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Some thoughts on the result of a $400 PS3 | |||
[http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=7486&Itemid;=2] | |||
<pre>“We should expect sustainable sales of 225,000 units [for non-holiday months],” Pachter says. “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.” | |||
Billy Pidgeon with IDC isn’t as confident in PS3 sales. “I don't expect major uptake on PS3 this holiday,” he says. “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.” | |||
Lazard Capital Markets’ Colin Sebastian believes that there will be a “meaningful up-tick” in sales once a cheaper 40GB model is introduced, but a less-expensive console from Sony will have to be backed by a stronger third-party developer strategy. | |||
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Janco Partners’ Mike Hickey says Sony can only do what it can with what it’s got this holiday. “We don’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,” he says rather bleakly. “[From a software standpoint,] consumers seem to be struggling with the ‘why pay considerably more for considerably less?’ purchasing dilemma. We are increasingly less confident Sony will show anything remotely remarkable on the PS3 for this holiday.”</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 | ||