PS3 growth to surpass Xbox 360 this year, says Activision
- Posted November 6th, 2008 at 04:28 EDT by
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Speaking in a conference call following Activision Blizzard's third-quarter earnings, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith said that he expects PlayStation 3 sales growth to surpass the Xbox 360 in both North America and Europe this year.
Griffith said that he expects the PS3 to sell an estimated eight million consoles in 2008, outselling the Xbox 360 by one-two million units.
Griffith's predictions are as follows:
- “Handhelds” - 24 million units (DS and PSP)
- Wii - 15 million
- PS3 - 8 million units
- Xbox 360 - 6-7 million units
With 2008 having been touted as the ‘year of the PS3’, it is unsurprising that Griffith should predict such an auspicious sales forecast for Sony’s high-spec black box.
Let us know your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below.
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FatherOfOne
- 5:23am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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Sorry but price will be a factor. If the PS3 was $300 then I would agree but at $400 it isn't going to happen. That coupled with who just won the election and taxes soon to be increasing doesn't bode well for the most expensive console.
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hitman8062 |
hitman8062- 5:56am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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That depends, are the rest of the world (besides us sony supporters) gonna be smart and buy PS3, or buy a crashing, overheating piece of cheaply made junk.
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 6:16am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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@J1gs4w and chubacca
and if they said it last year the were right. The numbers showed 9.24 million PS3's vs 8.7 million 360 sold when pitting fiscal reports against each others. The numbers show even greater if you were to tally year (jan to dec) worldwide sales.
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jigglespsu
- 8:00am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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Awesome I predicted this one yesterday ... /o/
http://www.psu.com/Sony-delivers-in-Japan-after-weeks-of-disappointment-News--a0005285-p0.php#comments (see my comment 9)
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terminator12259 |
tacitassassin25- 10:08am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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i hope that these numbers happen, it would be sweet if the ps3 outsold the 360 by that much, it is possible i mean isnt there already like 5 mil in europe?
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Fiddlesworth
- 10:18am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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I think that makes it two years on the trot the 360 sells less than the year before. That's not the sign of a console building momentum.
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grimmz357x
- 11:36am GMT - November 6th, 2008
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well i saw numbers that the ps3 sold more units worldwide already so this isnt a hard accomplishment.
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