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Forums - Sales - Has Xbox 360 ever sold 1m units a week like the PS3 & Wii?

wholikeswood on 25 December 2009
thismeintiel said:
CGI-Quality said:
dolemit3 said:
If a big game, like Halo 3, was released during the pre-Christmas week, it would. The PS3 would never get there without the FFXIII release during the biggest week.

It would still probably need Japan for that, which the PS3 has no problem reaching at this point.

Also, the PS3 has yet to see it's biggest release and yet to drop to $199. IMO, it has a shot a doing 1 million again.


Totally agree.  Though I think the next price cut might come late 2010, and be only $50.  By then, if lowered to $250 a pop, the PS3 would either be breaking even or making a slight profit for Sony.  Maybe it could have a few million weeks, some with a $250 price tag and even more with a $200 price tag.  You think it would ever be able to drop to below $200, even at this gen's end?

It won't reach 1 million again.

There is one huge release left, GT5, but that would need to be combined with a holiday season pricecut to $199 to hit the milestone again. GT5 will be out in US/EU in 6 months time, so the outlined scenario will never happen.



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Hus on 25 December 2009
jarrod said:
Hus said:
jarrod said:

The UK will keep 360 at least competitive in Europe.  Japan's a lost cause though.  Microsoft needs to buy someone else to launch Xbox 3 there.  Or maybe partner with someone else with at least some electronics / computer / console pedigree (NEC? Toshiba? Sega?).

Wanna bet that after GT5 Uk will be as anti 360 as most of Europe.  And no uk alone wont keep the 360 competative in Europe.   

Ah GT5, hope springs eternal.

And the rest of Europe isn't exactly "anti-360".  It's doing significantly better in basically every region than Xbox 1 did. UK's buying trends more closely mirror US/Canada than mainland Europe, I don't expect much change for that in the future (though GT5 should give a nice bump for PS3 in all markets).

Then make a bet.   forever ban change of forum name whatever if you so sure.  Come up with something iam up for it.



jarrod on 25 December 2009
Hus said:
jarrod said:
Hus said:
jarrod said:

The UK will keep 360 at least competitive in Europe.  Japan's a lost cause though.  Microsoft needs to buy someone else to launch Xbox 3 there.  Or maybe partner with someone else with at least some electronics / computer / console pedigree (NEC? Toshiba? Sega?).

Wanna bet that after GT5 Uk will be as anti 360 as most of Europe.  And no uk alone wont keep the 360 competative in Europe.   

Ah GT5, hope springs eternal.

And the rest of Europe isn't exactly "anti-360".  It's doing significantly better in basically every region than Xbox 1 did. UK's buying trends more closely mirror US/Canada than mainland Europe, I don't expect much change for that in the future (though GT5 should give a nice bump for PS3 in all markets).

Then make a bet.   forever ban change of forum name whatever if you so sure.  Come up with something iam up for it.

Fine, but only using charttrack/gfk figures (Nintendo gives them out annually, sometime quarterly).  PS3 has to start consistently beating 360 after GT5 launch (say for 6 months) by the same margin as the rest of Europe for you to win.



Carl on 25 December 2009
CGI-Quality said:
wholikeswood said:
thismeintiel said:
CGI-Quality said:
dolemit3 said:
If a big game, like Halo 3, was released during the pre-Christmas week, it would. The PS3 would never get there without the FFXIII release during the biggest week.

It would still probably need Japan for that, which the PS3 has no problem reaching at this point.

Also, the PS3 has yet to see it's biggest release and yet to drop to $199. IMO, it has a shot a doing 1 million again.


Totally agree.  Though I think the next price cut might come late 2010, and be only $50.  By then, if lowered to $250 a pop, the PS3 would either be breaking even or making a slight profit for Sony.  Maybe it could have a few million weeks, some with a $250 price tag and even more with a $200 price tag.  You think it would ever be able to drop to below $200, even at this gen's end?

It won't reach 1 million again.

There is one huge release left, GT5, but that would need to be combined with a holiday season pricecut to $199 to hit the milestone again. GT5 will be out in US/EU in 6 months time, so the outlined scenario will never happen.

I think people have underestimated the system quite a lot. It continues to shatter expectations and I think it will cross that mark at least once before the gen is over.

Is this CGI-Quality really starting to... Believe!?