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July NPDs Show PS3 Didn't Pull Ahead of 360
Despite last month's price drop, Sony's PlayStation 3 console just couldn't pull ahead of the Microsoft Xbox 360. Both, according to the latest NPD results, are still dwarfed by the continued domination of Nintendo's Wii console. 1up has the numbers for July: 'PlayStation 2 - 222k, PlayStation 3 - 159k, PSP - 214k, Xbox 360 - 170k, Wii - 425k, Nintendo DS - 405k, Game Boy Advance -- 87k.' For further commentary we can turn to Gamasutra, which offers a further breakdown on the numbers and some big picture perspective for this year: "Total industry revenue for 2007 presently stands at $7.0 billion. If there is no year-on-year growth for any month until the end of 2007, then the industry will finish the year with $14.5 billion in revenue, an increase in 16% over 2006. That's a reasonably pessimistic scenario ... If we start with our current $7.0 billion as of the end of July and continue at a rate of 40% growth through the end of the year, then we arrive at a total of $17.5 billion for all of 2007 ... If Wii supply constraints are eased, Halo 3 sells as well as expected, Sony's first-party software attracts more PS3 buyers, and Rock Band and Guitar Hero III are both hits, it seems likely that revenues may go above $18 billion. In this optimistic scenario, industry revenues during the single month of December 2007 would equal or surpass the total annual revenue from all of 1997."
You know, I have a Wii, and I like it, but you're such a condescending prick I feel like getting rid of it just so I'm not in agreement with you. Maybe someday when you've moved beyond your petty "job and a family" line, you'll understand.
Heh. Petty as the "job and a family" line may be, you'll be amazed at how your perspective on life changes once you get one. Although given your current attitude towards work and family, I feel sorry for anyone considering you for their future. Doubly so for anyone that depends on you now.
But moving beyond the pointless personal attacks... the fact still remains that Nintendo is selling boatloads of their products because they alone were able to break out of the "hardcore" microcosm that the gaming community had become, and made something that is fun for everyone out in the "real world."
The main reason PS3 sales are sluggish (and the reason I haven't even looked at buying one) is that most households in the US don't have an HDTV, and a PS3 really isn't worth the cost if you don't already have one. Considering that raises the minimum spending to enjoy the system to somewhere in the range of $1500 (System, Games, TV, cables, etc). While XBox360 certainly benefits from having HDTV, it's not as much of a requirement to enjoy the full feature set.
The HDTV install base is shifting fairly rapidly. Right now I have 2. Most of the people I know have at least 1 in the household. However I'm middle/upper middle class Canadian. So perhaps our poor country cousins down in the states are ina different spot. You know with your currency falling 40% and all.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."