PS3 Sales To Overtake Xbox 360 In 2011?

TVG research has shown that at each console's current rate of growth, sales of PlayStation 3 units will overtake those of the Xbox 360.

[Marie]

Haha who is TVG. Heard this one before.

[mint royale]

I know. Ive heard millions of predictions before and this one is just as useless becuase nobody knows what will happen! Ask someone if back in 2005 what would happen and they would have replaced the ps3 for the wii.

[shocky16]

They say PS3 has sold - 24.6 million

While they say the 360 has sold - 30.2 million

Now looking at this N4G article - http://n4g.com/industrynews...

These are the true LTD sales for each console

# Nintendo Wii - 52.6 million
# Xbox 360 - 31.4 million
# PlayStation 3 - 23.8 million

Which means the gap is at 7.5 million between the two.

[mint royale]

Yep the data is wrong, so called analysists who cannot even present correct data to represent their 'arguments.'

[Gamertags]

You will see that this is highly unlikely. I wish the best to Sony though.

[joydestroy]

lol @ this article.

how many times have we all seen "PS3 to overtake 360 in [insert year here]"???

don't get me wrong, i love my PS3 more than my 360, but i just don't see it happening. and if it did, by the time it did, it wouldn't even matter because this gen would be basically over with.

honestly, i see the gap between them closing, but neither is going to be significantly on top.

[OmarJA]

Not sure about sales but the PS3 has already overtaken the 360 in terms of games & quality.

[StanLatMarveldotCom]

Yeah, I can see the PS3 outselling the XBox 360 by 300K every month for the next 30 months, straight. SMH!

/Sarcasm!

[Natsu X FairyTail]

Bad numbers already shows the article is a Failure.

NEXT.

[gaffyh]

I know it's probably not possible, but what are you guys gonna say if it actually happens?

We don't know what kind of effect a PS3 price cut + Slim announcement will have, which means anythings possible. Also MS cut the price in August last year, they managed to win the year overall, Sony could EASILY do the same, they already are tracking pretty much on par with the 360, at DOUBLE the price point.

A year head start for 6 million units...

[kewlkat007]

but knowing the past Sony fanbase, it's quite possible..

Everyone keeps saying it's the price, well who knows, we will see. I would hope sales get better with a cut.

Sony's biggest blockbuster games will have already been out.(1st-party/3rd-party).

Should be interesting.

[RealityCheck]

Not that console sales matter to real gamers but I don't see it happening. The truth is that the 360 will be relaunching itself with Natal and aiming at the huge casual market that made the Wii number 1 in sales. The market size aimed for combined with Microsoft's advertising power, is sure to give them a boost next year so that even if the PS3 were to have a price cut there is no way they could close the one year headstart. Without Natal it would have a been a slim possibility, with Natal in play, no chance.

[eagle21]

We know multiple consoles is the reason for the "7 million lead" (and 1 year headstart). When even 20% of PS3 owners buy a slim (paired with demand for a $299 PS3), 360 is THIRD!

I'll help! :)

[Thugbot187]

Really not sure how people get to post crap here. There is no basis for this analysis.
Fact:
PS3 will not get a price drop this holiday season.
1. Execs stated it.
2. Current losses in company will not permit them to do so. They need to show a profit and with current economic situations it would be risky to take a loss when numbers aren’t too far away from competition.
So expect sales to stay sales in contrast to the two consoles to stay about the same with 360 taking a slight edge of the PS3 this holiday season.
That brings us to 2010 in which Sony will have to sale 6 million consoles above whatever the 360 sales, to overtake the 360. PS3 will have to get the sales numbers of the Wii and we know both consoles have not been able to do that this generation. Microsoft would have a good chance with the way they are marketing Project Natal. However all that can change if it comes out and is a flap. There really just is no basis for what the loons are predicting.

[killersmoke]

your article fails, your data is way off. you fail, get a real job and stop using flame bait.

[Dandiego]

Next article in 6 months will push it back to 2012... who cares. Every multiplatform game is better on 360 that I DO care. Ghostbusters was the latest and I know alot of people developing games and all these articles about ps3 is equal is politics. if you ask a developer he will tell you xbox 360 does better results and ps3 CAN be equal but require A LOT of work. This is from guys at every major studio. My sister is Ubi, friend is activision (senior programmer) and another EA (senior programmer as well).

[Morgue]

Its the QVC of video games.

[Poopface the 2nd]

but this time they skipped 2010. That will be the 6th year of this gen. and to late.

[Tsar4ever01]

Will somebody please STOP all these FLAME BAITING articles? Cuz that all these articles do. Get fanboys riled up!! and start arguing about this a that!!!

ENOUGH of this already!!!

[ASSASSYN 36o]

07-08-09-10-11? See a pattern here.

[joydestroy]

yup, my point exactly haha

[Dread]

lol

the same old carrot trick.

at least this time the SDF nuts skipped a year.

[sunil]

look at this graph... and compare the when the 360 hit the 23 mil mark to the PS3...

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunc...

[lh_swe]

At first the attach rate was stronger for the PS3, showing stronger sales worldwide, not america and with time the sales have gone down because mostly people are awaiting a price cut and or games like God of War III to hit the market.
So if the PS3's price is eventually dropped we'll see stronger sales.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

maybe. maybe not.

only the future shall tell.

we fight about the past all the time .

I dont think we're willing to fight over things that will occur 2years from now.

right?

[Fishy Fingers]

Armchair analysts [think they] know whats doing to happen well before its actually happened.

[Mr_Bun]

You had it right before you edited "Armchair"

[shocky16]

Maybe in 2012? oh wait! D:

[Natsu X FairyTail]

end of the world in 2012

this mean no PS4 no X720

>:(

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

That's probably what Mayans were talking about. When PS3 will overtake 360, it will be the end of the world.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

I find it funny so many people care what the myans thought. I don't!

[Omega4]

"the PS3 has tallied 24.6 million units
Microsoft has sold 30.2 million"

What an epic fail even before they get to their predictions

[mrv321]

I believe this is the full quote

'Since being launched in November 2006 (March 2007 in Europe), the PS3 has tallied 24.6 million units according to Sony's latest fiscal report, whereas Microsoft has sold 30.2 million Xbox 360s since its launch in November 2005.'

One console realeased first.

Oh and btw

'Sony has been selling PS3s at a faster rate than Microsoft has Xbox 360s.'

The data seems very good, not great but it does seem logical... but I am going to say this now.

I couldn't care less, I my PS3 will not become more fun if it outsells the 360 and nor will my 360 become less fun if it happens. I enjoy my 360, off to play live on the free weekend.

[sunil]

obviously mrv is wrong since hes speaking the truth.
Evidence for his claim (its a graph of sales)

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunc...

[lh_swe]

The 360 has been out for a year more than the PS3 so divide 24 mill by 2.5 and 30 mill by 3.5 and there you go.
But these figures shouldn't matter, you shouldn't base your prejudice upon how well a product does in the market if anything it should be directed towards poor hardware or a poor software selection i.e games or apps, but since both consoles have good hardware (360's RROD's have mostly been ironed out, but technically speaking its not far off the PS3), and both consoles have good games and apps (PS3 has caught up significantly in the games and apps department). But the main issue comes down to money and value for your dollar and since both consoles offer a good bang for your buck. Base your decision on what games appeal to you and what your friends own (and if your up for paying a monthly fee), but if you have the money BUY BOTH!!!

[Sonyslave3]

lol i could the sworn they said 2009.

[Anon1974]

During 2007, Microsoft quit reporting 360 sales numbers on their fiscal updates for two quarters as they were half what they were in 2006. In 2008, for the first six months of the year the 360 was being badly outsold worldwide, but no one predicted that we'd see an economic downturn this bad, or that slower consumers spending would through a wrench into everything.

[Anon1974]

I see many jamming the disagree button. Not sure what you're disagreeing with. Everything I said is true, so is it that you just disagree that someone should dare speak the truth, or am I wrong somehow that I'm not aware of.

No one will ever know unless you speak up and be heard.

[JD_Shadow]

The trolls are out in full force to try to spin this...yet they accuse us "PS3 fanboys" (because, you know, anyone who so much as OWNS a PS3 or doesn't slam it every chance they get is a PS3 fanboy to them) of spinning the BAD Sony news. Pot calling the kettle black.

Apparently the numbers are fake only when THEY say so. Not to mention that their main weapon of attack just got crushed.

That and it's saying the same thing we've been saying on this site for MONTHS now.

[killersmoke]

what your missing is that the last 6 months of 2008 ps3 was outsold badly by 360. so what is your point then that the first 6 months of a year only matter.

it wasn't the economy it was that xbox drop it's price. so what other bull you got to spin.

if sony dropped price it would be most likely in there favor but given they are losing money and xbox 360 is making money, I don't see this happening.

ps3 was hurting really bad in 2006 until they cut price and took out Backwards compatibility.

DARK POWER- your going to love my nuts.

the point is the ps3 will not pass the 360 b/c sony knows as soon as they drop price, xbox is making money and can afford to do so as well.
from launch sony has not caught up or been outsold so this means they are relatively selling at the same pace. sony needs to get there profits some time, so no price cut. it's been back and forth so why don't we agree that they are splitting sales.

That article is a rumor and not comfirmed,
Rumor: PS3's Manufacturing Costs Down 70% From Launch. thats what the artice states from it's origin at vgchartz.

why did sony loss 390 million dollars then.
http://n4g.com/industrynews...

(The Networked Products unit which includes Sony’s PlayStation game machines, Vaio computers and Walkman media players, posted a 39.7 billion yen loss)

[JD_Shadow]

"what your missing is that the last 6 months of 2008 ps3 was outsold badly by 360"

The 360 also had a price cut right when the recession started (that was also when we first heard and Fannie/Freddie Mac), which was the latter part of that year, and many were buying the Arcade version that was priced below the Wii, even (EDIT: This point wasn't there in your post until after I posted this).

Not to mention that you might want to take off half of those 360s sold from those buying two or three of them from the hardware troubles. Somehow, no one seems to really care about THAT point.

Funny that you completely ignore ALL of that.

EDIT: "if sony dropped price it would be most likely in there favor but given they are losing money and xbox 360 is making money, I don't see this happening."

I guess you missed this, then: http://www.n4g.com/News-369...

EDIT2: "the point is the ps3 will not pass the 360 b/c sony knows as soon as they drop price, xbox is making money and can afford to do so as well."

Wait...Microsoft's making money?:
http://www.n4g.com/industry...
http://www.n4g.com/industry...

I think it's MICROSOFT that won't be able to afford a price cut right now. They need to make up for the losses somehow.

"That article is a rumor and not comfirmed,
Rumor: PS3's Manufacturing Costs Down 70% From Launch. thats what the artice states from it's origin at vgchartz."

You're trusting vgchartz, when TVG CONTACTED Sony and got the "roughly 70%" figure out of them? And after all that, you STILL consider it a rumor? A lot of more viable, creditable news sources reported it as fact. Should tell you something.

"why did sony loss 390 million dollars then."

You're equating two completely different things here. It costs them LESS now to make a PS3, but people are not buying because the MSRP is too high (which is where all these calls for a price cut are coming from). Plus, it's not like any other business is doing all that well, either.

But if the cost of MAKING a PS3 went down, then they can sell it for less, gain more marketshare and profit, and get some more money to offset that. See how that works?

EDIT@BELOW: Not by much, though, if any: http://www.n4g.com/industry...

[killersmoke]

xbox 360 is making money, zune and other hardware is where the loses come in. M$ has a lot that they can expend, sony does not.

Believe M$ is about competition, look at the hit they took on the first xbox to discard and a make a new one. any other company would have said game over.

point still being sony is loseing money on every playstation sold.
the rumor you put up is only a rumor and not confirmed. we all know ps3 fans love to spin and make up things to make there system look good, same goes for xbox but I'm not using rumors to state my case.

don't get your hopes high, ps3 will not outsell xbox. It is to late in the console war. on top of that you got the newest and best tech coming to the xbox, which is project natal. ]]

this will make the sales turn in xbox favor when it releases.

Also we should note sony had a way better line up this year that should have made it sell a lot better. This has made a difference but not to outsell 360.

[Sonyslave3]

LOL the numbers are fake damn i guess time to repair the droids.

[OmarJA]

Yeah i mean who need games when you got sales...

Bots sure love to brag about sales like little girls.

[user3915800]

Poor droids have been saying this every year and it start it with MS leading with 4.5 million before the PS3 came out and 3 years after the 360 its leading with 9 Millions. End result the sales of the 360 doubled as of today.

When will the PS3 catch up? Never, but delusional fandroids are everywhere.

Why would anyone want to buy a black garbage truck without wheels its pathetic, but thats how loosers normally take action, by buying garbage and adding more to it. PSP anyone?

@Kill crow 3.5 your numbers are wrong PS3 have 23.4 shipped and half of those are in wal-mart storage, while the 360 has shipped 32.3 Million and Wal-mart and many other retailers are waiting for shipment to come in because they ran out of 360's.

[-MD-]

Little girls brag about sales?

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

LOL Slave the droids are bumping into walls

[NegativeCreep427]

Damn the entire dipsh*t virgin fanboy convoy is here. All in tow ready to defend their honor and their master!!!!!

[blackbeld]

PS3 will overtaken 360 for sure!!!!! It's a matter of time...

But hey in 2010 they will rush out with XBOX720 and then they will say 360 already won this gen... so Pathetic...

PS3 is here to stay for another 8 years so this could be very funny if xbox720 will come out in 2010 xmass... PS3 will outsell the 360 and 720 COMBINED!!!!

[KILL-ALL-CURE]

360 is your average hoe on the street, affordable, gives enough pleasure... also has the chance to give u a disease *COUGH* RROD... The ps3 is the women you meet and instantly fall in love with, great person, great sex, harder to manage at times but its what you really want. and best no disease risk really. I just like making that analogy lol dont hate on me... considering i have both the 360 and the ps3... could care less what u say lmao. also i got the wii... collecting purposes....

[wizzle52]

Ok i didnt exactly buy it but it came with a phone contract Jasper model. Point is i got it, no games yet though :/
Bought a PS3 60GB at launch, when i opened my ps3 there was just a lot of technical hoohaa that i could not be assed to read. Opened the 360 Yesterday and Xbox actually made me feel welcome to their family. Like i belonged. Whilst i have enjoyed my ps3 I actually feel more of an Xbox fan than a Sony fan now that i own it, purely because Microsoft are actually the mainstream family console. Therefore, i really cant see Sony overtaking them, especially in these Tough Times

[Jrome]

"purely because Microsoft are actually the mainstream family console."

1. Microsoft is not a console, Xbox 360 is a console
2. The Nintendo Wii is actually the mainstream family console..which is why it rapes everything in sales.
3. Wtf?
4. Were you serious?

[Morgue]

This has to be the scariest comment I've ever read.

[rockleex]

People are disagreeing with Jrome for stating the truth.

360 is the mainstream family console and not the Wii?!?

Made my day. ^_^

[KingKionic]

It got approved....

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[PS360PCROCKS]

and 2007, and 2008, and 2009 and 2010!!! COME ON GET OVER IT!!! If the PS3 passes the 360, than make a story. You're wasting my web space with your predictions houdini!

[Troll-Killer]

Um...I think you meant Nostradomus. Of course, Houdini COULD apply, if Sony escapes this gen safely, and lives to make another console. :p

[PS360PCROCKS]

Oh ya nostradamus lmao. Oops.

[Dread]

good one troll killer

very clever

lol

[Once Upon a Fable]

ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz

[Natsu X FairyTail]

It's always the same crap being approved on n4g eh?

yall getting lamer and lamer.

they done said that over and over and it hasent arrived yet.

[Tomonobu Itagaki]

Why do you have to waste all your bubbles on flamebaits? Do you want that much to be at 1 bubble?

[Poopface the 2nd]

how is taht flamebait? its the truth. Every year since 2006 has been forshadowed to be "the year of the ps3." In reality, none of those years have been even close to the "year of the PS3."

I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER TAHT i TOLD YOU THIS FIRST.

2012--- YEAR OF THE PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!1

[Spike47]

Remember that before the xbox360's price cut the PS3 was outselling the xbox360. People are going to go for the console they see on Tv and the cheapest one, thats the xbox360.

[Obama]

Yawn who cares? Ps3 has better games especially in 09 so that's enough for me.

[Morgue]

15 disagrees? That must be 15 people that don't own a PS3 and are a little brainwashed into thinking the 360 is a better console or it's 15, 15 year olds. I went through 3 360's and I could care less about what that system has to offer now as far as games or " experience ". Defining games are now being released on the PS3 where as MS's system isn't really doing any thing noteworthy in " my eyes ". But in the end when Madden comes out I'm sure all you 360 clones will say it runs better than the PS3 version.

[paul0388]

Really, what does the Xbox 360 have coming out this year??? Okay, Halo ODST which of course will sell millions, and why? The word HALO in the title, which is one of Microsoft's only trump cards. Does everyone know the premise to the campaign? You're separated from your squad and have to battle back to them alone. I thought it was going to be something different, maybe squad based, kind of like a Call of Duty / Halo hybrid, but unfortunately I'm wrong and it's proving to be more of the same. Hell, the Halo fans are in for an even bigger surprise when they discover that it has the SAME competitive multiplayer as Halo 3 with the exception of a few extra maps. Does that warrant a $60 game? Not in my opinion but I'm sure tons of people will blindly spend their hard earned cash on it. Just look at Halo Wars and it's deceptive marketing campaign, not once during any commercial does it illustrate that it's an RTS. It only shows bad-ass CG animations.

Wait, we can't forget about Microsoft's other exclusive, "Shadow Complex", Epic's HUGE anouncement at E3. Too bad it's only an ARCADE GAME.

What's on Sony's plate for the 2009-2010 fiscal year? Well, MAG for starters. Oh yeah, there's also Heavy Rain, Gran Turismo 5, Uncharted 2, and last but certainly not least, GOD OF WAR 3.

So, let's summarize, what's Microsoft bringing to the table in 2009? A tired rehash of a whored out brand and a glorified arcade game.

What's Sony dishing out? Well, two original IP's; an explosive sequel to one of the best games of last year, Uncharted; the long awaited, meticulously polished Gran Turismo 5; and the game that will be as legendary as it's main character, GOD OF WAR 3.

Disagree? Then reply and tell me why, I'm eager to know.

[darthv72]

did it take the SNES to overtake the Genesis when the Genesis released a year+ earlier?

For PS3 to overtake the 360, the 360 needs to just stop selling. Period!
Maybe by 2011 it will overtake it. Actually by 2011 I am expecting it to overtake the 360 because by then there will probably be a next gen xbox. 5-6 year console generation cycles are ok for the competition but not for Sony.

[Poopface the 2nd]

Dreamcast had the most successful console launch in history, untill the ps2 launch bested it. Ps2 was able to destroy the DC within 1 year.

[Gamer_Z]

did n4g get taken over by a bunch of douchebags that like to see fanboys fight?

[Unicron]

Yup. Hilariously pathetic/stupid, isn't it?

[Kill Crow]

Enter Morgan Fail to let us all know the PS3rd has sold 30 million consoles all of a sudden !!!

[Ninver]

LOL the sheeps are out in full force i see. Anyway on the subject of the ps3 outselling the 360 is not the matter of never, but a matter of when. The 70% reduced production cost only means two things: price cut & ps3 slim.

Also judging by the latest Q1 2009 sales with Sony only trailing 0.1m behind the 360 while still being nearly twice as expensive, i'd say the tables will turn farely quickly soon as that price cut hits.

The momentum is in Sony's favor and they have plenty of cuts to work with. The 360 is out of steam and the only thing keeping it afloat are the people who repurchase arcade units to replace their two defective ones TRUTH!

[OmarJA]

Ditto...

[FlipMode]

I DARE ANY XBOT TO COUNTER THAT!!!!

you cant....

[All Time Greatness]

PS3 will be ahead in no time. :) Keep saying it on N4G and it will come true, that's how things work in reality.

[FlipMode]

look s like some one is a little heated

[Kill Crow]

The article's data is way out of date, and if, as it says in the article, it was based on CURRENT sales trends then there is NO way the result could be PS3 catching the Xbox up because .... wait for it .... you all know it .... it surely can't be denied ......

The 360 has been outselling the PS3 since last year ... There isn't a single month where the ps3 has sold more than the xbox since last year.

You're the same tards who fell for that "PS3 has sold 30 million consoles" bogus article that popped up months ago ... loads of you fell for it .... well it's happening again ..

LMAO - There is NO PS3 momentum .... Wait until Halo ODST comes out and sells more copies than every other PS3 title for 2009 put together ....

still in denial there Flipturd ???

These are the true LTD sales for each console

# Nintendo Wii - 52.6 million
# Xbox 360 - 31.4 million
# PlayStation 3 - 23.8 million

Which means the gap is at 7.5 million between the two.

[FlipMode]

lol you suck at damage control

[Tinted Eyes]

did you read anything that beaver said or will you just bring up lifetime sales?

how about the number of consoles in this quarter

1.1 mil ps3
1.2 mil xbox

seeing as its 200 bucks cheaper and the lowest end ps3 is 400 and it can barely outsell it is saying alot

[OmarJA]

All Time Retardness the biggest accounts whore in this site is feeling insecure & desperate why don't you use your other 1,000,000 accounts to make your self feel better...

Nothing exiting to play on your GarbageBox3FixMe, at least you got some decent games coming:

Alan Wake, Ops it's next year...
Mass Effect 2, Ops it's coming next year...
Splinter Cell Convocation, Ops it's next year...
L4D2, Ops also on PC...
Forza 3, Ummm yeah there you go...

&..... did i said Forza?

[All Time Greatness]

Nasims PS3rd parnoia is at a all time high now. He's so used to living through multiple personality's on N4G that he believes every one is also. lol

PS3 lost. You'll get over it. And guess what? If you don't.... PS3 still lost and there's nothing you can do about it. :)

Boo hoo.

[OmarJA]

Seeing you got so many agrees prove my point retard...

All time dumbness the most famous coock sucker of all times it's not my fault that your mother dropped you on your head because she got a huge stinking vagina...

Again you got no worthy games to play this year bo ho ho.

[All Time Greatness]

Everyone has agrees moron. I dish out a lot of pwnage(as do many other 360 fans)...I'm constantly making you Droids look like the idiots you are, its my job. Cry about it.

Your last place message: "But we have games" and you finally just got your first AAA shooter haha and like 2 other AAA games after having nothing for 2 years straight. We have 300 more games, the best version of every game, better online, more popular games.

PS3 sucks, always loses and will continue to. Keep the fight up Nasim. You won't win. ;)

[JeffGUNZ]

Just curious, what AAA game you get this year? Killzone 2? That's it, it's not even that good of a game to really sit there and brag about. Halo ODST will score higher. Than what are you going to say? Wait till Rachet and clank comes out?! By the way, the list you mentioned before, the only one that has been pushed back is Splinter Cell. Take a look at Sonys line up of games that got pushed back; God of War 3, GT5, etc, etc, etc. Sony is the king of having their games delayed. Also dipsh*t, Alan Wake was revealed at E3 with a Spring 2010 release date, it was never meant to be released till then. Get off this site and start purchasing games so Sony can lose so more money with every purchase.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

1.1 mil ps3
1.2 mil xbox

Those are shipped numbers for the quarter not sold.

[saimcheeda]

sure that all time greatness has a dozen alt accountss...whenever hes arguing with SONY Fans he gets a lot agrees while we get disgrees and hes taken a new damage contro calling every1 nasim...heres my proof that im saim http://www.facebook.com/hom...

now you'll say nasim ur a retard u have accounts everywhere or u'll say man u got owned ur so jobless...whatever u say u cant win becoz u just got OWNED Bot!!!

[Obama]

haha
http://media.photobucket.co...

[OmarJA]

HAHAHAHAHA!

[Ninver]

LMFAO i can just picture the Nintendo screaming yes we can. *Sniff* brings back memories of when my cuz use to bring her Nintendo over. Yes yes Good times with Super Mario i had.

[pure pwnage24]

I have a NES,SNES, a Sega Genesis, a PS2, and a PS3

guess what they all work, but an xbox 360 can't survive for more than 2 months, I doubt in 15 years there will be any working xbox 360s in exsistance

[Shane Kim]

It's amazing actually. My NES,Snes,N64,Gamecube,Genesis, PS1,PS2,PS3 all are fully functioning. Hell even my Atari 2600 works if you just mess around with it for a while. But a 360 with last generation tech can't.

[cherrypie]

Where exactly did they get their data?

We know that Xbox 360 is the only console with a *year over year* increase in 2009.

We know that the PS3 has had a *year over year decrease*.

This data is -- AND CONCLUSIONS -- are totally suspect.

[tha_meat_beater]

dam you M$ and your sh1tty hardware. excellent strategy M$
M$"ghuhh we sure owt sma owt sma owt, ghahh we shure pulles a fast wone owver on sony.

[Unicron]

SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES!!!

WTF happened to gamers? *sigh*

[Admiral_Benson]

+Bubbles to that.

Well said my friend.

[pippoppow]

The main focus is and should be about the games. All the systems are selling well enough to not be worried about any one just dropping support so buy with confidence the one that has the best games for YOU. Everything else is a nice bonus. Sales argument don't make any sense since the Wii wins all arguments in that debate anyways. I wonder if last gen when MS and the 1st Xbox was getting destroyed, if there were so many doom and gloom sales articles against them back then? No matter what any one thinks the PS3 will be at least be close by the end of this gen when comparing equal amount of years out.

[DelbertGrady]

We shall overcome!

[Major_Tom]

Nice.

[Pootangpie]

in 2007 they said the PS3 will outsell the 360 in 2008 didn't happen

in 2008 they said the PS3 will outsell the 360 in 2009 still hasn't happened yet

they say this every year and believe it or not the sales gao between the PS3 and 360 seems to get bigger every year with the 360 selling more then the previous year

of course PS3 is going to survive the same way the xbox and gc survived against the PS2 however sony fanboys have to admit that sony scrwed up this year thinking just because they added bluray and it was a playstation console people would break there backs just to shell out $500-$600 at launch for the successir to PS2

@gaffyh sony has alreay announced another loss I doubt they can afford a price cut and still make a profit considering it's been said the PS3 lost more profit then the orignal Xbox and even if sony does have a price cut on PS3 MS will do the same thing to counter it

[X_GAMER_X]

The one who posted this and the one who Approved and the one who wrote this article should really buy them self some pride first, sec: get a life.

I have been reading the same article since 2006.
The playstation would do that in 06..Check: Wrong
The playstation would do that in 07, 08, 09 ..check,check,Wrong wrong.

You guys should be a shame of ur self.
every year a hear the same shI** and nothing changes.
wasn't 09 and 08 the year of ps3?
Wasn't Killzone gonna blow everything else away?
Aren't you a shame that Call of duty modern warfare sells more then Playstations BIGGEST and the most hype game EVER?Gee, even KUNGFO PANDA SELLS MORE THEN KZ2...shame on ya
And when Modern warfare 2 comes out it WILL sell more then KZ2.

My advice, go and play the console. I have Both of them and I do enjoy both. But saying the same shi''* very year ?? PRIDE, Get some of that.
And By 2011, The xbox will lunch another console a year after that..SO?? whats the positive sign here for Sony?

Enjoy them both like I do and stop being fanboys and arrogants

[SupaPlaya]

the PS3 and Bluray is doomed articles. How many do you need each month/year.

[Rowsdower]

"next year" is always the PS3's year

at this point no one cares except fanboys, everyone else is enjoying their console(s)

also please stop with these horrible titles:

PS3 Sales to Overtake Xbox 360 in 2011 is a statement, does not matter if you put a question mark at the end, posing it as a question is just lazy writing.

Its as if the writer him/herself does not believe in the article, and is unwilling to stake their reputation on it, just so they can deny being wrong in the future.

I'm calling all writers whose titles are statements posed as questions, you are cowards.

wake me up next year when the PS3 actually overtakes the 360, I'll be the first to appluad Sony on their accomplishment.

[Unicron]

What did I tell you about using logic on this site?

[SupaPlaya]

fanboy vitamins.

[Saaking]

I think that with the right moves the PS3 can outsell the 360 worldwide. It is possible; however, I don't think it has much of a chance of outselling the 360 in NA. Doesn't the 360 sell the most here in the US? (like 17 million 360's to 6 million PS3s)

[Saaking]

Sony's just letting MS win for now so they looks foolish when the price cut comes and MS abandons the 360

[JeffGUNZ]

You really don't believe that right? So your saying Sony is purposely losing $390 million dollars this quarter for fun? Moron.

[Saaking]

and yet you replied so who's the moron? :)

[JeffGUNZ]

haha I figured you had to be kidding, just making sure, you know how some people love to fanboy the sh*t out of this site.

[Saaking]

It's alright man, and yea I was just kidding, no one can be that stupid.

[Shane Kim]

*Mart logs into n4g*

Guess someone can.

[The Master Chief]

haha

[Seraphemz]

They'll keep writing as long as they keep getting approved.

This is 'fanboy' food and by the end of the day this will be at the top of the page with 200 plus comments from both sides spewing their BS theories..

[gameraxis]

that the ps3 has 1 more install base than the 360 without another xbox released will be the day that sony won this generation.

the reason i say this is because with a platform as successful as the 360 and a year and a half head start, there should be no way Sony should ever catch up... unless, of course they do lol, and Sony shows all the haters how to be lovers...as they have in the past.

i personally just want both to strive, I'd hate any console to be discontinued... so best of luck to all competitors.

[Rowsdower]

that if the PS3 ever overtakes the 360 in sales that will be the same year that MS releases or at least announces its new console, they will declare this generation over, and that will be that.

Marketing is funny that way.

[Amir51]

Until they are the same price, and then Sony will really start to make up that lead.

If you look at past data, whenever the price was close the sales difference in that period was minimal.

As soon as 360 dropped the price they were r*ping Sony again.

When the ps3 cut comes Sony will initially overtake in sales then roughly even out.

Of course all IMO

[keysy420]

have you not been reading or do you only care about npd numbers. the npd doesnt show anything just what hapened in america.
This was sony's worst quarter in terms of sales and they were only less that 100000 systems away from what a competitor is selling at half the price. as much as people want to believe in a over charged chat box the ps fan base is just too big. your trying to fight for 360 like they giving you money ( instead their taking it). when if you look at 360 sales this year they haven't really been gaining support. the days of them selling like crazy is over. sony is going to sell like crazy still for their games and a price drop.

oh and lets talk about halo odst the over charged expansion. Even more than 360 bots, their are halo driods running around who believe halo is the best fps ever. but to be honest halo odst wont even scratch the surface of what halo 3 did.Tell you why im not buying neither are any of my friends and i know others are on the same page. halo is done for us games are just bigger and better than that game. their isn't anything new done to the game graphics are the same etc. if anything this game should be the price of a book. because that is what you are paying for extra story. another reason why this game isn't going to be bought like crazy. modern warfare wants 70 bucks a copy. People are going to make a choice and unfortunately for halo bots people are gonna choose call of duty.

now why the ps3 will soon be destroying to competition. Natal is a flop and even if it doesnt it isnt going to drive in massive sales.
if their is a ps3 price drop look for 1 mil to sell right way. know how you can prove it ( ill sell you one of my ps3 right now for 250 ) if you dont have one would you not buy that. excatly, then you have to take in account of all the gears fans out their who is seeing their game be outdone by the ps3 counter part(U2). so what are they going to do buy a ps3 look for possibly another 1 mill sold( big games drive in sells, fact! next you have GT people can say what they want about forza. but when this game drops look for another 1 mill systems to fly off the selves especially if its bundled. Then if you want to throw the release of god of war. the ps3 could close this gap to 2 million before 2011 even hits.

i have a ps3 a 360 and a wii, i have conduit for the wii, tiger , ea active. etc for the ms i have mass effect (boring ) fable 2 gears etc and i have such a long list of ps3 games im not gonna mention. but my point is that i play all my systems. But the 360 hasn't had any good games for awhile and it doesnt look to be changing. you can argue that they have a few titles ( which i agree) but in this troubled economy most of their games have something bigger and better coming on ps3. every game on 360 has something better on ps3 adn that is starting to suck because now im contemplating selling my 360.
look at 360 list of games

shadow complex < fat princess
forza 3< gt +(gt psp) these games enterconnect
gears dlc < uncharted 2
halo odst < modernwarfare( this is on 360 too butin showing why not to buy the game)
splinter cell < mgs4
the list goes on and on and then their are games that are just coming to come
demon souls
white knoght chronicle.
i for got left 4 dead that games fun but i can play zombie mode on call of duty

all im saying is sony is makinig it real had to be a 360 fan boy as of late

their still alot more games coming
quantum

[PStu'rd]

''Year of the ps3:

2007 Delayed
2008 Delayed
2009 Delayed
2010 Delay already projected
2011 Delay not yet projected, year of the ps3 POSSIBL....!!!!! ERROR, ERROR, YEAR OF THE SONY CORPORATION BANKRUPTCY PROJECTED, PLAYSTATION BRAND NOT FOUND''

- Projected by NASDAQ computers

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Bubbles that was funny as hell

[Mo0eY]

Year of the Xbox 360:

2006: RRoD & scratched discs (no warranty)
2007: RRoD & scratched discs (with warranty sometimes)
2008: E-74 and Glitches of Snore 2
2009: What games?
2010: God of War 3 and Heavy Rain wow so many developers, Xbox loses support
2011: PS3 owns Xbox 360 once and for all
2012: World ends - everyone laughs at bots because they paid $50 a year for 5 years plus accessories that should be apart of the console and still lost. In Heaven: Jesus playing PS3
In Hell: The Devil stuck with all the pre-teenies that cursed those past five years - his punishment for them? RRoDed Xbox 360s.

Step up, bots. I'm ready to play.

[PStu'rd]

Considering how badly 360 owners owned your ass in BF 1943, there aint enough steps in a 1000 page gaming guide to teach you dumb noobs how to play

[saimcheeda]

xfag talking!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

The people in Never Never Land have dreams to. I remember seeing these predictions for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and now 2011.

[DelbertGrady]

And it has been true every year fukbot!

Quality > quantity

Have you seen the latest screenshot fron Unsharted 2 where Drake is bathing in the ocean, and the advanced cloth physics makes his shirt stick real tight to his skin?

That screenshot is better than all 360 games combined!

This holiday I will be bathing with Drake on my PS3 when you will be dressing up your g@y avatars!!

PLAY B3YOND!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

First it was 2007, then 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. What happens when we get to 2011 and the PS3 is still last, will it say "PS3 Sales To Overtake Xbox 360 in 2015" when all the new consoles are out?

[emk2004]

of course this is a guess so it theoretical.

[misterssippi]

This article is an EPIC FAIL

[IcyJoker187]

but they come in at the same time.............

[Fleet Fox]

I notice your awful worried about 360 fans Nasim. Wonder why? Feeling outnumbered by yourself?

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

LOL owned

[saimcheeda]

the bots just proved his point!!alt f@gs!

[shikwan]

2004: Xbox will never beat playstation.

2005: PS3 will beat 360 when it comes out.

2006-2008: Wait until <add excuse here>

2009: PS3 will beat 360 this year...360 will loose in 2010.

Now this for 2011...??? SHADDUP Already! Dam.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

You mean the fact that the 360 outsold the PS3 by 100,000 worldwide in Q1? That "current rate of growth"? Because that will be quite the trick...over take your competitor in sales based on declining sales compared to your competitor.

You gotta love N4G.

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

The PS3 is selling at a faster rate than the 360. Obviously, the PS3 will overtake the 360 sometime soon in the future. That one year gap is closing in very fast.

[Shnazzyone]

The funniest part is that by 2011 it is not to far of a stretch to think that both nintendo and microsoft will have new consoles to sell. So i guess all Sony kids have to look forward to is beating a last gen console in 2011.

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

So, in other word, the PS3 will be beating the 360 in 2011. And along with that, the PS4 will also be beating the 720 in 2011. Awesomeness!

[Shnazzyone]

Remember... it was sony who said it's system had a 10 year life cycle and their the only ones who have said that about their systems. So I guess their logic all along was that they wanted to win this generation 5 years too late. That is as long as they don't continue their trend of losing over 300 million bucks a year.

I think sony's best tactic is to remove their fingers from a few pots. Maybe just give up on PSP already. Since that has been a failure for 6 years now. My favorite part is the digital distribution psp where sony is so grimey they need to milk SONY kids for all the games they already bought once.

[saimcheeda]

xbox fangirls here giving every1 disagrees...btw go to the open zone its hilarious with all time greatness getting owned with his alt accounts :P

[mixticius]

NO in 2011, but YES in 2010 !

[Ninjamonkey82]

I think if Sony goes ahead with a price drop they will see a mass of people picking up the system. Anyone i have ever talked to that owns an xbox has always came back and said I'm not paying that when i can have this. But what happens when that excuse no longer exists. Exclusives a plenty Internet free and a bluray player come on. Doesn'T take much thinking to know Sony will win out in the end.

[IntelligentAj]

A one year lead is quite a large gap to overcome. How is that going to happen? I could care less who comes in first, as long as the games keep coming

[dark_101]

The main reason i bout the 360 :
1. XBOX LIVE - moves - tv shows - music and some old school games
what say cool
2. car games like forza 2-3
so Enjoy your life is better than
Sit lonely and play games

[clintos59]

My FACTS come from the playstation 10 year life cycle history of the ps1, & ps2. If sony has a history of things u can count on then 10 years of SUPPORT & THE BEST EXCLUSIVES is what GAMERS can EXPECT from SONY, which is ALL TRUE FACTS.

[Xtremist]

Right now the difference between 360 and ps3 is about 8.4 million consoles and ps3 is selling in a lower rate than the original Xbox.
By the end of this year the gap will be bigger than 9 million consoles.
If Ms managed to outsell Sony's platform in the first half of the year (which is traditionally their most poor period in terms of sales), you can't even imagine what they will do to them during the holiday season--->(Rated M for Mature,Violent content)...

[Yomiro]

If the ps3 overtake the 360 it will be a humiliation considering the fact that the x360 had a year head start.

[Stevie Ray Vaughan]

haha so owned. Nasim am outnumbered so Nasim am cry.

[VforVideogames]

i just got a 360 and its next to my ps3 but now i know what xbox's live fuzz its all about, its freakin amazing!!!!! worth every penny. psn its way behind when it comes to feutures, but as long its free then its welcome.

[Quikchicken_Fly]

I don't think PS3 will outsell the 360 because the PS3 outsells the 360 by quality and exclusive games and the 360 outsells the PS3 because they.I dont know why they want to pay xbox live and play just for fun since gaming has no limit.

[Darkspade]

All This Means is that Everyone owns a Xbox 360 so now they need a PS3, the Same Reason Xbox 360 is out selling the Wii, Everyone owns a Wii now

[bankai]

well it seems fanboys all around are in an uproar.
it also seems that alot of people dont read sh*t and want to post what they believe to be true as factual information. BELIEF DOES NOT EQUAL FACT, however what that logic does equal is bullshit.

what the people who wrote this have done is take EMPIRICAL DATA (in relation to discussion, means things such as factual sales numbers which can be clearly observed) of console sales since launch.

"Since being launched in November 2006 (March 2007 in Europe), the PS3 has tallied 24.6 million units according to Sony's latest fiscal report, whereas Microsoft has sold 30.2 million Xbox 360s since its launch in November 2005."

this factual data shows that the PS3 is selling at a faster rate than the 360. they then made a prediction based on those findings. THEY NEVER TRIED TO CLAIM THIS PREDICTION AS FACT

INFACT THEY EVEN STATED THIS:
"While this is merely an estimation of future sales according to current sales trends, it does nonetheless reveal that Sony has been selling PS3s at a faster rate than Microsoft has Xbox 360s."

i just dont understand why so many people have their panties in a knot over this. but if your going to post on an issue, atleast know what your talking about.

[air1]

oh look at that, they did something new the skipped a year..