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numonex on 23 January 2009

2 million extra Wii owners who whill buy Wiis and PS3's. Sony loses more customers. I would rather people buy a Wii instead of PS3.



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c0rd on 23 January 2009
Kasz216 said:
Note that a projection of 4 million would mean that the PS3 would see absolutely no sales growth at all.

Well ok some... since we're including Canada and South America, but PS3 is weakest in those two areas.

So i can't see PS3 growth being that low.

Well, I think there's a good chance the PS3 will sell around that. It's currently tracking between the GC and Xbox in America, look how they performed:

GC/XB Year 2

Console XB GC
Total
5,637,696
6,057,759
America
3,344,598
3,532,152

GC/XB Year 3

Console XB GC
Total
6,810,047
4,280,631
America
4,498,146
2,519,423

The GC already began declining in its 3rd year, due to lack of games / price cuts. While I don't expect PS3 sales to dip that low, note that even the Xbox barely did 4mil in the US during its peak year, when Halo 2 came out.

It really all depends on Sony's moves - the games (GoW3, GT5), the marketing, the price cuts. Of course, there's also the competition - Microsoft can further cut into the PS3 sales, if they wish. If there is no price cut, I expect a decline from last year.



Dgc1808 on 23 January 2009

But how the fu..... Anyway.

yea.... The Wiii will pawn this year....

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Tyrannical on 24 January 2009

PS3 could be on a serious sales down turn after back to back year over year losses in Nov and Dec.
After a disapointing holiday '07 sales, the PS3 got an early '08 boost after HD-DVD dropped out. It's no longer the cheapest blu-ray player and I think it's sales decline will just continue.



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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 24 January 2009

Wow...just wow.... lulz i am amused.



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Serious_frusting on 24 January 2009

i predict that the



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Serious_frusting on 24 January 2009

i predict that the wii is going to sell at least one more console. i think i might be pushing it with this prediction though.

lets see if it holds up



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outlawauron on 24 January 2009

This guy is an idiot.



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Cueil on 24 January 2009

This is BS... I'm one of those and I wont be getting a Wii before I get my PS3... also feel free to help me buy one... just look below :p I'm just a poor walmart unloader.



 
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MrBubbles on 24 January 2009

i just dont see why someone who wanted a ps3 would move to a wii...
why exactly did they want this ps3 in the first place?



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