Activision Expects PS3 Growth to Outpace Xbox 360 This Year

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From: http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/ne...360-this-year/

The publisher has provided its latest hardware sales expectations for the North American and European markets combined. by James Brightman on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 While Nintendo continues to lead the pack, if you ask Activision Blizzard Sony's PS3 will see more growth than the Xbox 360 in the Western hemisphere during 2008. In the conference call following the publisher's third-quarter earnings, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith provided the company's expectations for console hardware growth in North America and Europe combined. Griffith said that while the Xbox 360 is expected to grow by an additional six to seven million units for this calendar year, Sony's PS3 should grow by eight million units. Neither the PS3 nor the 360 can stack up against the Wii, however, which continues to sell at a torrid pace. Griffith expects the Wii to grow by another 15 million units this year. He also mentioned that Activision believes handhelds will grow by 24 million units, but he did not break that down into DS vs. PSP sales. The total hardware installed base (current-gen/next-gen, including portables) in North America and Europe stands at 291 million units as of September 30.

Anyone agree with this?