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May 22nd, 2008 @ 07:13
CNET has published an article on how this hardware generation is likely to play out, creating a graph which sums up the conclusions of most sensible pundits in a way words never could. Take a look for yourself. In a nutshell, the site predicts that both PS3 and Wii will top 105 million units a piece by 2012, while Xbox 360 will be lucky to reach 40 million. Shane probably had a point.
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the site wont let me make an order. I tried earlier but got the following error after clicking checkout,...
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
What the…? I guess I really need to read the words, there.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 am
The graph says it all I think, “hey look I’ve made a pretty picture full of made up numbers!”
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
Here’s my graph of the future:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/blerk/TheFuture.jpg
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
PS3 wins and 360 loses! I knew it Blerk!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:32 am
I went to the Pach-Man school of closet fanboyism.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
Wow… that’s just, WOW!
O_o
I don’t even know where to begin. This might be a start: http://www.paulkramm.com/junkdrawer/duhlines.gif
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
@Blerk: you hide it well! :p
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:54 am
hahaha
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
I’d have expected jumps in growth for the PS3 in 2009 and 2011 rather than a steady progression. This would match when the Blu-Ray lasers start to fail and when Sony finally discount the machine by a reasonable amount respectively.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:16 am
I think the main issue the analysts have is that they don’t realise the PS3 is not the PS2… and never will be.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
Especially now that they’ve taken the BC out.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
PS3… not even half a PS2.
(you think that would work in the adverts?)
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:49 am
This is kind of misleading; CNET is not really predicting it, they just graphed out some analyst’s prediction.
I wonder why all the analysts hate the XBox so much?
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 am
Why the sudden conviction that PS3 is going to jump through the roof in sales anyway? Because of MGS4 and FFXIII?
I’ve yet to see a single console climb back from the console “war” due to triple-a title, no matter how good the quality.