I've heard $300 HD DVD players by year's end, but not Blu-Ray. Then again, I don't follow it that closely.

That's not a stretch, BB has advertised a $400 machine recently that comes with a choice of 4-5 free HD movies.

yep standard practice... you'll never see an official announcement of any price drop before it actually happens. It would kill sales in the short term.

March NPD (5 week month)

Nintendo DS 508K
PlayStation 2 280K
Wii 259K
Xbox 360 199K
PlayStation Portable 180K
Game Boy Advance 148K
PlayStation 3 130K
GameCube 22K

wow. The GBA outsold the PS3.

wow. The PS2 outsold the Wii and the 360.

Seriously, is this necessary? I own all 3, and find something to like with all. No need to demeanor yourself.

That word doesn't mean what you think it means.

Who is buying 22K of GC?

180k of psp, that's not bad at all.

I think the PSP problems are more with poor software sales. Many just buy it as a multimedia device and buy few games.
500k DS units? Holy crap.

I cannot believe how much the DS is killing. It's insane. I think now the popularity is one of it's selling points. I bought one because I know others who have one.

Difference being that there are solid games still being released for the PS2 to justify the sales, not the same with the GBA.

The only thing that surprises me about the PS2 sales is I thought everyone already had one. Maybe people are replacing broken ones.

Most of those GBAs are being bought for very young children. They are cheap enough so you don't worry too much about the cost and there are still tons of games on shelves for little kids.

I think you just demeanored yourself

My roommate bought a new PS2 last month to replace one that he never ever uses. For some reason he had a hard on for MLB The Show 07, and after he bought it found out his PS2 wouldn't play it. So he bought a new PS2 and has played one time since.

260k in sales seems like a big drop for the Wii, and also those kinds of sales should end the shortage hopefully.

I think it's just they dont have any to ship. I still havent seen one on the store shelves.

February to March sales comparisions

Wii: 335k --> 259k
Xbox360: 228k--> 199k
PS3: 127k --> 130k

People still buy the gamecube?

yep. I have a coworker that hasn't upgraded from the N64 yet and asked me yesterday how much Gamecubes are. He wants to play Twilight Princess but doesn't feel like tracking down a Wii so he figures a gamecube will be fine. He still plays Ocarina frequently.

Well, that shows that the PS3's are finally becoming available for everyone to buy in North America!



Chris

Is there any chance of a 360 price drop? I'd like to get one mostly for the new Katamari game and Viva Pinata, but I don't really want to pay more than $300. And I know I could just get a core system, but... no.

I figure the 360 won't drop until the PS3 does. As long as they are $200 cheaper than the PS3 and outselling it they have no incentive to drop.

Yeah, that's what I figured. Oh well, I can wait a year or two. I didn't get a PS2 until the end of 2005, so

Yeah.. I got my PS2 when it was $180 (though I paid $150 for a used one). I'll probably buy a 360 when there is a price drop...