There are those industry watchers who predict that the sun is setting on Nintendo's upstart dominance with the Wii.
The Retail Bridge: Is Nintendo's Run At The Top Coming To An End?
The Retail Bridge: Is Nintendo's Run At The Top Coming To An End?
Nintendo's Wii video game console was the surprise hit of the 2006 holiday season and spent most of this year at the top of sales charts and industry reports.
But, according to a pair of analyst notes released this week, the company's stint ahead of the video game pack may soon be ending as Microsoft's Xbox 360 is expected to roll through the rest of the year.
Why? The recent release of Halo 3 has more than a little to do with it."We believe Halo 3 will spur sales of Xbox 360 consoles and Microsoft should be able to sustain this momentum with a strong release slate via-a-vis the Xbox 360," Kaufman Bros. analyst Todd Mitchell wrote earlier this week.
On the other hand, industry watchers were wrong about the Wii going into last Christmas, so go figure.
To put a silver lining on that dark clound, they also think that Playstation 3 sales will continue to suck.
And so far analysts expect Sony's Playstation 3 to be little more than an also-ran this year, still suffering from the expensive console's overall lack of compelling content.
"Sony is facing a worst-case scenario this holiday season," Mitchell said. "Not only are there fewer titles to drive PS3 sales, but problems with major releases, such as Madden NFL 08 and Lair, show developers are still having a difficult time with the platform. The loss of high-profile exclusives, such as GTA IV and Assassin's Creed, means that there is a very little to drive incremental PS3 sales."
Personally, I think that this Christmas season in CE is shaping up to be a real nail-biter!
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3 comments:
You don't need to be a market analyst to see that Sony's going to be taking it right in the tarhole this year. Here's a zany suggestion when you're trying to compete, guys: Have a title or two come out on your platform.
Microsoft could have just said "We're going to have Halo 3 out in 2 years, so better buy a 360 now." and it would have sold better than the PS3. And that's ignoring Bioshock, just to name one more.
You can have the best race car in the world but if it only can run on the local go-kart track, noone's going to pay attention except the slavering fanboys.
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