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The head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe said in an interview that in nine months time Sony PlayStation 3 game console will win the battle against both Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. David Reeves did not explain the reasons why Sony PlayStation 3 will transform to the winner from the outsider of the new-generation console battle, but compared the popularity of the PS3 with tsunami, which makes one massive hit.

“PlayStation 3, you will see, will be far and away the winner when you look at it by March 2008. They really, really will. It’s something that is going to be a slow burner, and suddenly it’s like a tsunami; it will just overtake you,” said Mr. Reeves in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz web-site.

Currently Sony PlayStation 3 game console is outsold by six to one by Nintendo Wii in Japan (data by Media Create), by four to one by Nintendo Wii in the U.S. (data by NPD Group) and by nearly two to one by Microsoft Xbox 360 in the USA. Even though Sony also manages to outsell Microsoft Corp.’s latest offering by about five to one in Japan, the company is still in such a difficult situation that departing Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the interactive entertainment business in the entertainment and devices division of Microsoft Corp., even called Sony’s business model “crumbling” in a recent interview.

“[…] Sony is getting outsold by what, 6-to-1 [in Japan]? You can bet that Sony built a long-term business plan about being successful in Japan and that business plan is crumbling,” Mr. Moore said in an interview with GameDaily Biz web-site.