only beat the PS3 by ~4K, or a statistical tie.  And more importantly, in 2006, with the PS3 not being released in most of EMEAA yet, while the 360 was, the 360 only beat it by ~33K.

2009 (not 2010 like you said) PS3 had a crazy fall with the PS3 Slim. That year was a bizarre year where the PS3 outsold the 360 in the holiday season.

What happened in 2008? 360 outsold PS3 by 4k :-O!

Maybe PS3 will outsell 360, Japan takes longer to drop in sales, and that's why Ps3 holds longer. However If there is a gap, I think it will be <100k. So the annual total difference will be 500k.

Lol, thanks for pointing out my mistake.  It's been fixed.  Anyway, I think this year it could be less than 100K, which is why I went with 80K.  And the reason sales go up higher near the last few weeks in December in Japan is because there gift giving is mostly done for the New Year, as opposed to around the 25th for Christmas.  Or at least, that is what I have read.