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Forums - Sales Discussion - Xbox 360 Vs. Playstation 3 2012 - *February* Update

I hope 360 wins but i think ps3 will remain on top.



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Dr.Grass said:
Carl2291 said:
Add another 1.5m to Forza 3, again.

If that's the Holiday bundle. No.


WHAT is up with your sig!!?

I don't get you Americans - I don't even know who Justin Bieber is.



Us Americans just appreciate fantastic musical talent. Bieber > Beatles



                            

Carl2291 said:
Dr.Grass said:
Carl2291 said:
Add another 1.5m to Forza 3, again.

If that's the Holiday bundle. No.


WHAT is up with your sig!!?

I don't get you Americans - I don't even know who Justin Bieber is.



Us Americans just appreciate fantastic musical talent. Bieber > Beatles

 

mkay then.



Will the holiday sales be enough to overtake PS3? I don't think so.
The PS3's price cut will really show this holiday.

360 has no big Kinect titles for the Holiday now that Star Wars got delayed.

Gears boost is almost over.
Forza won't boost by much.
Halo CE Anniversary won't boost either.

So you think the timed-exclusive MW3 DLC is enough to push the 360 above the PS3 worldwide?



iWarMachine said:
Well... MS have Halo, MW3, Skyrim, and BF3 in its favor, while PS3 has AC:Rev, Uncharted 3, FFXII-2 (JP) and Ninokuni (JP). i think it'll be a very close call, but with a 1M lead, PS3 should win this one easily. If a price cut happens, then it's pretty much assured that 360 will go above PS3.


Hmm MW3,Skyrim and BF3 are all multiplatform.......
Sure MS has timed exclusive DLC for MW3 and Skyrim but Sony has timed exclusive DLC for BF3.....
There's will even be a BF3 bundle for PS3 at Gamestop.

Sure MW3 will boost the 360 but it will also boost the PS3.

 

The only way MS can win is with a price cut. Or if they spend half a million on marketing again this year.



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I just can't see MS pulling it off. For them to even make up serious ground, they are going to have to do much more than a $50 cut to the 250GB model (which, besides maybe a $25 cut to Kinect, is all I think they will end up doing). They would have to have a $50 cut to both 360s. Kinect just isn't going to have the same impact as last year. It's not new, not as hyped, and there aren't as many games launching for it as last holiday to make people want it. The one game that may have helped a bit, Star Wars, was delayed to next year because the game wasn't good enough to launch, yet. If they want Kinect to have a similar (but still smaller) impact as last year, it will need another HUGE ad campaign and a cut of at least $75.

Then you have to look at sales in specific regions. Sure MS is going to sell more in Americas, but PS3 is no slouch there, either. It will definitely get a nice boost this holidays from the price cut and Uncharted 3. Also, any gap that MS gains in Americas will be mostly negated by Japan, where the 360 is basically dead and the PS3 is going to have huge numbers from the custom bundles it has coming out, namely for FF13-2. In EMEAA, UK is going to help the 360, but as a whole, PS3 is going to claim the region.

I think MS will probably close the gap by some, but they are definitely not going to be ahead.



Seece said:
Stadelhuber said:

The holiday bundle contains Forza 3 (again) and a Crysis-2-Token and a 3 Month-Gold-Membership



 Maybe this is not  good enough.

It's not, that's a pretty crap bundle IMO

At least F3 is most likely going to break 6 million now

 

OT: I don't think the 360 will get 1st place this year unless there is a pricecut.



Stadelhuber said:

The holiday bundle contains Forza 3 (again) and a Crysis-2-Token and a 3 Month-Gold-Membership



 Maybe this is not  good enough.

what don't MS bundle Halo Reach?



VGKing said:

360 has no big Kinect titles for the Holiday 


huh



postofficebuddy said:
Why the hell are they bundling Forza 3 and not Forza 4? That's probably going to take away sales from F4.

Why the hell would they bundle a brand new game? F3 being bundled with 360's won't take away sales from F4.