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PS3 to pass 360 this holiday quarter?

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Ldn.se on 02 November 2011
kitler53 said:
history will most likely repeat itself yet one more time.

ps3 cuts their price -- gap closes -- people get excited -- 360 price cut -- gap widens -- people get sad -- ps3 cuts their price ....

Lol, it has been like that here!



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Wagram on 02 November 2011

Not sure. It is possible but I think PS3 will over take the 360 sometime next year.



Claymore on 02 November 2011

My bet is it'll take close to another year yet.



MARCUSDJACKSON on 02 November 2011
Mr Puggsly said:
Yakuzaice said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Yakuzaice said:
Mr Puggsly said:

but their recent price cut says otherwise nor has it had a significant impact on sales.

They just had their best Q2 ever while ever other piece of hardware (besides the psp for some reason) is down YoY.

Didn't the PS3 price cut happen in Q3?

Q3 calendar, Q2 sony financial year.  My point was it did have a significant impact on sales.

Whats was the sales difference YoY for PS3? I'm sure it had an impact, just doesn't seem to be a game changer.

Also, the 360 Slim launched last year in September. Perhaps that has something to do with 360 being down YoY?

yep Halo and Kinect. all 3 did very well for 360 last yr, and with UC3 likely taking out most of the GEARS 3 boost considering PS3 still had more then a 80k lead over 360 for most of PS3's pricecut. a pricecut is what MS will need to do for the most part to hold there lead over PS3.

thers an RPG special edition PS3 console that i can't remember the name of coming out in Japan that should help boost sells, but i'm not sure what month.

and then theres FFIIIX-2 and Special editoin console that i'm not sure will hit stateside in Dec. and the multicolor consoles (blue, green, red, and white) coming out this month in Japan and the EMEAA.

and then theres the bundles both have for black friday so Nov. will be a close one, but Sony needs to out sell 360 by 200k through or more a wk through Nov. to Dec. to pass the lowest vgc member predition for 360 unless the Japan sells boost makes up that 200k or more boost in Dec..

i'm ver doubtfull of some of this helping, but  atleast Sony is doing something right?



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Xenostar on 02 November 2011
NotStan said:
Wait so is that Turkish guy claiming that there are TWO quarters left BEFORE 31st december 2011? I am not sure if serious.

Probably will overtake it next year, when it won't matter anymore.

Lol if MS doesn't cut the price this year. Would that mean they don't give a rat's ass about the race anymore?


No he was replying to somones comment about Sonys FISCAL year, of which there are 2 quarters left. When Sony talk about predicted PS3 sales they talk in there Fiscal year which end in March, not in a Calendar year. 



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 02 November 2011
kmcroc said:
MS is in a financial position to be able to cut the price, the real question is will MS announce a price cut or do they have something that will send sales soaring Thur the roof .Am guessing they have something ready in the wings for when this moment arrived ,it's a wait & see thing.

i think MS is counting on Halo:CE but it doesn't look like that will help much.



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Yakuzaice on 02 November 2011
Turkish said:
Yakuzaice said:

I doubt they can pass the 360 by the end of the year, but they'll probably close the gap a bit more.  They need to sell at least 7 million next quarter if they want to realistically hit 15 million for the fiscal year.  (that's assuming nothing major changes in terms of price/bundles/etc.)


No, Sony just posted their results from the 2nd quarter, they have still 2 more quarters to sell. Their fiscal year is not the calendar year...

I know that.  7 million wouldn't hit 15 million for the calendar year.  But they aren't going to hit 15 million for the fiscal year unless they do at least 7 million in the holiday quarter.  If they were to only sell 6.3 million like last year, they would need a massive 3.2 million jan-mar quarter to hit their forecast.  2.5 million is still high, but within the realm of possibility.



Adobo on 02 November 2011
kitler53 said:
history will most likely repeat itself yet one more time.

ps3 cuts their price -- gap closes -- people get excited -- 360 price cut -- gap widens -- people get sad -- ps3 cuts their price ....


Good for Sony people.



kmcroc on 02 November 2011
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
kmcroc said:
MS is in a financial position to be able to cut the price, the real question is will MS announce a price cut or do they have something that will send sales soaring Thur the roof .Am guessing they have something ready in the wings for when this moment arrived ,it's a wait & see thing.

i think MS is counting on Halo:CE but it doesn't look like that will help much.

I wasn't even considering Halo CE ,was thinking something bigger & industry  rocking .
but like i said it will be a wait & see thing .



D-Joe on 02 November 2011
Ldn.se said:
kitler53 said:
history will most likely repeat itself yet one more time.

ps3 cuts their price -- gap closes -- people get excited -- 360 price cut -- gap widens -- people get sad -- ps3 cuts their price ....

Lol, it has been like that here!

the question is will MS still care this and make a price cut this year or not



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