The PS3 Will be the number 1 selling console in Europe this gen.

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kowenicki said:

pezus said:

zhao3gold said:
To me, the golden age of this gen is 2007 to 2012. Before 2007, Wii and PS3 were not launched in all major markets. Next year, it is clear that PS3 and 360 will have the last year before PS4 and nextxbox comes to the market. So based on each year's shipment figure, the winnder of each year is:

2007~2010: Nintendo
2011: Microsoft
2012: Sony
2013: Highly possible Sony

So based on above facts, Wii is the clear winner of this gen whatever it will be surpassed by 360 or PS3 in 2014 or in 2015. The lifetime sales say nothing about their market performance in the golden age of the generation.

It's not about winning the most years, it's about getting the highest number overall. The lifetime sales tell us exactly which console sold the most, no questions asked. It's Nintendo's fault for not supporting their console and MS and Sony should benefit for their huge efforts lately to increase their sales.

axctually, its about making the most money.

Exactly what I wanted to say. It's about money. Nintendo made a lot cause Wii was profitable and required a hell lot of additional controlers. X360 was profitable cause people paid for Live like crazy (will never understand that...), X360 and PS3 also earn a lot of money through online sales, almost non-existant on Nintendo consoles. You would think that PS3 lost this by a huge margin... I don't think it's true! I think that in the calculations concerning the profitability of PS3 we have to include the fact, that it was the PS3 that established the Blu-Ray as a new standard. So all the money Sony gets from BR players and discs sold all around the world (and all the licences) should be atributed to the PS3. They wouldn't be making this money had it not been for the PS3.

This is why I think that this gen every company was a winner and we just can't point a single company that won. You can argue that Sony lost (it lost its position on the market), MS won (cause it became a real player on this market) and Nintendo won (cause it managed to return to the mainstream after more than 10 years), but all in all I think it was a draw. Everyone was fighting a bit different wars and everyone managed to win theirs. This leads us up to an extreemely interesting next gen!

And to the OP - I hope that PS3 manages to win Europe, just for the sake of marketing and getting equal. The only thing that can stop Sony from doing this is that new Canadian Wii. This can really sell if they put a crazy price on it, like 79 Euro, or so.