Will the PS3 Outsell Xbox 360? A Look into Industry Expectations
November 17, mark your calendars as the official launch of the Sony Playstation 3. I won’t burden you with all the features of this latest system, as QJ.net have always been updating you with the latest. In fact, we’re just looking at and comparing the stats here, the predictions, and the uncertainties as to which gaming system will rule. So far, Microsoft has upped the ante with the Xbox 360, which proved to be a formidable leader for its innovative gaming capabilities.
But what do the gaming journalists and gamers themselves expect from the PS3 sales? Everyone’s watching at the possibility of the PS3 to outsell Microsoft, with a record of 5 million Xbox 360s sold worldwide. By the end of the year, Sony looks forward to selling 4 million PS3s. In fact, it is evident in the current revenue for the videogames that fell 4% to 5% from 2005’s $10 billion figure, (following a drop last year in console game-system hardware and software sales) that gamers are putting off purchases for current systems as they save for a new one. The competition is just overwhelming.
Turning to a different direction is the Wii. There’s always the question of whether Nintendo really wants to compete with Sony and Microsoft, or whether it just wants to outdo its previous innovations. The Nintendo looks to be a slightly spicier system than GameCube. Again, these are just industry expectations. If anyone’s going to determine whether these new systems will rock the gaming world or not, it’s always the entire gaming populace.
November 17, mark your calendars as the official launch of the Sony Playstation 3. I won’t burden you with all the features of this latest system, as QJ.net have always been updating you with the latest. In fact, we’re just looking at and comparing the stats here, the predictions, and the uncertainties as to which gaming system will rule. So far, Microsoft has upped the ante with the Xbox 360, which proved to be a formidable leader for its innovative gaming capabilities.
But what do the gaming journalists and gamers themselves expect from the PS3 sales? Everyone’s watching at the possibility of the PS3 to outsell Microsoft, with a record of 5 million Xbox 360s sold worldwide. By the end of the year, Sony looks forward to selling 4 million PS3s. In fact, it is evident in the current revenue for the videogames that fell 4% to 5% from 2005’s $10 billion figure, (following a drop last year in console game-system hardware and software sales) that gamers are putting off purchases for current systems as they save for a new one. The competition is just overwhelming.
Turning to a different direction is the Wii. There’s always the question of whether Nintendo really wants to compete with Sony and Microsoft, or whether it just wants to outdo its previous innovations. The Nintendo looks to be a slightly spicier system than GameCube. Again, these are just industry expectations. If anyone’s going to determine whether these new systems will rock the gaming world or not, it’s always the entire gaming populace.
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