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yo_john117 on 18 March 2011

As always its fun to see comparisons like this but like others have said at this point in the generation it doesn't matter which one pulls ahead at the end cause neither one will do amazingly better then the other.



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Nsanity on 18 March 2011
Sensei said:

I think something that most "gap" threads miss is that the larger the install bases are, the less difference said gap is making.

Back when 360 had say, 10 million install base and PS3 had 5 million, that's double the install base, which might be significant for a developer, for example, to decide on making a game exclusive for one system.

Now, with one console at around 55 million, and other at 50 million, the difference is a mere 10%. Such difference tends to get even lower as long as they continue selling, so I think even if PS3 doesn't surpass the 360 anymore, it just doesn't matter. MS managed to get its great marketshare, and Sony managed to prevent the PS3 from failing.

Well said.



rocketpig on 18 March 2011
mantlepiecek said:

What happened 5 years agao, is done. People who live in the past, will always be in the past. Sony is actually taking a much better step by looking out for their future instead of thinking of the past.

Companies that lose five billion dollars and go from a dominant first place role in the market to fighting over last place tend to avoid looking at the past. It helps them sleep at night.




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thx1139 on 18 March 2011

Japan through March 5th 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
178,707
259,445
29,427

Last year same time

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
375,877
297,256
35,772

Last year March 7th through Jan 1 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
1,285,753
1,256,382
175,813

I am posting this because the effect in Japan will be dramatic and this will truly harm any chances of the PS3 catching the 360. I would suspect the remainder of 2011 in Japan to be 50% of the sales the remainder of 2010.

Console Prediction
 Wii PS3 X360
Japan
600,000
600,000
80,000


Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

rocketpig on 18 March 2011
thx1139 said:

Japan through March 5th 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
178,707
259,445
29,427

Last year same time

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
375,877
297,256
35,772

Last year March 7th through Jan 1 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
1,285,753
1,256,382
175,813

I am posting this because the effect in Japan will be dramatic and this will truly harm any chances of the PS3 catching the 360. I would suspect the remainder of 2011 in Japan to be 50% of the sales the remainder of 2010.

Console Prediction
 Wii PS3 X360
Japan
600,000
600,000
80,000

Dude, hadn't FFXIII just released in Japan? I thought the PS3 was peaking over there around this time 12-14 months ago, though their numbers are still impressive to this point.




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postofficebuddy on 18 March 2011
thx1139 said:

Japan through March 5th 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
178,707
259,445
29,427

Last year same time

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
375,877
297,256
35,772

Last year March 7th through Jan 1 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
1,285,753
1,256,382
175,813

I am posting this because the effect in Japan will be dramatic and this will truly harm any chances of the PS3 catching the 360. I would suspect the remainder of 2011 in Japan to be 50% of the sales the remainder of 2010.

Console Prediction
 Wii PS3 X360
Japan
600,000
600,000
80,000


I really doubt the disasters are going to effect sales that badly. Check Media Create, PS3 actually increased in sales last week. Yes, sales will be affected but it most likely won't have much of a long term impact.



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D-Joe on 18 March 2011
postofficebuddy said:
thx1139 said:

Japan through March 5th 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
178,707
259,445
29,427

Last year same time

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
375,877
297,256
35,772

Last year March 7th through Jan 1 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
1,285,753
1,256,382
175,813

I am posting this because the effect in Japan will be dramatic and this will truly harm any chances of the PS3 catching the 360. I would suspect the remainder of 2011 in Japan to be 50% of the sales the remainder of 2010.

Console Prediction
 Wii PS3 X360
Japan
600,000
600,000
80,000


I really doubt the disasters are going to effect sales that badly. Check Media Create, PS3 actually increased in sales last week. Yes, sales will be affected but it most likely won't have much of a long term impact.

if earthquake didn't happened,PS3 should be 40000 up last week

just check back 2010 March when Yakuza 4 and Fist of north star released

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=40608&reg=Japan&date=40258



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John_Doe on 18 March 2011

is there any problem with numbers this week i havent read? we're too late...



thx1139 on 18 March 2011
postofficebuddy said:
thx1139 said:

Japan through March 5th 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
178,707
259,445
29,427

Last year same time

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
375,877
297,256
35,772

Last year March 7th through Jan 1 2011

Console Wii PS3 X360
Japan
1,285,753
1,256,382
175,813

I am posting this because the effect in Japan will be dramatic and this will truly harm any chances of the PS3 catching the 360. I would suspect the remainder of 2011 in Japan to be 50% of the sales the remainder of 2010.

Console Prediction
 Wii PS3 X360
Japan
600,000
600,000
80,000


I really doubt the disasters are going to effect sales that badly. Check Media Create, PS3 actually increased in sales last week. Yes, sales will be affected but it most likely won't have much of a long term impact.

Earthquake happened at like 3:30PM Friday on the 11th in Japan.  So most of the sales for last week had already happened.  Including a rather interesting new release that boosted sales particularly on day of release.  That wont be the case going forward.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

Conegamer on 18 March 2011

Nice graph!

Without Japan it would be 360 for sure. But Microsoft always struggled in these regions, for reasons mentioned before. So that makes it more interesting

Overall we need to wait until the end of June to get the full picture IMO, when the 360S came out, to see how well the 360 is doing YoY without a re-vamp, and if the PS3 can continue to outsell it, by wide margins. We shall see. But it'll be close at the end, within 2 mil likely...PS3 may just get it doe to a longer next-gen life if it's like the PS2



 

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