Strategy Analytics said that the installed base of PS3s reached 43.4 million units by the end of last year, ahead of 42.9 million units for the Xbox 360. Nintendo's Wii is still the leader of the pack with 75.5 million shipped consoles.
“While the Kinect peripheral has given a boost to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 strategy, the console’s performance outside of the US continues to disappoint,” says report author, Jia Wu, Senior Analyst in Strategy Analytics’ Digital Consumer Practice. “Global demand for Sony’s PS3 has exceeded that of the Xbox 360 in each of the past two years, and we expect that to continue over the coming years.”
The analyst also noted that Nintendo will be releasing a new Wii within one year in an effort to support its sales. The Xbox 360 is expected to sell 13.7 million units this year, the PS3 should be in the range of 15.7 million, while the Wii will drop below 10 million, Strategy Analytics said.
“Microsoft’s second generation console has dramatically improved the company’s position in the digital home,” notes David Mercer, Principal Analyst at Strategy Analytics. “But its relative weakness in Europe and Asia acts as a drag on its global performance. Microsoft should continue to innovate around its motion sensor technology, which will become increasingly relevant in the smart home era.”
http://www.industrygamers.com/news/xbox-360-is-best-selling-console-in-february-with-535000-sold/
Agreed. 3D is practically a gimmick. I've watched probably three or four movies in 3D, which made it hard to concentrate on the actual movie itself. Played the 3DS over at my friends a week ago, just gave me a headache and I asked where the 2D switch was (haha).
Motion sense, meh. If I want a workout I'll go lift weights or go run. When I'm gaming, I'm doing it to relax.
Get back to me MS/Sony/Nintendo when you guys develop some form of VR.
They said that they were world wide numbers in the article. What is your point?
VG Chartz has the following sales figures:
Wii = 86.2 million
360 = 52.8 million
PS3 = 49.1 million
The 360 had 40 million consoles sold by the end of March 31st, 2010 (before the Slim models and Kinect). In January 2011 Microsoft said it had shipped over 50 million 360s to date. By end of Q2 2010, Sony said it had sold 41 million. Sony also said it sold 47.9 million by the end of 2010.
From what I have read on other tech websites, Strategy Analytics has some way they believe of measuring "installed base" which is dubious at best and misleading at worst.
Yay for the juggernaut of dumbing down...long live the lowest common denominator!
Here's a nickle's worth of free education: USA is not the world. This concludes today's lesson. Tomorrow's lesson: the world around you.
+1000
The USA comprises on 5% of the world's population, get over yourselves
I think it is actually a little less than that and I agree with the sentiment.
BUT the US does account for 20-30% of the world economy (depending on how you measure it)....meaning that 5% has a lot of purchasing power, which is why "global" products tend to be marketed toward the US.
In regards to this article though (total global sales) that really doesnt matter.
Agreed, even though the PS3 does have blue ray every year that goes by that counts as less and less of a bonus.
Blue Ray (and any other physical format) is going the way of the dinosaur. Anyone noticed how much floor space has been reduced for physical media lately? Go into any Best Buy and you will quickly see that floor space for any physical media is now about 1/3 of the size it used to be.