Analyst: PS3 Will Start Gaining Market Share In Mid 2008
While the PS3 is slowly "closing the gap" with Xbox 360 in monthly sales, it’s not expected to pick up significant market share until later in 2008, according to simExchange analyst Jesse Divnich.
Divnich notes that this "will be the highest ever seen in the month of November and the first time November sales will break $1 billion."
In terms of hardware, the Wii is expected to top consoles with 1,060,000 units sold. The DS is expected to fare even better with 1.3 million units sold, compared to 468K for Sony’s PSP. The Xbox 360 is predicted to sell 728K compared to 410K for the PS3.
"Consistently a distant third, the PS3 is beginning to close the gap with its closest rival, as the Xbox 360 is only expected to out sell the PS3 1.8-to-1 in November compared to 3-to-1 in October. The prediction market upgraded the PS3 forecast after the initial reception of the new 40GB PS3 model and recent press releases indicating a strong Thanksgiving weekend," Divnich explained.
