PS3 expects momentum this holiday season, Wii think differently

[Momma Bear]

Sony is confident things will start picking for the PS3 this holiday, though one analyst begs to differ saying it will be yet another Wii Christmas.




"The PlayStation 3 sold 121K units at retail for the month of October," Sony said in a statement immediately following [Only registered users can see links. ] of October sales data, which showed PS3 trailing Wii and 360 by a wide margin.


"Sony expects a great deal of momentum moving forward this holiday and beyond with the availability of new PS3 hardware and pricing. Based on [Only registered users can see links. ], the company is already seeing a great spike in sales with a 192% lift for the PS3 over the past two weeks."


Analyst Jesse Divnich, however, believes Wii will continue to dominate by a wide margin this holiday despite the recent [Only registered users can see links. ].


"Although the grass may look greener on the other side, the market still questions Sony's ability to generate strong first-party sales -- a key factor to any console's success," he said.

I have to say 40 gig priced dropped PS3....hard to find Wii. I think PS3 will do very well.

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[QueenB]

Yeh I think the Ps3 will do ok if only because of the Wii shortages (thats quite sad lol).