[ # ] Microsoft Says Xbox 360 Will Beat PS3 Lifetime Sales
/* Posted July 18th, 2008 at 10:10am *//* Filed under Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox */
“Xbox 360 will sell more consoles worldwide this generation than PlayStation 3,” Don Mattrick, a senior vice president at Microsoft’s Xbox division boasted to kick off E3 earlier this week. Well let’s see how that works out Mr. Mattrick. As it stands today, the Xbox 360 has sold over 19.7 million units worldwide, 5.5 million units more than Sony’s 14.2 million units. The graph above indicates cumulative worldwide sales for the three major consoles over the past two years. The red PS3 curve comes into the picture after the two-year period snapshot starts while the green Xbox 360 curve has had a head start on the market.
By the point at which the PS3 is introduced, the Xbox 360 has already sold about 5.3 million units. If my fuzzy math works, then if we just subtract the Xbox 360’s current sales figures by that much it should give us a fair comparison to the PS3 since it will be a comparison over the same period of time. That would give the Xbox 360 a very narrow 200,000 units outselling the PS3 over the PS3’s lifetime. Yep! Your math works out Mr. Mattrick! Assuming this trend continues, the Xbox 360 looks like it will continue to outsell the PS3 at a very very small rate. The true factor will be how long the PS3 can remain on the market after the Xbox 360 retires and before Microsoft introduces its next generation console.
At any rate, it’s going to be a close one. Funny though, how that blue line never gets called out to attention isn’t it? The Nintendo Wii was introduced to the gaming market after both the PS3 and Xbox 360 but has thoroughly outsold both rival consoles, nearing almost 30 million in cumulative worldwide sales.
To make good on its boast, Microsoft said it will cut the price of the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro by $50 to $299 and introduce a new 60GB at the original 20GB’s price point of $349. In a response to Microsoft price cuts, Sony announced that it would be replacing the $399 40GB PS3 with an 80GB version in September.
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