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New data shows PS3 trailing Xbox 360 by only 3 million units worldwide

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Looks like Sony’s closing-in on Microsoft in hardware sales on a worldwide basis according to recently released data.

Per figures obtained from both console holder by IndustryGamers, PS3 has sold 41.6 million units worldwide, and Xbox 360′s moved 44.6 million units; thus, the gap between the two consoles consists of a paltry 3 million units.

Back in May, PS3 was 4.4 million units behind the  rival 360, which managed to sell an addition 4.3 million units since. Comparatively, however, PS3 sold and addition 5.6 million for the same time frame.

So, the question then becomes: When will PS3 overtake Xbox 360 in the worldwide market?

EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich believes this will occur by the end of 2012, which he sees as a challenge for the console, considering the gulf in North America is widening at the benefit of Microsoft.

“I don’t know if the PlayStation 3 will ever overtake the Xbox 360 in North America,” Divnich told IndustryGamers. “Maybe 2014? 2016? We do know the PlayStation 3 has incredible long-term value as a Blu-ray player, much like the PlayStation 2 did as a DVD player, but with strong competition coming from the digital front, one has to wonder if the PlayStation 3 will receive long retail legs like its predecessor did.

“Unlike previous generations, I don’t foresee third place being a “doom and gloom” scenario. Even with it being in third place now the PlayStation 3 is an incredibly healthy platform. It all comes down to the active installed base; a company can sell as many consoles as it wishes, but if consumers are not actively buying games, they are not part of the installed base’s economic ecosystem. The PlayStation 3 doesn’t have the same problem the GameCube had with its third place finish last generation.”

As far as whether Kinect and Move will help promote each peripheral’s respective consoles, Divnich believes both are “fantastic products” but the success of of each will come down to marketing.

“I believe both have met the minimum quality threshold set by consumers,” said Divnich. “Now, it all comes down to marketing and third-party support, elements we know Microsoft is stronger with, for the moment. But the Move is in the right place, and just because it doesn’t “sell” as many units as the Kinect doesn’t make it an inferior product.

“Long-term, there isn’t any concern about the success of the Move, and much like what we witnessed on the Wii, this will be a slow burner that will eventually realize a large installed base over time.”

GameStop, however, is of the belief Kinect will outsell Move this Christmas in the US but one also has to consider MS seems to have put more into marketing the peripheral here than Europe – for the time being. Holiday adverts have yet to reach a fevered pitch, so it’s reasonable to expect to be bombarded by both by the time Christmas rolls around.

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#101

JonFE
11/11/10, 6:00 pm

To all those quick to discredit the Wii as a true *next gen console*, let me remind you that it was the only console which offered a true *next gen* input device on release (you know, the one Sony hurried to copy) and, if only for that, it deserves to be included in the *next gen* list.

Apart from that, I see the fierce battle for third place still rages on…

8)

#102

Psychotech
11/11/10, 6:05 pm

@101 True.Sony didn’t entirely copy that input device though.They were on that motion controller tech way before the Wii days.

#103

JonFE
11/11/10, 6:09 pm

@102:

Yeah. Just as Microsoft has been working on Natal for ten years, right?

8)

#104

Gekidami
11/11/10, 6:11 pm

^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSzmRt7HhQ

#105

JonFE
11/11/10, 6:14 pm

@Gekidami:

True, but that doesn’t change the fact that Sony was not confident enough to release it along with the PS3 as a main input device, until they saw Wii’s runaway success.

#106

Gekidami
11/11/10, 6:17 pm

^ Wait, a “main input device”? I think nearly everyone will agree that we’re glad they bloody well didnt.

But anyway, thats not the point, the point was that Sony have indeed been working on motion tech way before the Wii days.

#107

JonFE
11/11/10, 6:20 pm

Yes, a main input device, why not? It hasn’t done any harm to Nintendo, has it?

As for how long they have been working on it, well, point taken, but I’m sure tech companies worth their salt research a lot of things all the time (Microsoft had released a SideWinder with motion technology). Some of them are bound to surface.

#108

Psychotech
11/11/10, 6:25 pm

@102 i guess you could say all three were inspired somehow one another.
Eyetoy’s idea was conceived in 1999 and put in motion in 2000,Microsoft claims that they started developing Kinect 10 years ago.
Move’s initial form supposedly for the ps2 eyetoy was presented in 2004.Wii remote was revealed in 2005 at TGS with Nintendo claims that development started in 2001

#109

Gekidami
11/11/10, 6:30 pm

@107

Why would you even care how much good its done Nintendo? Fact is, it hasnt done alot of good to the games. So yeah, i’ll stick to the normal pad for the main input device, if you dont mind. Gimmicks are nice, but not when its the driving force behind a concept.

#110

JonFE
11/11/10, 6:32 pm

@109:

Fair enough.

#111

sg1974
11/11/10, 6:41 pm

Madeira @73 – You’ve dug yourself a hole there. Its absolutley true that some PS3s are sold solely as Blu ray players. But how many 360s were sold as RRoD replacements? Someone getting RRoD has the sale of a 360 counted twice by MS if the console was returned to a retail point for replacement (1x original unit, 1x replacement) and there are varying estimates of how many broken consoles were returned to a retail point, most of which give a figure with no fewer than six zeros.

JonFE – Sony (under Richard Marks) started work on motion gaming in 1999, before even the PS2 was available. That included controllerless body tracking gaming. A working light ball controller was demoed before the prototype Wiimote was revealed. They may have responded to the Wii’s success, but they did not copy the Wii tech or input devices as you claim. Indeed given the age and size of the Sony R&D program and the fact it wasn’t kept secret, whose to say Nintendo wasn’t the one taking some “inspiration”?

Marks is a genius, unfortunately for him Sonys marketing department are not.

#112

theevilaires
11/11/10, 7:02 pm

JohnFe sets up for a nice take off. He thinks he’s soaring high, look at him go so high in the sky…..wait whats that down there on the cliff!? Its Gekidami with an RPG and its aimed at JonFE.

Gek shoots….he scores! direct hit on JonFE. he’s coming down faster than a crack whore’s panties for $2 :D

Alright people, this is the deal with the fanboy stuff. fanboys come in all different shape,sizes,and flavors. You got your sports fanboys, you got your sci fi geek star wars (SW FTW :P )-star trek fanboys, you got your comic book marvel vs DC fanboys (DC FTW :P ) and you got your video game fanboys.

If you own both consoles and play the PS3 more than the 360 you are a fanboy! Vice versa XBOTS! Nothing is wrong with that its all fun and games. its just friendly competition.

Its ok for you to argue over some guy who runs up and down a fucking football or soccer field with his sweaty balls hugging and tackling other men while you sit your lazy fat ass on your couch getting fat watching and tracking their stats and they’re making millions and your lazy ass is on unemployment but video game fanboys are just plain stupid right (Breathes). :D

Please stop the BS. Its no different. So the next time you call this a waste of time I want you to think about how many times you saw your fav football team lose a game and you were pissed. ITS THE SAME THING SHUT THE HELL UP. DON’T LIKE IT DON’T READ OR GET IN THE MIX!

Its fun to us. No one in here is taking it serious like you fucking soccer freaks when your team loses or wins(I hope not at least). So may the best console take the win at the end of this generation which ain’t gonna end for another couple of years so XBOTS get your Kleenex ready ;)

#113

sg1974
11/11/10, 7:51 pm

“JohnFe sets up for a nice take off. He thinks he’s soaring high, look at him go so high in the sky…..wait whats that down there on the cliff!? Its Gekidami with an RPG and its aimed at JonFE.

Gek shoots….he scores! direct hit on JonFE. he’s coming down faster than a crack whore’s panties for $2″

Come on, now that was funny.

#114

Kuwabara
11/11/10, 11:32 pm

I can’t believe the wiidiots here. How could u compare the wii against the ps3/xbox 360 powerhouses! The wii is not a simillar product to ps3/xbox360 , over all! By the way what is everyone trying to prove with the sales, who comes 1st, 2nd,3rd? does it mean what console is better? well in that case we all know wii isnt on par with ps3/xbox 360, and only sold so much cause of its cheap price and casual audience, with a last gen system. Xbox 360 is only infront because of the yr /15 months head start, while ps3 averages more sales and was expensive and theres no chance xbox 360 coukd have sold as many units as ps3 in the same condition. Ps3 would be ahead by millions if it launched same day. Who ever disagrees is stupid! ps3 is first place, xbox 360 second, wii …. theres no current gen nintendo. Ps3 currently has the best line up of exclusives, even with the 1 yr delay, and look at next year, the exclusives demolish the competition!! :) :)

#115

manamana
12/11/10, 12:12 am

@112/113 now those lyrical orgasms are what differs TEA from some bashing wannabies; he really gets how to nail it! Lol

Chapeau monsier!

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