The Xbox 360 started out with a bang getting the jump on the PS3 and Wii by releasing a whole year ahead of both competitors in their latest console offering in hopes of quickly garnering a huge fanbase within a year’s time. You would expect with almost twice as much time on the market the Xbox 360 would have easily accumulated and retained twice the sales of its competitors, yet over two years later the Xbox 360 with it’s estimated 18 million units sold haven’t sold twice as much as the Wii which sold an estimated 25 million, or the PS3 which sold an estimated 12 million world wide.
Even though Microsoft just came off a great year in 2007 with the release of exclusive blockbuster titles such as Halo 3, Bioshock and Forza 2 they are now in a much weaker position more than ever this year. The future is starting to look a bit bleak for this console in face of stiff competition from the Wii and PS3.
The Xbox 360 started out with a bang getting the jump on the PS3 and Wii by releasing a whole year ahead of both competitors in their latest console offering in hopes of quickly garnering a huge fanbase within a year’s time. You would expect with almost twice as much time on the market the Xbox 360 would have easily accumulated and retained twice the sales of its competitors, yet over two years later the Xbox 360 with it’s estimated 18 million units sold haven’t sold twice as much as the Wii which sold an estimated 25 million, or the PS3 which sold an estimated 12 million world wide.
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So, does it look like Microsoft squandered their one year lead? It sure looks that way, with the Wii already surpassing it and the PS3 quickly catching up. The Wii is a phenomenon and an unstoppable force that is still extremely high in demand. The PS3 is a different story and a bit more complex. It isn’t a heavy hitter like the Wii, but the PS3’s worldwide sales have been out pacing Xbox 360’s worldwide on an average monthly basis when compared to same points in their lifetime.
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??? wtf?
PLus the description is just pulled from the source
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In short, the PS3 has sold more units in less time is what they're getting at.
HAHA
Narrower market = less sales.
They will end up beating their last gen sales, and like Nikki said they have nothing to prove cause, well, it speaks for it self really.
Why do i get the feeling this is going to attract fanboys...
Hardware sales means nothing in terms of how successful you are in the gaming business. Sony has been successful two gens cause software sales where they got billions of dollars on that. MS could end up getting 23 million console sales, but if they get a billions of dollars in the software area, they pretty much made profit and got back serious losses in the gaming world.
Thats why Hardware sales doesn't mean success. If you can get a combination of the two thats even better. But Nintendo is a prime example. They have shit load of console sales, but not alot of software sales, at least not as big as MS.
Producers produce games if the library is huge and ease of the console.
I was talking about in terms of MS success. People need to read before thumbing down.
The wouldnt have to sell any more consoles and they would still get developers.