So how much does releasing a console first in a generation relate to sales?

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zero129 said:

VGKing said:

zero129 said:

VGKing said:

zero129 said:
Wii launched last and wiped out the PS3 and 360 in sales.
@Chark i don't think the xbox 360 having a 3 million lead over the PS3 is having almost all their lead lost, if it was 1 million lead i could see where you are coming from, but the 360 has pretty much kept that 3 million lead all this gen.
Back to the OP, the Saturn launched before the PS1 look what happened there, same with the Dreamcast etc.
Launching first doesn't mean you are going to win. It takes a number of factors, such as price, games and mass appeal.

The Xbox 360 sold ~8 million within its first year.(Launch in late 2005 to end of 2006)

The PS3 has done an excellent job of brining the lead way down. If you align the launches, then the PS3 is the winner.(Anyone good with charts?)
That 3 mil goes down each and every year(except 2011 if you belive Microsoft over VgChartz)

That is mighty impressive for a console that infamously launched at $600.

So it took them a whole 5-6 years plus alot of price cuts, plus pretty much owning japan over the 360, as it just doesn't sell there unlike the PS3 does in the USA, as the PS3 does sell in the USA to gain 5 million. And yet it hasn't been able to break that 3 million gap in how long??. as everytime it gains in on that 3 million gap by the time the holidays comes around it goes right back to square one for sony.

Also to you're comment "When PS3 surpasses the XBox 360(it will one day) it will be a huge accomplishment. Don't try and downplay that."

Only to Sony Fanboys it will, as Xbox Fanboys will be claiming victory even if it's only a 1 million lead that they win by. and they will have the right too aswell as they will have won.

@Turkish For someone that was ment to be around since the Snes day's i find you're comment very dumb. The Console wars where around since the Snes and the Megadrive even since the Nes and the Master system etc. The Console wars happend after that too in the PS1, saturn and N64 days, and continued on into the PS2 days. One of the auguments Xbox fan's used to use was they had the more powerful system with the better looking games, the sony fans used to say they had the most games and sold the most systems. How the tables have turned hey...

@Solidsnake08 You should be banned for such a comment.

 

Yeah they will claim victory but that victory will be short lived.

Yeah, PS3 is having a hard time bringing that last 3 million down. It happens. Xbox 360 is still a strong competitor and it is still selling. Did I ever say it would be easy or fast for the PS3 to outsell the 360? No. It will take a long time. I say ~2 years after next-gen consoles arrive.

BTW, Sony does not own Japan, Nintendo does.

Then after the next gen starts the victory the PS3 fans are going to enjoy is going to mean nothing, as Xbox will of won...

that made no sense. the Wii won. who cares about second place?