Global Up - February 11th UK + US HW/SW

[Alby_da_Wolf]

Seece said:

kowenicki said:
No YOY in my absence... I have been having a few days in the sun...

Anyway...

PS3 DOWN 51k or DOWN 23%
360 DOWN 51k or DOWN 25%
Wii DOWN 94k or DOWN 53%

WOW

PS3 price cut never did that much and is now irrelevant, Wii is gone and 360 price cut is required but wont do too much to help IMO other than in some parts of Europe.

Bring on the next gen.

3DS + DS UP 66k or UP 33% (decent)
PSP + PSV DOWN 141k or DOWN 67% (god awful!!)


People seem to be banging on about the 360 performance in Europe. The 360 is down 25% there and the PS3 is DOWN 24%.... the 360 has a price cut to come.

I wonder if sales get really bad, if MS will cut in spring along with Star Wars Kinect. Or endure a very tough summer. I see Ninty likely to cut in the spring, like last year.

Surely Sony won't cut before September not really needed, and it would be an Image blow if done less than one year after the previous one, while Ninty instead could be forced to cut before they actually wish by plummeting sales. MS is indeed the one that has most freedom of all, they can wait to cut only when they really need it or they can cut before, if they want, it won't be by any means a rushed cut anyway, but a long awaited one. Maybe now Ninty is regretting having overestimated Wii's legs with reduced major 1st party releases and underestimated XB360+Kinect and PS3.