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Sony PlayStation 3 to Win the New-Gen Console Battle in Nine Months
Fonte: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20070717143041.html
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The head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said in an interview that in nine months time Sony PlayStation 3 game console will win the battle against both Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. David Reeves did not explain the reasons why Sony PlayStation 3 will transform to the winner from the outsider of the new-generation console battle, but compared the popularity of the PS3 with tsunami, which makes one massive hit.
Sony PlayStation 3 "Winner" by March 2008
“PlayStation 3, you will see, will be far and away the winner when you look at it by March 2008. They really, really will. It’s something that is going to be a slow burner, and suddenly it's like a tsunami; it will just overtake you,” said Mr. Reeves in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz web-site.
Currently Sony PlayStation 3 game console is outsold by six to one by Nintendo Wii in Japan (data by Media Create), by four to one by Nintendo Wii in the U.S. (data by NPD Group) and by nearly two to one by Microsoft Xbox 360 in the USA. Even though Sony also manages to outsell Microsoft Corp.’s latest offering by about five to one in Japan, the company is still in such a difficult situation that departing Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the interactive entertainment business in the entertainment and devices division of Microsoft Corp., even called Sony’s business model “crumbling” in a recent interview.
“[…] Sony is getting outsold by what, 6-to-1 [in Japan]? You can bet that Sony built a long-term business plan about being successful in Japan and that business plan is crumbling,” Mr. Moore said in an interview with GameDaily Biz web-site.
No Holiday Season Win for Microsoft, Says Sony
But while Mr. Moore is confident about winning the holiday season in the USA with Xbox 360, Sony claims that Xbox 360, which outsold both PS3 and Wii combined in the U.S. in December, did not win the season (probably as it was outsold by PlayStation 2 by 23%, according to NPD) and will not win it this year. However, the European executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. does not declare whether the Xbox 360 will be outsold by PS3 or Wii.
“I know it's nice to focus on one year, but he said the same last year – ‘We’re going to win the holiday season’. But they didn’t, they missed that opportunity,” Mr. Reeves is reported to have said.
Mr. Reeves hopes that games released for the Sony PlayStation 3 game machine till March 2008 will actually help the platform, which is currently behind its two rivals both in terms of monthly sales as well as life to date sales.
“You can’t take a scattergun approach of putting all the games out. The Metal Gear Solids and the Gran Turismo franchises - you don’t have to put them out in November and December. You can put them out in January, March, April, whenever you like. A big game will move the platform,” he said.
Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 are battling against each other to become the most successful new-generation game console. While PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 can boast with advanced technology inside, they cost from $499 - $599 and $299 - $479, respectively, whereas Nintendo Wii, which cannot be called the most technologically advanced game console to date, retails for $249 in the USA and also offers unique motion-sensitive controller.
Fonte: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20070717143041.html
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