Wii vs. PS3

[Ratherbedead22]

has anybody found stats on how well each of the systems are selling?

[DaveFeelsRight]

Not that i know of. But i'm guessing that both are doing well.

[open mind]

i'd guess that the wii has sold more just because more are available

[jbenj_indrock]

http://nexgenwars.com/

i cant wait til my Wii purchase is added to the total

[Kif]

http://nexgenwars.com/

i cant wait til my Wii purchase is added to the total
I'm still unsure of the source of that website.

[Mitch]

I hope the Wii does well (and I think it will, it got marketed very well imo). Didn't Nintendo say that the success of the Wii will determine their future or something like that?

[Trainsaw]

I'm still unsure of the source of that website.

yeah i question it aswell, and i take it w/ a grain of salt seeing has how in the US they only had 125 - 175k available at launch

[jbenj_indrock]

yeah i question it aswell, and i take it w/ a grain of salt seeing has how in the US they only had 125 - 175k available at launch

I was hearing they had more than that, at least more than Sony, and there were I believe 350,000 PS3s for launch.

[catchmealone]

7.5 mil 360's sold in a year? Insane
and yea, I heard Sony had about 400,000 launch PS3's, but then right before release date I heard the number dropped, but I think it was still above 300,000, probably around 350,000
and Nintendo was expected to be much more available.
At all the Walmart's/Gamestop's in my area, 4 PS3's were available at each store, where most stores had around 15-20 Wii's minimum, and a Best Buy in Bloomington, IN today said they already had another shipment of 6 PS3's and another large shipment of Wii's.

I expect Microsoft to dominate this race for a while since they had a year headstart, and I'm hoping Nintendo gets a large lead over Sony over the next few years. PS3's are going to start selling when better games come out and the price drops.

[Trainsaw]

I was hearing they had more than that, at least more than Sony, and there were I believe 350,000 PS3s for launch.

PlayStation 3 even scarcer than predicted
Sony console may be even harder to find, much to the delight of eBay auctioneers.
Game Over is a regular column by Chris Morris
November 22 2006: 1:38 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gamers knew getting their hands on a PlayStation 3 was going to be hard last weekend, but they probably had no idea it would be this hard.

Sony had said going into the game console's launch it would ship 400,000 units to North America. But retail checks by analysts show the actual number of PS3s on store shelves was less than half of that.

American Technology Research's P.J. McNealy, in a note to investors, said there were just 125,000 to 175,000 PS3s in stores for the system's launch. That's roughly half of his initial expectations. Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets estimated the number at around 150,000.

While Sony (Charts) is airlifting PlayStation 3 video game systems to the U.S. on a weekly basis, analysts remain unsure how many it will be able to get on shelves before the end of the year. Sebastian believes only 750,000 will be sold in the U.S. this year. McNealy, who had previously forecast a worldwide shipment number of 2 million units, wrote in a note to investors he is now reviewing those estimates.

Sony, for its part, said in a statement it was pleased with the launch and was now "focused on getting as many new PS3s to the North American market as possible for the holidays." The company added "a new shipment has already arrived and will be available at retail by Black Friday."

Sony's shipping woes are good news for Nintendo. There were between 425,000 and 475,000 Wiis available at launch, wrote McNealy - and Sebastian believes Nintendo will ship 150,000 to 200,000 Wii units per week to North America between now and the end of the year.

Don't misunderstand, it'll still be hard to find one - but a lot easier than it is to find a PS3.




http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/22/commentary/column_gaming/index.htm