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Will the PS3 overtake the 360 in 2011?

Hell Yeah!!! PS3 all the way. 328 56.85%
 
No Way!!! It will never happen. 97 16.81%
 
Maybe??? 152 26.34%
 
Total:577

you dont have to wait till 2011 to see the PS3 taking over the 360, in reality PS3 took over when the slim was released.



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Provided SONY maintains PS3's momentum then it should overtake 360 in 2011...



thread bookmarked for after natal releases. :p



selnor said:
thread bookmarked for after natal releases. :p

I would like to see if 360 sells go up once the Natal is released...



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Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
Maybe... it depends on a number of factors, a big number of factors.

just keep in mind, nothing is guaranteed gentlemen.

Except death and taxes.



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Aprisaiden said:
Provided SONY maintains PS3's momentum then it should overtake 360 in 2011...

Yes, the streak since the release of the slim has been going pretty strong...



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I wonder if those who voted yes still think the same?

We are now a month into the new year. After the back of some strong games for the PS3 (FFXIII) and a few months from the price cut new model etc the gap is 6m units and the weekly gap is around 40k.

Next week you would expect that gap to be smaller what with the sales Mass Effects supposedly did.

But let's keep the gap as it is right now i.e 40k a week.

At this rate it would be 160k a month. Meaning at that ratio the gap will decrease by 1.760M by the end of this year. Making it about 4.5m gap by the end of this year.
Then we take that ratio and put it into the following year means by the end of 2011 at its current sales ratio would see the 4.5m gap fall by another 1.9m units. Bringing the gaps new total to 2.6m units.

Now that is based on assumption that everything right now stays as it is.

That will obviously not be the case. I think you have to factor in that 2010 line-up is very much in 360's favour. GT5 if/when it comes is the last big game for Sony this year. You have big franchise games that have a licence to print money such as Halo. Add to that you got the new gimmick in Natal and a very obvious price cut coming leads me to believe that that 40k a week gap by the end of the year will turn into a gap once again in the 360's favour. That is my assumption.

So no it won't happen and will most likely not outsell the 360 before the next generation begins.

At it's current ratio of 40k a week it would take 38 months to draw level which is 3 and a half years.



I think the odds are good it will. In my opinion it is just a matter of time.



still pulling for the gap to close this year



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Miguel_Zorro said:
The worldwide gap by the end of December 2010 will be between 1 and 2 million, in favour of the 360. I'd say the PS3 will pull ahead by May 2011.

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Thats like PS3 sellin 3million + more consoles over what ever 360 does.....in only 10 months.(thats 75k per week over 360)

 

Some of you guys have your heads in the clouds....