Analyst Expects PS3 To Rise In 2010, Wii And 360 Will Decline
It doesn't take long for analysts to look at the year before us and make their annual predictions.
For 2010, one firm believes the only console to see an increase will be the PlayStation 3. Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian thinks the Wii will be hit hard this year, suffering a 20% decline in sales, while the Xbox 360 will remain mostly stagnant, ultimately dropping 5% in overall unit sales. The PS3? He thinks we'll see a 10% increase, which is statistically significant in direct comparison to the competition. This according to IndustryGamers, where Sebastian is quoted as saying:
"For the year, we are currently modeling a 10% increase in PS3 unit sales, Xbox 360 unit sales down 5%, and a 20% decline in Nintendo Wii unit sales. There is upside potential to our estimates with further hardware price reductions. At this point, we expect the console-installed base to increase by roughly 25% to 70 million units, and above the 57 million console units installed of the last generation platforms at the end of 2005."
Back in 2007, it was difficult to conceive of a time when the PS3 would represent the lone upward swing in hardware sales for one full year. But as we all found in 2009, this industry tends to thrive on momentum swings and for now, Sony and the PS3 are hogging all that momentum. How many Game of the Year Awards and nominations did PS3 exclusives secure last year...? And with Blu-Ray/HD entertainment becoming ever more popular, the PS3 is kinda like the cat's pajamas right about now.
1/6/2010 9:06:03 PM John Shepard
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Scarecrow
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 9:59:31 PM
SvenMD
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:29:34 PM
Qubex
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 2:17:19 AM
Hawkeye
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 9:13:02 AM
MyWorstNightmar
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 9:56:52 PM
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MyWorstNightmar
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 9:59:51 PM
Cholo Gamer
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:23:40 PM
Kowhoho
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:50:25 PM
Cholo Gamer
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 11:47:47 PM
IronFace2
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 4:09:56 AM
MyWorstNightmar
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:07:30 PM
Jed
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:45:38 PM
artson1966
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:09:29 PM
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godsman
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:39:13 PM
Why would Sony sell for less if people want the machine? Wii saw a pricecut because sales were declining, they were pressured. If any company have a choice they would sell them for $1000.
The Xbox 360 has potential to drop another $100 bucks. They are losing money, but they make $50 each year from 10 million+ subscription. They can easily take a lost and rip the gamers off in hardware somewhere else, like wireless or harddrive.
Jed
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:48:43 PM
fluffer nutter
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 1:59:38 AM
SnipeySnake
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:13:01 PM
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MyWorstNightmar
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:18:12 PM
carl0975
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:24:09 PM
MyWorstNightmar
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 11:30:37 PM
Alienange
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 1:38:38 AM
johnld
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 2:35:11 AM
as for the new zelda, bring it on, as long as waggle isnt mandatory. i bought twilight princess on the gamecube instead of the gamecube 1.5 because i prefer relaxing while playing a zelda game than swinging the damn wiimote around.
Jawknee
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 9:45:19 AM
Jawknee
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 10:06:18 AM
Jed
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:50:19 PM
MyWorstNightmar
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 11:42:06 PM
godsman
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 @ 10:32:01 PM
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Are these percentages in US alone? or worldwide? Cause analysts usually talk US only like they are the center of the world.
Kangasfwa
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 12:30:35 AM
Alienange
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 1:42:13 AM
___________
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 12:16:46 AM
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the wiis a fad, it was only a matter of time till people wake up and realize that.
kinda like the IPhone it came out and everyone had to get one, it was considered uncool not to have one.
now its the opposite, its considered seriously uncool to own one because everyone else does.
i cant take a walk down the street without seeing 1 person with a iphone.
steve jobs must be laughing himself sick, now google think they can jump in and steal apples fire?
HA! GOOD LUCK!
anyway back to the wii.
i remember from release to 08 they were flying off the shelf, no store could keep any of them in stock.
every unit they would get in would be for a preorder.
now its the other way around, EB, JBHIFI and game are all out of ps3s till the end of the month.
i went looking for one today because a friend finally wants to get one, meh i told him he should of bought it last year.
the wii is a fad, it flies off the shelf selling like undies till everyone wakes up and the fad wares off.
if they had some new IPs than maybe they could hold up the steam slightly, but theres none.
well one or 2 here and there like deadspace extraction, mad world or the conduit but very few.
thats the only thing holding me back from buying a wii.
everythings mario this, lugigi that, pokemon this, and zelda that.
they have just taken series from the 64 days released sequels on the wii.
i mean come on how many pokemon, mario and zelda games do we need?
sequels to well known IPs are all good and dandy but you need some new IPs to keep it fresh. something the wii and more so the PSP are severely lacking.
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MyWorstNightmar
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 12:45:58 AM
Now, if the Mario and Zelda games that come out sucked, then I would agree with you. But dude, they are great titles every time they are released. The developers never rest on their laurels, they bring it with each release.
And as for a fad? Don't agree with you. Supply has caught up to demand, but demand for anything can't continue on the pace the Wii was on. They just sold another 3 million in the US alone this holiday season. Their pace is slowing, but come on, 3 million is still great.
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Alienange
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 1:52:41 AM
Only now did we get a second Mario game and there's only one Zelda game. That Pokemon thing they released for the Wii is an absolute insult and barely even a game if you don't have Diamond or Pearl for your DS.
So no, everything is NOT Mario, Luigi, Pokemon or Zelda. The Wii is an electronic workout machine.
Last edited by Alienange on 1/7/2010 1:53:42 AM
___________
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 6:52:21 AM
i said its fine to release sequels to well known IPs as long as you release some great new IPs.
there not doing that.
therefor there not giving me a reason to buy a wii.
i love mario cart and the new mario brothers wii game, but i dont love them enough to blow 400 bucks on a wii just so i can play them.
LowKey
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 9:29:26 AM
Robochic
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 12:17:09 AM
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PS3 well I've proven all my friends wrong who told me that Sony couldn't pull it off with the PS3 well they were wrong weren't they.
Wii I can see little change unless they actually bring out Zelda (new) and Super mario Galaxy 2 out this year but they haven't really had much press on either games.
MyWorstNightmar
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 12:53:22 AM
dante_zero
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 12:18:26 AM
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Scarecrow
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 1:38:40 AM
johnld
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 2:41:45 AM
Snaaaake
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 4:10:15 AM
Snaaaake
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 3:37:06 AM
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Microsoft will lose because they released a piece of trash and now 360 owners aren't getting any new and great exclusives.
Yes yes, Bayonetta is superior on the 360, and Gamespot gave the 360 version a 9.0 while the PS3 version got a 8.0 which means Sega didn't repair the game for the NA version.
Because Microsft know they'll lose in terms of game titles so they had to focus everything on Natal to steal customers from Wii.
But really, if you're a 360-only owner, will you be happy if you're not getting some good exclusive?
Does Microsoft even think of their customers?
Oxvial
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 4:10:47 AM
and almost all site talk about how superior its on the 360.
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Snaaaake
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 5:28:19 AM
Snaaaake
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 5:58:25 AM
Ultimadream
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 4:21:24 AM
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JackC8
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 8:02:27 AM
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Ahhh...it's nice owning the shiny black box.
gumbi
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 9:38:50 AM
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As far as the 360 is concerned. Well, jumping the gun will always give you a head start, but if the race is long enough the prize stallion is bound to outrun you.
Casual Friday
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 10:42:41 AM
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So what do his percentages mean in real numbers? Well from what I could find, in the USA last year the Wii sold over 9 million units, the 360 about 5.3 million units and the PS3 about 4.7 million.
Following his estimates that would mean that he expects this year the Wii will sell about 7.2 million, the PS3 about 5.2 million and the 360 about 5 million. This would be pretty significant because it would be the first 12 month period that the PS3 would have outsold the 360.
While this is good news for Sony, I'm still a little hesitant to say that the tide has completely turned. For one thing no one ever mentions in their estimates that the reason that the PS3 is having consistant year over year sales growth is because the previous years sales have sucked so bad and that the new numbers are just bringing sales up to where they should have been years ago.
Secondly, it appears that the 360 outsold the PS3 in both of the previous two months during the holiday shopping season. Next week's NPD numbers should confirm this but I would have expected the opposite, especially after the Slim release and price cut.
Thirdly, if Sony has designes on catching the 360 install base this generation than outselling it by only two hundred thousand units a year is not going to cut it.
Finally, these numbers show that the Wii is currently at such a high sales level that even with a 20 percent drop it will still outsell either of the other two by 2 million units (almost 40 percent).
I would agree that the PS3's future is brighter than it has ever been, but if we are looking for it to translate into sales that dominate the competition it's just not there.
napoleon85
Thursday, January 07, 2010 @ 4:12:19 PM
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