Prediction: PS3 to outsell 360 every month in USA starting today.

[MontanaHatchet]

Squilliam said:

MontanaHatchet said:

Squilliam said:
I had a look at the recent sales. A trend started mid may 2008 that looks significant.

Total number of HD consoles sold = stagnant at 100k

But it looks like the people who would have otherwise purchased PS3s are now buying Xbox360. (The economic situation starting to kick in?)

Long term, its very good for the Xbox360 and very bad for the PS3 in the United States.

Bahh, the economy is no worse than it was a month or two ago, save for gas prices. It mainly has to do with the fact that the 40 gig is a god awful deal compared to the 80 gig.

 

Sales dropped by a third due to knowledge of the more expensive 80gb's return when people are trying to spend less money and not more?

Oh cmon. I just said it's a better deal. As in a better value. Just because it has a higher price doesn't mean that it doesn't have more to offer.

As for the lineups, not all of those games may even come out in 2008. Halo Wars has a very vague release date lineup, and Fable 2 doesn't have an announced release data either. And what's this MMORPG? I haven't heard of it. Is it Age of Conan? If so, don't get too excited. What's the history for MMOs on consoles anyways? And releasing sequels is not going to expand your userbase all that much.