EA Sales Report: PS3 to have a better year then Xbox 360

tidus04 | February 04, 2008 | News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3

Electronic Arts have released there predictions on the up coming years total Hardware sales and believe whilst the Nintendo Wii will lead it with 12-14 million sales, The Playstation 3 will sell more hardware then the Xbox 360 by 3.5 million over North America and Europe. In other news they have also predicted the Handheld sector by predicting that the Nintendo DS will sell 8 million/ or 2-1 more units then the Playstation Portable over the following year.

Sounds like a successful year for Nintendo if EA's estimations are anything to go by.

That will, according to the estimates, be particularly true in Europe, where EA expects the PlayStation 3 to sell between 5 and 6 million units across the year, compared to just 1.5-2.5 million for the Xbox 360.

That means that while the company thinks the two will tie in North America on 4.5 to 5.5 million unit sales, the two sets of numbers combined give Sony's flagship console a compelling 3.5 million lead.

The report predicts the Nintendo Wii will win the year, with a combined total of between 12 and 14 million units sold, while the PlayStation 2 will continue on its long tail drop-off, shifting between 3.9 and 4.9 million units.

The report also gives estimates for the year's handheld sales as well, noting the company's belief that it expects the Nintendo DS to outsell the PlayStation Portable by over 2-to-1.

According to the numbers the DS should shift between 14 and 16 million units, while the PSP will sell around 6 to 8 million units, giving a combined handheld total for the year of between 20 and 24 million.

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Guugley | February 04, 2008

EA predict that the maximum console's a 360 will sell is about 2,500,000 unites, whereas the minimum the Playstation 2 will sell is about 3,900,000 units? I'd be very suprised.
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redneonfish | February 04, 2008

The only thing it's got right imo, is that the PS3 will do well this year, im not sure about beating the 360 (I hope it does) though.
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  Deadman Rules | February 04, 2008
  
  And why would you care? How does this effect you?
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    Final Blade | February 05, 2008
    
    Here something that was said the same thing by chiro which you stated, and i answered with this, so it does matter, to us.
    
    quote finalblade98
    quote ChiroVette
    And you care about SONY's financial gains, why?
    Its true it doesn't effect me personally, but we can both agree we would like to see Sony do well with a piece of hardware we bought from them. I mean if they don't do well in terms of sales and money it would make us investing and or buying their product a waste of money. If you get what i mean.
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      Deadman Rules | February 06, 2008
      
      And how does that make any sense? You already paid for the product, it's not like you are getting any money back depending on how good they do. You are still down the same amount of money.
      
      Buying a video game console is not investing your money, an investment is something you make money off of.
      
      I don't understand why people call buying an expensive item an investment when they have no intentions on later selling it for PROFIT. You will not profit from a PS3, 360, or a Wii.
      
      Before you or anybody comment with "but it is an investment":
      
      No it's not, you are dumb. Here, I'll even give you the definition of investment: "1. the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value."
      
      Your console will not gain value over time. How good they do does not effect you. I own a 360 and could give a shit less about how many other people buy one. If microsoft goes belly up then so be it. I'll just buy a sony or nintendo product next, honestly, the ONLY people who give a flying *bleep* about sales are people IN the company and fanboys. Grow up.
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joshthegreat | February 04, 2008

It's be nice to see PS3's sales rise above the 360s. It'll give me something to read about, and make the console war even more intense.
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Red 9 | February 04, 2008

Predictions are bogus. The future cannot be read...as far as I know lol. Can anyone give me examples of predictions that turned out true?
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  StarJet | February 06, 2008
  
  Yeah. And especially when EA's PS3 ports are usually crap, EA should be the last people to say this.
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  iLLmatic | February 06, 2008
  
  Countless predictions turn out to be true. All you have to do is be correct about the outcome. I predict it will rain this year.
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Storm | February 05, 2008

Well the PS3 will possibly release Home sometime this year, and they'll get games such as MGS4, R:RoM, and GT5...but meh, it can still go either way, I mean...if Gears 2 is hitting stores this year.
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Red 9 | February 06, 2008

Gears 2, like I said, will utterly steal the spotlight, if it's anything like the first. 5 bucks says it outshines every PS3 exclusive, in terms of popularity, this year. I'm not saying Gears was any good for me, it's just that when it came out, it was a must-have across the globe. Everyone wanted a 360 just for Gears. When Gears 2 arrives, 360 fanboys will be swarming everywhere...
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  iLLmatic | February 06, 2008
  
  I'm glad you finished that the way you did. 360 fanboys will be swarming everywhere. Gears has its audience and there won't be a significant amount of new 360 owners when Gears 2 comes out. I think Metal Gear Solid 4 will sell more than a few copies though. All you hear every where is how many people have been waiting to buy a PS3 when the price drops or when MGS4/Final Fantasy XIII come out.
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Red 9 | February 07, 2008

Where I live, all I hear is "Halo 3 rules! 360 owns! PS3 is a waste of time and money!" They've no consideration. I doubt they even know what games PS3 has and will have.