Firm: PS3 to Outsell Wii, Xbox 360 by 2011

"PS3 to outsell Wii, Xbox 360 once Nintendo, Microsoft stop making them"

I swear, if Sony wins this round again I'm going to quit the industry.

If I have to live through another generation of terrible and/or non-existent development software and crazy-ass hardware that no-one understands I'd rather just not have anything to do with games at all.

Can we get ride of crappy articles like this on the Shack ?

Nobody cares what analysts and research firms think...

PS1 was outselling the PS2 back in 2001, hmmm

PS2 and games are STILL whopping ass worldwide on the competition....so that's a good 8 year life span

PS3 came out in late '06 - plus 8 years is 2014

The article has merit and I do believe

the others can come out with their next gen system and PS3 will be raking in dough while the others TRY to stay competitive.

It WAS a good year for nintendo and xbox (halo 3) - we'll see what happens in the next 3 years

I don't know... I'm kind of wondering if the PS3 missed the curve on this one. When the system came out it was maybe a bit ahead of it's time (with Blu-ray drive and packed with technology) but it was also WAY too expensive. They obviously built the system for the long run (probably based on how well the PS2 is still doing). But 360 got a head-start... and built a good user-base (and has had amazing games and online services)... by the time the 360 is starting to look a bit old and dated... MS can release a new system... then the PS3 will be outdated. It's almost like they go from ahead of the times... to behind the times... without a very long time frame in the middle. Building a system to span 2 generations was a good idea in some aspects... but the 360 was(is) a great system for RIGHT NOW and for a decent price. MS didn't try to over-shoot... and that might work out for them very well. I think Sony's big mistake was they built the PS3 assuming they were the only kids on the block. They really assumed the competition wasn't even close. (And based on the success of the PS1 and PS2... you almost can't blame them). They will definitely have a great 2008... but it might be too late... and it might be short-lived. I really doubt the PS3 will have the same long happy life as the PS2... but I guess we will have to wait and see.

Seriously, is the PS3 even worth buying given the alternatives? How many good games exist for the system? Seems like a steamer of a system to me.

Isn't the next version of the xbox supposed to come out before 2011. So outselling at that point would be kinda unimportant.

i'm getting tired of these fucking "analyst" news articles. why are these even posted? they're just fucking guessing really. how the fuck do they know what is going to happen?

Well DUH. By 2011, Microsoft and Nintendo will have already moved on to their next console. What does that prove?

Combined with that other "analysis" that the Next Gen starts in 2010, it makes perfect sense!

LOL. All this is, is a way to get people to invest in the PS3, nice try though. It's a 400 dollar blue ray player and is what most buy it for, cirtainly not for the vast selection of games. You don't have a high end PC and consider your self a 'hard core gamer' then one gets a 360, plain and simple. Your a casual gamer or enjoy the new novelty of 'moving' with your games, get a Wii. Want a blue ray player for 399.00 and play a few games on the side, get a PS3.

I just don't like the PS3... personally, I like the 360 because of the dashboard layout and the wii for when friends come over. I don't like to play the wii by myself. The only thing that makes me consider getting a PS3 is the blu-ray... which isn't enough.

It will only take three years?! Whew!

The really funny thing is that if the PS3 somehow ends up outselling the Wii Nintendo won't give a shit and laugh all the way to the bank because they will have sold so many Wiis before that....

If I make up some bullshit will you write an article about it

SPORE 2 WILL FEATURE BOOB PHYSICS IN 2013

I love articles like this one. Can they really be so dumb to think that the ps3 will be around in 2011? I own all three main systems but now they have been out for some time. I think there will be something different by 2011. Come on whoever did the research.

"iSuppli's estimate of the Wii's total market share in 2011 was not provided, but the firm's projection that the PS3 will lead at 38.4 million units by 2011 seems to indicate that it believes the Wii will sell less than 8.2 million units over three years."

That seems way off base to me. Do they think suddenly people are going to stop buying the Wii? Imagine a Wii that is $100-$149 and comes with a game, tons of people are going to buy those for the next few years.

Or maybe I'm an idiot.

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.... and by then, it will be too late for Sony to break even .

Seriously, how can a research firm make such a prediction ? The success of any game console has a lot to do with what games come out for it. Right now, the Wii and 360 are in the lead because they have a lot of "killer apps" that people actually want to play. The PS3 is a nice system, but really lacks any MUST HAVE games that areant already made for the other consoles.

Hahaha

set sails for profit!

haha well that's useless

Now it would make sense for Xbox360 to include a blue-ray drive :D