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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - 360 in 2009...will it continue?

heruamon on 03 December 2008

I think 2009 will be the year of the 360, quite honestly.  Microsoft has seen the writing on the wall, with the HUGE amounts of profits that Nintendo is making off games, and they are going to turn MGS into a developer/publisher powerhouse to rival EA and Activsion.  There are ALOT of great little developers out their, and I don't think MGS is going to go on a buying spree, but instead are going to go on a IP buying spree.  Mass Effect was a perfect example of how owning the IP is critical to ensuring you preserve the golden nuggets in your portfolio. 

http://www.xbox360wire.co.uk/2008/12/03/xbox-360-can-it-hold-2009/

This article is speculative, trending from 2008, which was suppose to be the year of the PS...ooops for those estimators.  M4 is getting bullish on gaming, and once that borg-like machine gets transfixed on something, it's going to be hard to stop it.  Look at all this smack talking by Tsunoda:

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200812/kudo-tsunoda-microsoft-game-studios-interview.asp

 



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Necromunda on 03 December 2008

Thats going to depend...

IMO Sony cuts price by at least $100, then no, then most likely i see Sony back on top in terms of weekly sales... But not by a large weekly margin, yet still on top again none-the-less..

On the other hand if Sony doesn't drop the price... well the 360 will most likely continue to outsell the PS3 by vast amounts and continue to do well...

All in all 360 will still sell very well in 2009 but i think in terms of weekly sales it wont stay in second place for long (If Sony cuts the PS3 price...)



Strategyking92 on 03 December 2008

Let's hope more exclusives are announced for next year than this year.
Sales will be great for the first half of the year. There will be a time though, in the third quarter, where the ps3 starts to catch up. But when christmas comes around again, we will see the xbox leading over the ps3 again... by how much, I don't know.



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Username2324 on 03 December 2008

Oh my god, 360 starts selling alot and everything thinks it'll be king... ITS THE HOLIDAYS PEOPLE, CHEAP CONSOLES SELL



Ari_Gold on 03 December 2008

it will continue... BELIEVE!!!!!!



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FaRmLaNd on 03 December 2008

It will continue for at least the first quarter of this year.



Insomniac on 03 December 2008

The success should continue. It has virtually every worthwhile game out there and games that were exclusive to PS3 just keep getting ported to it all the time. No reason for people to buy a more expensive system that has a lot of the same games and less.



Lord N on 03 December 2008

As has been said, this is the holiday season. The 360's sales will return to normal come January. For the rest of the year, 50-80K/wk in N. America and Europe and

 

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rhisc on 03 December 2008

MS has been closing its studios.  It seems that this generation their plan is to get 3rd party developers to make games for Microsoft IPs like Crackdown, N3, Lost Odyssey, IU, etc.  Seems to be more cost effective than operating their own studios.  Problem is the consistency of the products.  If another Crackdown is made from a developer other than Realtime Worlds it could totally kill the franchise. 

I found a list of MS trademarks.  The video game IP's are pretty interesting.

 





griffinA on 03 December 2008

2009 is the year of the wii, in so many ways



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