|
Back to the news-page
Crowning the 2008 king of the consoles
>> From news.bbc.co.uk:
[QUOTE]
At the start of the year the Wii was way out in front in terms of an installed base with 20 million machines in homes. By comparison the Xbox 360 was in 15.5 million homes and the PS3 9 million.
Analysts Screen Digest predicts that Nintendo will more than double its installed base of the Wii by the end of this year to 42 million, amplifying its lead over Sony and Microsoft.
The picture in 2008 was mixed for Sony and Microsoft, he said.
"The 360 and PS3 have performed fairly similarly, with just a few hundred thousand units difference over the year between them."
Screen Digest predicts that the PS3 will have an installed base of 19 million by the end of 2008, while the 360 will have 24 million.
"When we looked at the 360 at the beginning of the year we didn't think it was going to do as well as it has done."
An aggressive price cut and marketing campaign across Europe has seen the 360 do well in traditional PlayStation heartlands around the continent.
By contrast, the lack of a price cut for the PS3 combined with difficult economic circumstances for many consumers has seen the console fail to ignite as some predictions foretold.
He added: "We always felt that 2008 was the year that PS3 kicked off - but we think that will now be 2009."
[/QUOTE]
Full Story: news.bbc.co.uk
Discuss this news item on our forums: forums.xbox-scene.com
Back to the news-page
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
