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WiteoutKing on 27 August 2007

does 2008 really matter right now?


No. Not until 2008.



PS3: 5.51m/51w, avg 108,039/w (up 239)
360: 12.93m/102w, avg 126,764/w (up 625), leads PS3 by 7.42m (up 70k), avg lead 18,725/w (up 386)
Wii: 13.52m/51w, avg 265,098/w (dn 1,102), leads PS3 by 8.01m (up 90k), avg lead 157,059/w (dn 1,341)

If 360 sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass 360 by...
01/08: (008w) +875.8%, 04/08: (021w) +344.4%, 07/08: (034w) +219.3%, 10/08: (047w) +163.5%
01/09: (060w) +131.8%, 04/09: (073w) +111.4%, 07/09: (085w) +098.1%, 10/09: (099w) +086.7%
If Wii sales stabilize, PS3 sales increases needed to pass Wii by...
01/08: (008w) +1072.%, 04/08: (021w) +498.4%, 07/08: (034w) +363.4%, 10/08: (047w) +303.1%
01/09: (060w) +269.0%, 04/09: (073w) +246.9%, 07/09: (085w) +232.6%, 10/09: (099w) +220.3%
If PS2 sales freeze, Wii sales increases needed to pass PS2 (as of Mar07, 108.4m) by...
2008: (008w) +4373.8%, 2009: (060w) +0496.5%, 2010: (112w) +0219.6%, 2011: (165w) +0116.9%
2012: (217w) +0064.9%, 2013: (269w) +0033.1%, 2014: (321w) +0011.5%, 2015: (376w) -0004.8%
At +0% it will pass it in 358w, the week ending September 19th, 2014, at an age of 409w (7y44w).
Current age of PS2: 7y37w.

Last update: Week ending November 3, 2007

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Legend11 on 27 August 2007
The_vagabond7 said:
I keep hearing 360 and wii have all their eggs in this basket, but what about 2008?

I know the Wii has Mario Kart and Wii Fit coming out (not really sure of the rest but you can bet they'll be picking up a lot of major third party support) and the 360 has a lot of big games coming in 2008 as well (GTAIV & Episodes 1 & 2, Halo Wars, Banjo Kazooie 3, Alan Wake, Fallout 3, Fable 2, Marvel Universe Online (exclusive 360 MMORPG), Too Human, Soul Calibur 4, and many other big games) so their eggs are not all in one basket).  I know some PS3 owners keep talking about next year as if only their console will have big games while the others will release nothing and that is simply not the case, if anything next year might become even harder for them if they don't move a lot of consoles before the end of the year.



DarkNight_DS on 27 August 2007
DonWii said:
I'm with HappySqurriel on this one.
Even now, a lot of announced Q4 2007 games are already being delayed to 2008.

Its funny how some people actually believe that the only thing Nintendo is bringing out in 2008 is Mario Kart and Wii Fit, and that MS has nothing after Halo 3. Those are always good laughs.

360 has HALO?!?!? Holy crap! What's this 3 thing? LOL

To answer the question...  2008 matters in 2009 ;) 



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Lost tears of Kain on 27 August 2007

wait wait, so if all of sonys games are coming out in 2008, does that mean 2009 is going to suck for sony?

And of course all the fanboys will scream heck no, so how is it any different for xbox? for the 08 year



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Sqrl on 27 August 2007

I actually mentioned this point in a thread recently. X-mas gets the majority of focus so it trumps all the news of games coming in the next year until we start getting much closer to late Nov/Dec, that means we won't start hearing about alot of early '08 games until probably Mid Oct and even then a lot of games avoid release dates right after X-mas since they don't want to compete for wallets when they are still bone dry from the holidays. So I expect to start hearing more about the post X-mas lineup some time in November.

A big reason for the PS3 focus on '08 is a lot of games being pushed back into '08 that were being launced in '07 some of this is caused by the UT3 development delays but some of it is just the normal development Woes.

In general I think its a bit early to compare lineups any further out than X-mas.



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misterd on 27 August 2007
The_vagabond7 said:
I keep hearing 360 and wii have all their eggs in this basket, but what about 2008? They don't have anything next year!

OMG! You're absolutely right! One of the biggest, most resource rich corporations on the planet somehow overlooked an entire year on their calendar! Oh no!

Seriously, 2008 means nothing until 2007 is over. This holiday will determine a lot about the future of this generation, and all efforts are being directed to maximizing this year's results. All the companies have games for 2008, but have no need to show them yet as the 2007 lineup is strong enough as it. You'll see more about next year come the end of the holiday season. 

 



GranTurismo on 28 August 2007

2008 is Sony's, get in line for 09 :P



oli2 on 28 August 2007
GranTurismo said:
2008 is Sony's, get in line for 09 :P

 Another One !(i found him first....)



stof on 28 August 2007
GranTurismo said:
2008 is Sony's, get in line for 09 :P

2008 is going to be so pissed off when it finds this out. I have a feeling it had other plans.


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Galaki on 28 August 2007

pfft! 2010 is so topping 2009.



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