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Forums - Sales - The PS3/Xbox 360 Holiday Sales Gap Thread! (Updated: January 11th) - ADJUSTMENTS! Last week is UP!, PS3 and X360 basically back to where the table began, PS3 1.5 million sold more then X360 in 2012

That 2 million gap cant be overtaken next year, especially if MS price drops 360 to prep for next gen launch.



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Week PS3 Week X360 Week Difference Lead Total PS3 Total X360 Gap
Nov 3 314,648 215,316 99,332 (PS3) 99,332 (PS3) 67,837,749 69,385,126 1,547,377
Nov 10 285,128 357,217 72,089 (X360) 27,243 (PS3) 68,122,877 69,742,343 1,619,466
Nov 17 349,086 421,203 72,117 (X360) 44,874 (X360) 68,471,963 70,163,546 1,690,583
Nov 24 758,573 992,531 233,958 (X360) 278,832 (360) 69,230,536 71,163,546 1,925,541
Dec 1 509,028 493,150 15,878 (PS3) 262,954 (360) 69,739,564 71,649,227 1,909,713
Dec 8 576,565 614,353 37,788 (X360) 300,742 (360) 70,316,129 72,263,580 1,947,451
Dec 15 711,509 757,880 46,371 (X360) 347,113 (360) 71,027,638 73,021,460 1,993,822
Dec 22 769,445 806,678 37,233 (X360) 384,346 (360) 71,797,083 73,828,138 2,031,055
Dec 29 577,516 420,745 156,771 (PS3) 227,575 (360) 72,374,599 74,248,883 1,874,284
Jan 5              


Good ps3 numbers!!! let's see next week



Haha, the PS3 just wiped out the last 4-5 Week 360 gain in one Week.



                            

sales2099 said:
That 2 million gap cant be overtaken next year, especially if MS price drops 360 to prep for next gen launch.


360 already had a price drop in north america and it didn't do much "if anything at all" and what happens if the PS3 had a pricecut also?



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Looking at the week ending January 7th last year it would appear that PS3 will end very nearly on par with 360 and ahead if there are any adjustments in its favor. When is Nintendo's quarterly report and investor briefing?



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007BondAgent said:
sales2099 said:
That 2 million gap cant be overtaken next year, especially if MS price drops 360 to prep for next gen launch.


360 already had a price drop in north america and it didn't do much "if anything at all" and what happens if the PS3 had a pricecut also?

$50 aint much. MS squeezing every cent of profit out of 360 while its still selling.More importantly though Europe didnt get one, which was a huge mistake the past holidays.

I can easily see these prices before the next Xbox launch to keep 360 relevant and selling:

$129-149 - 4 gig 360

$199 - 250 gig 360

$199 - 4 gig/kinect 360

$299 - 250gig/kinect 360

Kinect - $99



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sales2099 said:
007BondAgent said:
sales2099 said:
That 2 million gap cant be overtaken next year, especially if MS price drops 360 to prep for next gen launch.


360 already had a price drop in north america and it didn't do much "if anything at all" and what happens if the PS3 had a pricecut also?

$50 aint much. MS squeezing every cent of profit out of 360 while its still selling.More importantly though Europe didnt get one, which was a huge mistake the past holidays.

I can easily see these prices before the next Xbox launch to keep 360 relevant and selling:

$129-149 - 4 gig 360

$199 - 250 gig 360

$199 - 4 gig/kinect 360

$299 - 250gig/kinect 360

Kinect - $99

Well it recieved a huge pricecut in australia :P

You can get a 4gb xbox for $194 here, which is slightly less then the 12gb PS3 which is $240 here.

But then again, australia is a small market, so it wouldn't have mattered.



sales2099 said:
007BondAgent said:
sales2099 said:
That 2 million gap cant be overtaken next year, especially if MS price drops 360 to prep for next gen launch.


360 already had a price drop in north america and it didn't do much "if anything at all" and what happens if the PS3 had a pricecut also?

$50 aint much. MS squeezing every cent of profit out of 360 while its still selling.More importantly though Europe didnt get one, which was a huge mistake the past holidays.

I can easily see these prices before the next Xbox launch to keep 360 relevant and selling:

$129-149 - 4 gig 360

$199 - 250 gig 360

$199 - 4 gig/kinect 360

$299 - 250gig/kinect 360

Kinect - $99


Back in 2010 DS got a price cut as well. It had almost almost no effect other than a small 1 or 2 week bump in Europe. In America sales actually decreased in the following NPD. And that was almost a year before the 3DS launch. Price doesn't matter once you reach saturation, which is what the 360s about to reach in the US. Europe is a different matter but I don't expect a price cut there to have much effect either. They had one in Iberia last year and sales didn't pick up at all.



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postofficebuddy said:
sales2099 said:
007BondAgent said:
sales2099 said:
That 2 million gap cant be overtaken next year, especially if MS price drops 360 to prep for next gen launch.


360 already had a price drop in north america and it didn't do much "if anything at all" and what happens if the PS3 had a pricecut also?

$50 aint much. MS squeezing every cent of profit out of 360 while its still selling.More importantly though Europe didnt get one, which was a huge mistake the past holidays.

I can easily see these prices before the next Xbox launch to keep 360 relevant and selling:

$129-149 - 4 gig 360

$199 - 250 gig 360

$199 - 4 gig/kinect 360

$299 - 250gig/kinect 360

Kinect - $99


Back in 2010 DS got a price cut as well. It had almost almost no effect other than a small 1 or 2 week bump in Europe. In America sales actually decreased in the following NPD. And that was almost a year before the 3DS launch. Price doesn't matter once you reach saturation, which is what the 360s about to reach in the US. Europe is a different matter but I don't expect a price cut there to have much effect either. They had one in Iberia last year and sales didn't pick up at all.

If your talking casuals, 360 is far from saturation. It it could take is a nice Spirng Bundle for every 360 sku and some solid MS marketing, which we know they are more then able.

We shall see, just a matter of when and by how much they decide to cut. They have been stingy with the price for more then 4 years, Id imagine nows the time to finally get serious.



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