Former SCEE president Chris Deering has today suggested that Sony will eventually catch up to Nintendo, leading to a joint victory this hardware generation. Meanwhile, Microsoft is supposedly fated to bring up the rear in third place. Deering predicts that the magic year for Sony shall be 2011.
The former Sony executive arrived at his conclusion by examining Screen Digest IDG data, as well as looking at the growth of the hi-def and so-called "grey gamer" markets. Also factoring game engine and Wi-Fi expansion into the mix, Deering claims that the installed hardware base will rise from 316 million to 500 million over a three year period, and that the combined weight of Sony and Nintendo will lead to a pair of "big mega-powers" leading the market.
His outlook for Microsoft is less sunny, suggesting that the Xbox 360 will enjoy a "decent" growth with an install base of 40 million by 2011. In contrast, Deering predicts 150 million DS units installed, 80 million Wiis, 70 million PS3s, 90 million PS2s and another 70 million PSPs.
What do you make of this man's forecast? Is Microsoft destined to lose out to the Sony/Nintendo superpowers, or can the Xbox 360 hold its own once the Black Box o' Blu-ray starts to truly hit its stride?
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I'd say it's still an economically attractive option because the PS3 has a lot of added value as a gaming machine. Also, the PS3 has upgradeable firmware for future Blu-Ray specifications. I know the first and second gen Blu-Ray players didn't have this feature, do the new ones? A player without it is little more than disposable, in my opinion.
Sony has half the units Nintendo and MS have with the least amount of games per hardware purchased. http://nexgenwars.com/
PS3 will still be lingering in third place with gamers still waiting for Home and GT.
Set emotion engines to cry.
is because it always win?
kudos for the two man power trip or jericho burial #234
is because it always win?"
Funnily enough, my exact reason for naming Trips Nintendo was due to the fact that he rarely loses.
I miss the attitude era. Long live the rattlesnake.
Sony's a character on Celebrity Deathmatch back when it was good?
Also, it is by far the best option as for a bluray players. People argue that this is not true, there are some that are 100 bucks cheaper. Yes but take it from someone who bought an $800 bluray player - none of them come close to the quality and ease of use. I had to constantly upgrade the firmware, it wouldnt play divx or KVCDs, it had clouding problems and of course the fact that you get an ENTIRE GAMING SYSTEM, and Media Center are also pretty big perks.
So yeah, people are finally starting to realize what a great system it is. Plus, microsoft going on a release cycle that is half as long makes their systems even less appealing in my opinion. They have some good games, but a lot of times it seems like they tend to nickle and dime more than Nintendo and Sony - which pisses me off.
A year from now when PS3 is level or ahead in install base watch for microsoft to already be moving toward the exit. And don't expect their hardware difficulties to disappear when they push an early launch again next time.
Does anybody care what the Game console makers Executives have to say?
It's not like eroupe is important, the are the bastard step child market and nobody cares.
And since they are all shooting off stuff I think that proves they have no clue what is going on.
Don't forget nintendo eroupe guy says
"Only "Geeks" and "Otaku" Want More Wii Memory Space!"
http://kotaku.com/5015733/only-geeks-and-otaku-want-more-wii-memory-space
I mean God most people don't even know eroupe has video game how do they keep making news ?.
You don't see anybody importing the sanzy eroupe consoles do you? and by sanzy I mean Junk version of the consoles with a useless ugly looking PAL video format.
No, They are not they are importing japanese and USA ones. Does what these guy say matter at all?
No it don;t eroupe video game sections of the video game biz are useless.