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TheUltimateLife on 02 April 2008
csir said:
You guys make it seem like it should be a steady number every week.. Each week more and more people have an X-360 so naturally it should sell less than the PS3 and the Wii seeing that it's been a whole year longer.

Well each week even more people have a wii and yet its sales continue to stay strong with spikes as new shipments or something come in. I guess what your trying to say is that the demand for an x box isn’t as high as a wii or ps3, but that’s got nothing to do with your reasons, it’s just not as popular.

Edit: I will also add that the 360 is maintaining sales that are about double of that of its time last year before the Christmas hype came into effect so it’s actually selling better now as time has gone on, its just ps3 is selling better now and the wii is having a wild old time

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csir on 02 April 2008
TheUltimateLife said:
csir said:
You guys make it seem like it should be a steady number every week.. Each week more and more people have an X-360 so naturally it should sell less than the PS3 and the Wii seeing that it's been a whole year longer.

Well each week even more people have a wii and yet its sales continue to stay strong with spikes as new shipments or something come in. I guess what your trying to say is that the demand for an x box isn’t as high as a wii or ps3, but that’s got nothing to do with your reasons, it’s just not as popular.

You can't say the Wii's numbers as strong every week it's been out so far.. sure it's doing great but numbers fade. Comparing 360's numbers to the wii's and ps3's now is pointless..



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Spotacus on 02 April 2008

Just go look at the WW weekly charts since the beginning of 2007.  All three consoles are up.

 http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&start=39089&end=39537

The 360's lowest week this year matches their highest last year for the period from January to August.  They really need to make some bigger price cuts soon.

It is just the Wii supply has been increased, and the PS3 has started to perform like it was supposed to when it launched.  Should get ready for a couple big Wii weeks though, it is time for another spike.



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rocketpig on 02 April 2008
superchunk said:
360 is getting the 3rd place treatment.

Sega bowed out after two 10m or so years of unit sales for its consoles. It was last place both times.

Last gen xbox and gc were really close. This gen Wii is untouchable and PS3 is finally starting to get the hype and games that should have been here last year.

MS will never do well in Japan and Sony has always done fantastic in EU. Now that Nintendo is back to its prime and all three territories can't get enough, there is only room for two real competitors.

Originally, 2006, I had LTD pegged around 60m or so for PS360 each and 90+m for wii. Now it seems that Wii is trending much higher around 130m and PS3 is back in for a good 80m. That leaves very little room for a 3rd competitor.

I'm am betting the 360 won't sell 25m now. It's gonna really come down to GTAIV and other high profile mutliplats. If thier remaining userbase doesn't massively jump 360 from PS2, 360 is sub-25m.

The 360 is selling higher YoY. It's selling more than the original Xbox, which sold more than 25m. It's probably going to end up with at least ~24m by the end of 2008.

Sorry but your prediction doesn't make much sense. While the other two consoles are showing some momentum right now, let's not act as if the 360 is failing. It's selling considerably more this year than it did last year at this point in time. Anywhere from 20-30k a week, it seems. That equates out to a mimimum of 1m extra consoles sold in 2008 if the trend continues (and there's no reason to think it won't).




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DOATS1 on 02 April 2008

i agree with rocketpig, the 360 WILL surpass the original xbox. something really bad has to happen for it not to. the 360 isn't dying, especially when it's doing better than last year.

hasn't the 360 only had one exclusive released in the first quarter of this year? yet the ps3/wii have had at least a few. i think that might be a contributing factor.




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TheUltimateLife on 02 April 2008
csir said:
TheUltimateLife said:
csir said:
You guys make it seem like it should be a steady number every week.. Each week more and more people have an X-360 so naturally it should sell less than the PS3 and the Wii seeing that it's been a whole year longer.

Well each week even more people have a wii and yet its sales continue to stay strong with spikes as new shipments or something come in. I guess what your trying to say is that the demand for an x box isn’t as high as a wii or ps3, but that’s got nothing to do with your reasons, it’s just not as popular.

You can't say the Wii's numbers as strong every week it's been out so far.. sure it's doing great but numbers fade. Comparing 360's numbers to the wii's and ps3's now is pointless..


dude are you blind? the 360 is maintaining a sales rate higher then it ever has in the past, its selling so good right now. there just isn’t as higher demand for the system as there is for the others, regardless of how long its been out, the fact that over time its sales have increased destroys your "numbers fade" theory. Yes over years and years once the market is saturated but it’s not saturated yet, just accept its a popularity war and the 360 is loosing



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Ajax on 02 April 2008

japan is just included the worldchart
only 12.000 ps3's in japan



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taomaster06 on 02 April 2008

there really hasn't been any huge releases for the 360, so it's doing well



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Ajax on 02 April 2008

the ps3 certainly isn't kicking it up in japan
that's for sure
this might be it's weakest week since last summer



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superchunk on 02 April 2008
stranne said:
superchunk said:

I'm am betting the 360 won't sell 25m now. It's gonna really come down to GTAIV and other high profile mutliplats. If thier remaining userbase doesn't massively jump 360 from PS2, 360 is sub-25m.

Sub 25M LTD? What?!? It might be close this year, but there is no way it will be under 25M LTD.


1st 52 weeks,
xbox pushed out about 5m
360 pushed out about 6m

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=XB&reg1=All&cons2=XB&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=52

2nd 52 weeks,
xbox pushed out about 5.5m (10.5m total)
360 pushed out about 7.5m (13.5m total)

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=XB&reg1=All&cons2=XB&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=104

3rd 52 weeks,
xbox pushed out about 6.5m (17m total)
360 will probably get around another 8m (21m total)

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=XB&reg1=All&cons2=XB&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=156

4th 52 weeks,
xbox pushed out about 5.5m (22.5m total) ... peaked in 3rd year.
360 will also peak in 3rd year and push out about 6m (27m total)

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=XB&reg1=All&cons2=XB&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=208

5th 52 weeks,
xbox pushed out about 1.6m (24.1m total) ... dead.
360 will also be dead here as nextBox is coming/out. 2m sales (29m total).

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=XB&reg1=All&cons2=XB&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=260

 

So, given this, yes I am probably wrong. 25m should be hit in this calendar year, i.e. 360's 4th 52 week period due to holidays of 2008. But, it will die off quickly after that and definitely not hit 35m.