[QUOTE="djsifer01"][QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]They do to the company though...which is apparently something that people in this thread fail to realize. I think what the TC is trying to say is that despite MS's awful E3 and all the hate in system wars...they are pretty much un-affected in terms of sales. 360s are putting up stellar sales figures and will certainly out sell the PS3 and may even outsell the Wii (as they have for the past few months).
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Doubtful, the gap between the PS3 and 360 is shrinking. The 360 catching the Wii is laughable. With the release of GT5 and Move i see the gap being vaporized. the gap was 8 million not even a year ago and now is around 3 million. But Kinect will save MS, infact Kinect and Move together will render the Nintendo Wii at best a budget console and at worst obselete there-fore become the big players in the 7th Generation console market. PS3 may catch up September through to November due to early intro of Move but from November onwards due to the introduction of Kinect, the gap will widen big time. So the last official worldwide numbers we have were from April-June and the PS3 and Wii murdered the 360 in worldwide sales. The Wii was still clearly on top.The 360 has recently been doing well in the NPD, but it trails as much as it ever has in Japan, and Europe is a big question mark. To be honest, that's where the real battleground is. PS3 sold about 640,000 units (according to NPD) between April-June 2010 in North America, while simultaneously selling 2.4 million worldwide. The 360 sold about 831,000 units between April-June 2010 (according to NPD) in North America, while simultaneously selling 1.5 million units worldwide.
So the reason the PS3 has been catching up to the 360 has nothing to do with NA -- it's because the 360 sold a paltry ~669,000 units in other regions last quarter, while the PS3 sold ~1,760,000 units in other regions.
The question to me isn't whether the 360 can top the NPD with Kinect, it's can Microsoft figure out how to sell their system overseas?
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