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WMS has published a report on hardware sales in the U.S. and Europe, including current generation and next generation predictions. The analyst has also gauged the effect of PS2's likely price cut. Not to be missed.
The U.S. and European installed base for current generation systems shows PS2 at 51 million units, followed by Xbox at 18 million and GameCube at 13.2 million.
According to the new report from WMS. Sony will "likely" cut the price of PS2 from $149 to $99 at or around the same time as the introduction of Xbox 360 in late November. It's thought unlikely that Microsoft will follow suit. Talk of the company's "support" for current generation systems won't stretch to it taking yet more losses on its expensive-to-produce debut machine. Sony has been far more efficient in its manufacturing costs.
WMS forecast for (European and U.S combined) hardware sell-through is 12.2 million for PS2, 5.1 million for Xbox and 2.7 million for GameCube. It says Xbox 360 will sell 2.5 million.
The company says total hardware sales for this year will hit 40 million up from 35 million last year.
Xbox 360 Predictions
It's also predicting an Xbox 360 tie-ratio of 2 games at purchase followed by three games after two months, and beyond. The same ratio is predicted for Revolution and PlayStation 3's launch.
WMS's report appears to be confident that Xbox 360 will manage 1.5 million units in the U.S. and 1 million units in Europe this year. The forecast presumes that the company began manufacturing the Xbox 360 in mid-August, and that initial production was 100,000 units per week, ramping to 150,000 or more by year-end. WMS says the company will manufacture an average of 125,000 135,000 over the 20-week period following the start-up. Xbox software sales will contribute $380 million in 2005.
WMS has published a report on hardware sales in the U.S. and Europe, including current generation and next generation predictions. The analyst has also gauged the effect of PS2's likely price cut. Not to be missed.
The U.S. and European installed base for current generation systems shows PS2 at 51 million units, followed by Xbox at 18 million and GameCube at 13.2 million.
According to the new report from WMS. Sony will "likely" cut the price of PS2 from $149 to $99 at or around the same time as the introduction of Xbox 360 in late November. It's thought unlikely that Microsoft will follow suit. Talk of the company's "support" for current generation systems won't stretch to it taking yet more losses on its expensive-to-produce debut machine. Sony has been far more efficient in its manufacturing costs.
WMS forecast for (European and U.S combined) hardware sell-through is 12.2 million for PS2, 5.1 million for Xbox and 2.7 million for GameCube. It says Xbox 360 will sell 2.5 million.
The company says total hardware sales for this year will hit 40 million up from 35 million last year.
Xbox 360 Predictions
It's also predicting an Xbox 360 tie-ratio of 2 games at purchase followed by three games after two months, and beyond. The same ratio is predicted for Revolution and PlayStation 3's launch.
WMS's report appears to be confident that Xbox 360 will manage 1.5 million units in the U.S. and 1 million units in Europe this year. The forecast presumes that the company began manufacturing the Xbox 360 in mid-August, and that initial production was 100,000 units per week, ramping to 150,000 or more by year-end. WMS says the company will manufacture an average of 125,000 135,000 over the 20-week period following the start-up. Xbox software sales will contribute $380 million in 2005.
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