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<pre>&quot;The winner in the next-generation console battle is likely to be the Xbox 360, which is the leader in North America, the world&rsquo;s biggest market,&quot; said Yoshiyuki Kinoshita, research analyst for Merrill Lynch.
<pre>&quot;The winner in the next-generation console battle is likely to be the Xbox 360, which is the leader in North America, the world&rsquo;s biggest market,&quot; said Yoshiyuki Kinoshita, research analyst for Merrill Lynch.


&quot;We forecast respective market shares at end-FY3/11 of Xbox 360 [at] 39 percent, PS3 [at] 34 percent and Wii [at] 27 percent, thus overturning Sony&rsquo;s domination of the market with its PS2-based share of 69 percent, and doubling Microsoft and Nintendo&rsquo;s respective market shares.&quot;
&quot;We forecast respective market shares at end-FY3/11 of Xbox 360 <nowiki><nowiki>[</nowiki></nowiki>at] 39 percent, PS3 <nowiki><nowiki>[</nowiki></nowiki>at] 34 percent and Wii <nowiki><nowiki>[</nowiki></nowiki>at] 27 percent, thus overturning Sony&rsquo;s domination of the market with its PS2-based share of 69 percent, and doubling Microsoft and Nintendo&rsquo;s respective market shares.&quot;


The firm further predicts that in Japan, Sony will take the lead with a 57 percent market share, while Nintendo will take the bulk of the rest at 39 percent of the market. Figures for Xbox were not supplied.
The firm further predicts that in Japan, Sony will take the lead with a 57 percent market share, while Nintendo will take the bulk of the rest at 39 percent of the market. Figures for Xbox were not supplied.