| thx1138 said: @MrMafoo, When did Sony announce that the PS3 now only costs $400 to make? I missed the announcement. So PS3 outselling the 360 by 10% is spells the end to the 360. Hmmm. Lets see if the PS3 does 110% of what the 360 does in 2008 and the 360 does 8 million in sales in 2008 that means the PS3 catches up by 800,000. Hmmm that would make them right about even, right? Nope. Just checked that would have the PS3 about 6.4 million behind the 360 still. |
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/845/845541p1.html
And I said if the % keeps going up. I was also talking about end of life sales. The PS3 is tracking the PS2 in sales from launch at the moment. I don't know if the PS3 will reach the PS2 sales figures, but if they do, and the 10% becomes 30% over the next few years, they will sell a lot more consoles then MS by life’s end.
Basically, my smartass response was because I feel like every professional sales analyst feels. That the PS3 will outsell the 360 at the end of it's life. For some reason, this guy thought that was akin to thinking the world was flat or something.
No one has a crystal ball and can tell the future, but I will tell you this. If in 5 years the 360 does outsell the PS3, no one is going to look back and attribute it's success to this game. The only way this game is an advantage to the 360, is that it's no longer an exclusive, and has been taken away from Sony as a weapon. It's helped even the playing field, but it has not given any advantage to the 360.
