Activision has said it expects the PS3 to outsell the Xbox 360 in 2010, a sharp turnabout from its previous threats to dump Sony.
The estimates come from internal Activision console sales estimates, with Activision thinking the PS3 will enjoy a 9 million unit increase in install base in 2010, versus 8 million for the Xbox 360.
Leaving aside the issue of two loser companies fighting over a distant second place to Nintendo, Sony still has some way to go before catching up to Microsoft – total global sales stand at approximately 40 million Xboxes vs 35 million PS3s.
This may not however take into account the actual install bases, as there is some suspicion the Xbox’s high failure rate and large number of blocked consoles inflate Xbox hardware sales somewhat – Activision’s sources seems not to think so, however.
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well if this would offer some brief lapses of hope. Wii’s games are just as easily sold via piration as much as xbox 360 games are. Microsoft’s doing something to stop this however and well nintendo’s way of doing this is too much of a fail to even remember. Ps3 still gets $$$ via it’s games though. Too bad it took a long time for them to actually be sold as a buy-able product on the gaming market.
They’re probably outselling the xbox because most people already own an xbox.
I wouldn’t believe _ANY_ sales numbers I saw, because the corporatations see them as “marketing” and “positioning” “tools”.
One Natale releases and we see Sony’s “3d controller” go head to head with 360’s Natale, Activision won’t be saying that for long.I guarantee it!