| madskillz said: PS3 outsold the 360 WW for another week - cool. To say it's dominating? Not so much. I still see a 7M console lead for the 360 - and right now, the PS3 is only leading by 10K. Even with a huge boost, it's like 50K-75K lead. Big deal. It's still 7M behind the 360, and 11M behind the Wii. Let spring settle in - if the PS3 is still beating the 360, then and only then will I believe that the PS3 has turned the corner. I still love the fact it took the PS3 two price cuts, 4 skus to get to this point. It's a good start, but believe you me, it's a long, long, LONG road ahead. |
It's actually more than 10k since JPN numbers are not in yet. Also, 7M for 1 year lead is pretty shameful, not actually something to be proud of. I expect PS3 to eat through those 7M within 18 months.
Regarding multiple SKUs and price cuts, we've been over this many, many times. It really does not matter what Sony did to improve sales. Sony is committed to their PlayStation business and PS3's future so they did what they had to do to repair they initial mistake of launching a console at $599. If MS wasn't so greedy they could have done a second price cut last year and that would have increased their 7M lead. Instead they introduced a gimped 360 arcade SKU, pretty lame.
Right now I don't think it matters if MS cuts the 360 price. Sony's entertainment division reached profitability and they will most likely match any 360 price cut (if they need to). Also, the PS3 with blu-ray and wifi is a much better value. I actually wonder what MS will do...
But this week's PS3 lead (NA+Others) was pretty unexpected and we all know next week things will be back to a statistical tie between the 2 consoles. But the PS3 line up for this year is pretty good and that will certainly boost sales starting in May with MGS4. Also the doom of HDDVD is very close and that will help with PS3 sales too.
