Report: Xbox 360 to finish third in console war
- September 19, 2007 00:00 AM PST
A new report by DFC Intelligence forecasts that the Xbox 360 will likely finish a "distant third" in the console race behind Wii and PS3.
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"The Xbox 360 will need to build a strong base outside North America to avoid being in a fairly distant third," said DFC analyst David Cole.
According to the report, Wii will continue to outsell the competition through 2008, but the PS3 will start gaining ground in 2009, presumably given PlayStation's historically strong brand name and larger Japanese presence when compared to Xbox 360.
"We could have a situation where the Wii sells more hardware units, but by 2012 the PlayStation 3 is generating more software revenue," Cole remarked.
Additionally, the report claims the DS could eventually become the best selling game system off all time in five years. Currently the PS2 holds the record with 115 million systems sold globally.
If you had to put money on it (today), how will things pan out this generation when it's all said and done? And will the landscape change in a post Halo 3 world? If DFC can forecast, so can GameProers by golly!
