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HHBizzle
01-24-2007, 02:20 PM
Analyst Picks Sony To Win Console Wars
It's a first for the industry.
by Micah Seff

January 24, 2007 - A recent report published by market research group Research and Markets (the redundancy gives us a headache too) has chosen Sony's PS3 as the winner of the next-generation console wars. The report, titled The Transforming Global Video Games Market: The Emergence of Next Generation Gaming, deals primarily with the impact of next-generation consoles on the online games sector.

Based on its extensive analysis of the current growth trends in the industry, Research and Markets expects Sony's PlayStation 3 to come out on top in the next-generation console war. The group expects the PS3 to have an installed user base of around 75 million globally by the year 2010. While the study notes that both Sony and Nintendo offer unique products, Research and Markets still felt that Sony's superior technology would give it the edge over the competition.

Although the group designated Sony as the future market leader this gen, it gave very little in the way of reasoning to back up this claim. The primary focus of the study was analyzing the impact of next-generation consoles on the online games sector, rather than determining all the factors which might lead to dominance in the next-generation console market.

Triple_6
01-25-2007, 09:22 PM
I really think that analyst is a complete idiot. Every report I've read indicates the PS3 launch has been a train wreck with 78% of stores declaring they have systems currently in stock [1], and some in Japan have already started to slash their prices (lost source). Compare that with the Wii which you still can't find anywhere and the 360 which has been doing better and better and I just don't see how you could pick the PS3 to win this generation, although it's still too early to tell really one way or the other. But if I were a betting man...


1. http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/25/soft-ps3-sales-spell-trouble-for-ea-others/

McTucket
01-25-2007, 11:31 PM
im not going to take the time to check up on this, but did they include the 360 in the study?

L1veUndead
01-26-2007, 09:28 AM
Sony has already sold 1 million units in the US. Its also stated that the PS3 has sold more units faster than any other sony released system. Units sit on the shelves for more than just cost, but demand has been met.