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Screen Digest, numbers taken from an image of worldwide hardware install bases through the end of 2011
[http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10251308]]
<pre>After 2007
Wii: 21.0 m
X360: 15.5 m
PS3: 8.5 m
After 2008
Wii: 37.5 m (+16.5)
PS3: 24.0 m (+15.5)
X360: 23.5 m (+8.0)
After 2009
Wii: 52.0 m (+14.5)
PS3: 42.5 m (+18.5)
X360: 30.5 m (+7.0)
After 2010
Wii: 63.5 m (+11.5)
PS3: 58.0 m (+15.5)
X360: 36.0 m (+5.5)
After 2011
Wii: 73.5 m (+10.0)
PS3: 71.0 m (+13.0)
X360: 40.5 m (+4.5)</pre>


Some thoughts on the result of a $400 PS3
Some thoughts on the result of a $400 PS3
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[http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task;=view&amp;id;=7486&amp;Itemid;=2]
[http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task;=view&amp;id;=7486&amp;Itemid;=2]


<pre>&ldquo;We should expect sustainable sales of 225,000 units [for non-holiday months],&rdquo; Pachter says. &ldquo;November is typically double the other months, so expect around 450,000 units, and December is typically double November, so expect around 900,000 units.&rdquo;
<pre>&ldquo;We should expect sustainable sales of 225,000 units <nowiki><nowiki>[</nowiki></nowiki>for non-holiday months],&rdquo; Pachter says. &ldquo;November is typically double the other months, so expect around 450,000 units, and December is typically double November, so expect around 900,000 units.&rdquo;


Billy Pidgeon with IDC isn&rsquo;t as confident in PS3 sales. &ldquo;I don't expect major uptake on PS3 this holiday,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Xbox 360 needs to make the most of this holiday and build up the base, but Nintendo could move more Wii consoles than the others combined.&rdquo;
Billy Pidgeon with IDC isn&rsquo;t as confident in PS3 sales. &ldquo;I don't expect major uptake on PS3 this holiday,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Xbox 360 needs to make the most of this holiday and build up the base, but Nintendo could move more Wii consoles than the others combined.&rdquo;
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Janco Partners&rsquo; Mike Hickey says Sony can only do what it can with what it&rsquo;s got this holiday. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t think there is really anything Sony can do beyond a dramatic price cut and a verbal outcry for PS3 Blu-ray buyers to turn the tide of their dismal holiday sales outlook relative to the Xbox 360,&rdquo; he says rather bleakly. &ldquo;[From a software standpoint,] consumers seem to be struggling with the &lsquo;why pay considerably more for considerably less?&rsquo; purchasing dilemma. We are increasingly less confident Sony will show anything remotely remarkable on the PS3 for this holiday.&rdquo;</pre>
Janco Partners&rsquo; Mike Hickey says Sony can only do what it can with what it&rsquo;s got this holiday. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t think there is really anything Sony can do beyond a dramatic price cut and a verbal outcry for PS3 Blu-ray buyers to turn the tide of their dismal holiday sales outlook relative to the Xbox 360,&rdquo; he says rather bleakly. &ldquo;<nowiki><nowiki>[</nowiki></nowiki>From a software standpoint,] consumers seem to be struggling with the &lsquo;why pay considerably more for considerably less?&rsquo; purchasing dilemma. We are increasingly less confident Sony will show anything remotely remarkable on the PS3 for this holiday.&rdquo;</pre>


DFC's slightly less vague set of forecasts, made September 2007; probably just another article based on the same info
DFC's slightly less vague set of forecasts, made September 2007; probably just another article based on the same info