by James Brightman on Wednesday, November 05, 2008
While Nintendo continues to lead the pack, if you ask Activision Blizzard Sony's PS3 will see more growth than the Xbox 360 in the Western hemisphere during 2008. In the conference call following the publisher's third-quarter earnings, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith provided the company's expectations for console hardware growth in North America and Europe combined.
Griffith said that while the Xbox 360 is expected to grow by an additional six to seven million units for this calendar year, Sony's PS3 should grow by eight million units. Neither the PS3 nor the 360 can stack up against the Wii, however, which continues to sell at a torrid pace. Griffith expects the Wii to grow by another 15 million units this year.
He also mentioned that Activision believes handhelds will grow by 24 million units, but he did not break that down into DS vs. PSP sales.
The total hardware installed base (current-gen/next-gen, including portables) in North America and Europe stands at 291 million units as of September 30.
I dunno if i agree with the ps3 outpacing the 360 being as how Gears of War 2 comes out at mid***ht to***ht and it'll help boost sales of the 360 not to mention alot of pol will be online playing to online multiplayer and co-op modes. Also there's still multiplatform games like mirror's edge,prince of persia and many others coming out before this month is even remotely over. But i do agree neither the ps3 nor 360 will be able to stack up against the wii sales wise.
While I understand that growth is a good thing for business, isn't this a bit of a "duh" moment? Of course there will be more growth, it is still a newer system than the Xbox. Also, even if it sees more growth, for a company I'm sure I'd rather have more sales.
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