Analyst: Sony, PS3 To Edge Out Competition In Next-Gen

Iria · Aug 16, 2006, 08:14 PM

Source: GamaSutra
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According to new predictions published by analysts the Yankee Group, the worldwide console hardware market will be narrowly won by Sony and its PlayStation 3 platform in the years ahead, though it admits that its predicted lead will be marginal.

Though the report, titled 'Can Sony Hold Off Microsoft as Video Game Consoles Emerge as a Platform for Digital Distribution?', concedes Microsoft's early jump on the competition with its Xbox 360, it predicts that by 2011, the console will be overtaken by the PlayStation 3 in the market. The firm predicts that, by this time, the PlayStation 3 will own 44 percent of console sales in North America, having sold approximately 30 million units, and narrowly beating Microsoft's 40 percent and 27 million units sold.

Aug 16, 2006, 08:14 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Analyst: Sony, PS3 To Edge Out Competition In Next-Gen Source: GamaSutra _________ According to new predictions published by analysts the Yankee Group, the worldwide console hardware market will be narrowly won by Sony and its PlayStation 3 platform in the years ahead, though it admits that its predicted lead will be marginal. Though the report, titled 'Can Sony Hold Off Microsoft as Video Game Consoles Emerge as a Platform for Digital Distribution?', concedes Microsoft's early jump on the competition with its Xbox 360, it predicts that by 2011, the console will be overtaken by the PlayStation 3 in the market. The firm predicts that, by this time, the PlayStation 3 will own 44 percent of console sales in North America, having sold approximately 30 million units, and narrowly beating Microsoft's 40 percent and 27 million units sold.