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Xbox 360 Wins Through 2009?
simoniker writes "As part of a recent MI6 Conference presentation, IDG's Jason Anderson made predictions on the North American installed base of the next-gen consoles through 2008. He predicts that the Xbox 360 will continue to hold a lead into 2009, with the PS3 just behind and the Wii trailing significantly. In particular: 'In 2008, Anderson suggests 15.5 million units in homes for the Xbox 360, 13.5 million for PS3, and 6.8 million for Wii.' Is the Wii really going to trail by so much, or do the analysts not 'get it'?"
The same way all good—and bad—predictions are made: They made them up. ;-)
The same way all good--and bad--predictions are made: They made them up. ;-)
You couldn't be more wrong. Among Nostradamus' many cryptic and undated predictions, there were
thinly disguised sales numbers for video game consoles, a decade into the new millenium.
Check the quatrains, my friend. It is ALL There
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Based on his numbers, this makes perfect sense. After all:
360 sales in the month of May * 3 = uh, a lot
PS3 sales in the month of May * 3 = 0
Wii sales in the month of May * 3 = 0
Dang - the 360 will totally rule the next gen market! I can be an analyst too!
Remember, kids, you can't spell analyst without anal.
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These are some of the 79.683% of statistics which are made up.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
The last console that I ever owned was a Sega Genesis and I am planning on buying a Wii.
Update the numbers, guys! The Wii will sell 6,800,001.
There are 0x40000000 types of people: those who understand 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point, and those who don't.
Of course, because having a locked down, consistent platform will do nothing to improve out-of-the-box reliability.
Friggin' idealogues.
Wrong. You just can't spell it correctly :)
Do it doug.