{"id":1608,"date":"2006-08-18T03:58:54","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T10:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/18\/future-predictions\/"},"modified":"2006-08-18T03:58:54","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T10:58:54","slug":"future-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/18\/future-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"future predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankeegroup.com\/public\/news_releases\/news_release_detail.jsp?ID=PressReleases\/news_Videogameconsoles_8_16_06.htm\"><br \/>\nthe Yankee group predicts 44% market share for the PS3 in 2011<\/a><br \/>\nI would bet money on this not to be true. I think that Microsoft will sell more than 27 Million Xbox 360s and Sony will never sell more than ten Million PS3s. Ever. Come back here and comment as much as you like once they should do. Those &#8216;experts&#8217; at the Yankee group see Sony push 30 million units. Amazing.<\/p>\n<p>But what do you do if you have an ailing consultancy? You publish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsserver\/facts\/analyses\/yankeetcoupdate.mspx\"> controversial statements<\/a>.<br \/>\nAnd you hope that nobody finds your past <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecommercetimes.com\/story\/1504.html\">prediction attempts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Yankee group predicts 44% market share for the PS3 in 2011 I would bet money on this not to be true. I think that Microsoft will sell more than 27 Million Xbox 360s and Sony will never sell more than ten Million PS3s. Ever. 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