Analyst 84 wags finger at analyst 83, says PS3 will win

by Blake Snow on Jul 27th 2006 4:30PM

In the on again, off again Wii vs. PS3 analyst battle, some new no-name makes his prediction claiming that Sony will have sold 70 million PS3's while Nintendo will only sell 40 million Wii's by 2011. Said he: "Hardcore gamers will probably prefer the raw power of PS3. And for all the positive vibes right now, the Wii isn't expected to outsell the PS3." Who knew?

In response, in-house Joystiq analyst Chris Grant said if Wii doesn't outsell the PS3, blogger James Ransom-Wiley will punch him in the stomach exposing our inability to act while throwing fake punches in a lame effort to drum up publicity.

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Reader Comments (52)

The DS isn't exactly sporting the greatest graphics known to man either, but it's games, both traditional and non-traditional, have ended being able to more than compete against the PSP and even current gen systems.

The Wii probably isn't going to have the lifespan of a PS3 or a 360. Four years, maybe five years? It probably will depend on the advancement in technology by that time, the cost to be able to produce upper echelon graphics, the proliferation of HDTVs and HD-DVD/BluRay formats, and the success of the system itself and its games.

What's clear is that it seems that consumers are tired of the current generation of games. PS2 games are still the most popular on a per monthly basis, and Microsoft hasn't been able to really release any real reason to go out and purchase a $400 system. I don't really suspect that Sony's going to be able to break this mentality either, and it might even be tougher for them to have the large library of games that they normally had with the PS2.

That's why the Wii might actually succeed. The graphical enhancement you see in the 360's games aren't so much better that people are jumping at the chance to get the system, especially for the price. With the Wii, you definitely get a new product, one unlike any other before it and without so much the sacrifice of graphical output to the eyes of the masses.

By 2011 Nintendo will have made a brand new consol after the Wii or relaese a new updated version, which may offer even more innovative things to sway peolple away from the PS3!! Microsoft may come out with a brandnew consol better tha the PS3 by then!! i think Sony has put to much into the PS3 too early!!!

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