Mike
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Bloomberg.com disse:May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video-game console may surpass sales of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 outside of Japan, Goldman, Sachs & Co. analyst Rick Sherlund said.
The sales may help Microsoft's Xbox unit turn a profit by March 2007, Sherlund, the top-ranked software analyst by Institutional Investor, said today in a research note. He assumes Microsoft, the No. 2 video-game console maker, will cut prices on the Xbox in a year's time.
The Xbox may outsell the PlayStation 3 because Microsoft's device is cheaper and the games are as good as those on Sony's console, Sherlund said. Losses on the Xbox will also decline as its components become cheaper to produce. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates last week said he expects the Xbox to have a 10 million unit head start by the time the PlayStation 3 debuts in November.
Shares of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft fell 2 cents to $23.15 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading. They have fallen 11 percent this year.
American depositary receipts of Sony, the world's largest maker of video-game players, fell 13 cents to $47.37 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading and have risen 16 percent this year.
Tokyo-based Sony last week said the cheapest PlayStation 3 will cost $499. The most expensive Xbox costs $399 and Sherlund expects that to fall to $299 in a year's time.
Sony, the second-largest maker of consumer electronics, had 64 percent of the market for the previous generation of consoles, Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Kash Rangan said in a May 2 note. Microsoft garnered 16 percent and Nintendo Co. had 13 percent.
Ah pois... quero vêr que vendas é que a PS3 vai ter principalmente na europa com o preço exurbitante que têm.