xflop 3-shitty is essentially dead in Japan, rapidly falling to dead
last in Europe and now on the way to losing to the PS3 in North
America. What market does that leave the xflop 3-shitty then, the
Congo or maybe outer Mongolia? By early 2009, even Micro$megma will
face the reality that it has lost the console war once again. There
are many indicators Micro$quat realizes this even now and there are
several signs it is gradually withdrawing from the console game
business. It would be no surprise to see them exit completely in 2009
or make some hoopla about some new xflop 3-shitty SKU repackaged as a
digital set top box that can, oh by the way, play old xflop 3-shitty
games. Whoopee-ding-dong. What a bunch of sorry ass lamers. Don't let
the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17437
The Divnich Tapes: How PlayStation 3 Is Catching Xbox 360?
February 18, 2008
I
n the NPD North American charts, January proved to be an underwhelming
month, with most consoles performing below market expectations.
In fact, it has already been theorized that the Wii's shortfall was
likely due to Nintendo withholding units in North America, in order to
better support Japan for the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and
Wii Fit.
On the other side of the fence, we have the continuing epic battle
between Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 - and for the
first time, the PS3 has outsold the Xbox 360.
While Sony declared a victory, Microsoft claimed that a hardware
shortage hindered its January sales. To what extent a hardware
shortage played is not calculable, but previous NPD and predicted
simExchange trends indicate that the PS3 was in the process of
catching up, regardless of any shortage.
http://www.gamasutra.com/images/x360-ps3-ratio.jpg
As can be seen, the ratio between Xbox 360 to PS3 consoles sold has
been steadily declining since September - and, given that there were
no prices drops or 'blockbuster' Xbox 360-exclusive releases since
September (Halo 3), the trend going into January would have likely
continued, irrespective of any hardware shortages.
Further backing that theory is The simExchange's prediction market,
which expects the PS3 to outsell the Xbox 360 in March - even though
Microsoft has stated that they expect to meet March's demand.
There are likely many catalysts playing a role in this trend, but one
of the bigger ones could be that many legacy systems owners are
finally making the leap into the next-generation.
Last year, PS2 Madden NFL 08 was the only legacy system SKU to break
the top 10 in unit sales for 2007, indicating a large PlayStation 2
user base that has still not made the next-generation jump. Given
that, it is likely that as each month passes by, an increasing amount
of PS2 owners are staying loyal to the Sony brand.
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