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Old 24-08-2007   #1
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The Yankee Group predicts that Sony is going to beat out Nintendo and Microsoft in the next-generation console war, but the margin of victory will be smaller. Last time around, Sony has about 70 percent of the market. This time it will be closer. But because of higher prices, the Yankee Group predicts that the number of consoles sold will actually be smaller this time around. Earlier this summer, analyst David Cole of DFC Intelligence predicted that Sony might come in third place because of the high price it set for the PS 3.

The report says, "As a result of video game consoles’ emergence as platforms for digital distribution, Microsoft and Sony are engaged in a bruising battle for market dominance. Microsoft is off to a fast start, launching the Xbox 360 nearly 12 months before the PlayStation 3. However, by the time third-generation consoles reach market maturity in 2011, Sony will once again be the global market share leader, having sold approximately 69 million units globally and accounting for 50% of cumulative third-generation console sales. Comparatively, Microsoft will have sold 43 million units by 2011, accounting for 32% of the market; Nintendo will have sold 26 million units, accounting for 18% of the market. Although Sony is once again the market leader, its dominance will be far less than in the previous generation of consoles; as of the fourth quarter of 2005, the PlayStation 2 owned a 69% global market share.

In addition to shifting share, Yankee Group anticipates that as a result of higher console prices (Xbox 360 has price points of $299 and $399 in the United States, while the PS3 has price points of $499 and $599 in the United States) overall unit sales will lag the previous generation of consoles (i.e., PS2, Xbox and GAMECUBE). By 2011, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will have sold more than 138 million third-generation units globally. After a similar time frame, the previous generation of video game consoles had sold more than 146 million units globally."



In other news, Sony noted that the PlayStation 2 continues to outsell the other consoles such as the Xbox 360. NPD reports that in July, Sony sold

242,000 hardware units. To date, the PS2 has sold more than 38 million units in North America and SCE has shipped more than 104 million units worldwide. Currently, one out of every three households owns a PlayStation console making it one of the most popular consumer electronics devices of all time. The PS 2 sold three times as much software as any other console in July as well.

Sony says that the PlayStation Portable sold more than 163,000 units in North America and generated $34 million in revenue in July. To date, Sony says it has shipped more than 20 million PSPs.
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looking to get my ps3 in time for the new gta.
waiting so long because didnt want to pay the rip off full price and wait for the bargains and deals to come out.
anyways in my opinion ps3 was always gonna win the console race, the only reason they are cutting it so close with the finishing line is that they took so damn long to come out.
if im not mistaken the xbox 360 came out almost a year before the ps3 so obviously its got a head start!
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IIRC sure i read somewhere GTA was slipping as before it was going against halo 3.
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yea i believe you are right none the less the hype for the new gta should definately boost ps3 sales but i have read somewhere that it will be available to all consoles this time and not solely for sony.
i wish that would be the same thing for gears of war :-(
i love that game
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yup its is available on 360(not my type of game) but im sure i saw some 360 exclusive downloadable content.
of course nothing to say the ps3 wont have its own 'exclusive' stuff
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have you got a ps3? or planning to get one?
ive always been a sony boy so its been the playstations all the way with the exception of my gamecube (impulse buy because of super smash brothers!)
but i guess im just biased tho come to think of it i may impulse buy a 360 just because of gears of war ( im stupid like that)
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Had a PS3, now got a 360.

Nothing out for PS3 at the moment, I only traded my old 360 as it was a launch console and was making weird noises and crashing alot, this was before the extended warranty was announced.
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If you like GTA and Gow, why not make the educated choice. Buy a 360.
Its cheaper and all the vids floating round the net of GTA aren't pre-renders. They're straight off the 360. Also all EA (sports i think) games will only run at 30fps on the ps3 as opposed to 60 on the 360. The PS also natively outputs at 720 so any game that is being forced to display 1080 or 480 will be using more cpu power and results in a lower frame rate. The 360 does this off chip with a seperate scaler.

Technically, graphically and price wise, I see no reason to get a PS3.
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I'm glad I sold my PS3 when I did, it's not really bothered me at all and there's nothing other than VF5 that makes me want it, but that's coming out on the 360 anyway. My brothers really regretting getting a PS3 now, he's gutted there's no games he likes. I did warn him but being a sony fanboy he wouldn't listen
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Spoke to a lad in my local shop and he told me that their planning on delaying GTA untill march/aug next year due to their being a contract with all the major consoles that its released on the same day, and he said that the rumors on the internet are that M$ are haiving trouble finishing it, put really its the other way around and sony are having trouble programing it still and are passing the blame via rumors over the net.

so he told me to expect a long wait still.
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nothing to do with sony or M$.down to the developers really though it may be to do with support from the console maker
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the one game(s) that stopping me selling my PS3 is the gran tourismo series. i think GT5 prologue will be free within the enxt few months, ahead of the release of the proper GT5. nice looking game with stunning looking car models
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the one game(s) that stopping me selling my PS3 is the gran tourismo series. i think GT5 prologue will be free within the enxt few months, ahead of the release of the proper GT5. nice looking game with stunning looking car models
it's already got the free gran turismo HD game to download? i think the actual game is due for release in spring.
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>> From gamesindustry.biz:
Chart-Track has released new statistics which show a 260 per cent week-on-week increase in UK sales for Microsoft's Xbox 360 in the UK - while the PSP has suffered its worst week of sales since launch.

In Xbox 360's case the sales spike coincided with the introduction of the new Elite model, and a price reduction for the existing Premium and Core versions.
Strong sales continued into a second week, falling by only 20 per cent.
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good times for 360 sales especially given halo 3 is looming
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whilst halo is a pretty good game i'm not a fan of 'futuristic' sort of games and prefer games based on history eg. ww2 games etc or modern ones. but if i was to go back to the beginning of the year i probably wouldn't of bought my ps3, it is very good but the price has meant i've missed out on things (new car) and there's few good games but now it's beginning to look promising the demo for colin mcrae dirt is amazing. graphics are good and the way the cars drive/handle is excellent.
the best point about the ps3 though is the wireless controllers and being able to turn on the system with them. i can lie in bed and turn the radio on for sound, the tv for picture and ps with the controller it's perfect for someone as lazy as me
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