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FinalEvangelion on 03 June 2008

Why does the PS3 need a savior again? Developers are developing games for it, it's been outselling the 360 the entire year (not saying the 360 needs to be saved either). It's also selling much better than it was this time last year.

Maybe it won't sell like the Wii, but it seems like companies like Ubi, Epic, Take 2 are still putting most of their resources in HD. Sounds good to me.



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tabsina on 03 June 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@tabsina

why do you think a BIG GT 5 fan hasn't brought it....I refuse to pay for a demo thats why, its like giving free cash to them!

so I feel I can call it a demo.

despite me quoting your post, it wasn't you who i had beef with, it was the fact that noone corrected you -- i actually completely agree with what you are saying, i'm just annoyed that if it was said by a non-ps3 owner, there would be tonnes of backlash about it not being a demo

sorry i realise now that i didn't make that clear in my previous post



CrazzyMan on 03 June 2008

Again, let`s think.
PS3 after GT5P release and GTA4 in Others now having steady around 100-105k from 80-85k. After MGS4 release sales may go steady to 120k per week. :)

In USA(because there is no 80GB model) it from average 40-50k since march after GTA4 went again to 40-50k.
1) data can be incorrect.
2) people wait for MGS4 and 80GB models.
So now, MGS4 will trully show, have BIG tittles any effect on PS3 sales in USA or not.
If sales will go up atleast till 70-80k per week, and have steady level, then it will be considered as PS3 saviour.

Moreover, in Japan also possible steady 20-30k sales for several months. Maybe even more. Since some new Japanese oriented games will be released during summer.

With total ~250k weekly sales = 1 mln. PS3s per month. That is definitely a good number.
Time will show.



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Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

darthdevidem01 on 03 June 2008

@superchunk

well the title of the topic was "why do people keep claiming" & now your saying its about the issue, the idea n not the opinions of people....

what are you going on about!



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Zucas on 03 June 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
@zucas

yes we have but lately PS3 has shown it doesn't need a saviour...

so suddenly a huge sales boost isn't expected

I would agree too.  I mean since the 40gb it's been doing quite well on its own.

Of coruse I think its hard for a lot of sony fans to understand that PS2 like numbers just arne't probable this generation and they want something like that.  I think they are just going to have to settle for where PS3 is heading this generation, and that's either a 2nd place of about 50-60 million or a close 1st of about 70-80 million just edging out Wii.



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darthdevidem01 on 03 June 2008

@tabsina

lol.....ok



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konnichiwa on 03 June 2008
konnichiwa said:
superchunk said:
Furthermore, the point of the thread was not to single out people, but to single out the ridicules idea that MGS4 will make a drastic, permanent change in PS3 sales.

 Euhm okay :). But the sales of the PS3 has already changed the last year dramatically.  Search how much the PS3 sold like a year ago and how much it sells now;.


 
I searched it for you.

One year ago the PS3 sold weekly around 60K.


Now we see weekly sales of 150k...






colonelstubbs on 03 June 2008
FinalEvangelion said:
Why does the PS3 need a savior again? Developers are developing games for it, it's been outselling the 360 the entire year (not saying the 360 needs to be saved either). It's also selling much better than it was this time last year.

Maybe it won't sell like the Wii, but it seems like companies like Ubi, Epic, Take 2 are still putting most of their resources in HD. Sounds good to me.

EXACTLY.

Why indeed?



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Instant_Karma on 03 June 2008

As has been stated before, the PS3 doesn't need a savior. It's still selling faster than the Xbox 360 in a much shorter period of time and such momentum will continue into next year, a year with a much stronger library than this one. Only a fool at this point would fail to realize the big picture and that not every company, especially one selling a system as costly as it is, will have Wii success.

At this point all we can do is guess. MGS4 could be a monster of a system-seller or it could just simply sell well. Absolutely it will not be a flop, though seeing as this game is being more hyped and pushed harder than its predecessors, I'd say the safe bet is on this game being the most successful of the series (long-term as the current install-base isn't large enough to make it overnight).



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superchunk on 03 June 2008
konnichiwa said:
konnichiwa said:
superchunk said:
Furthermore, the point of the thread was not to single out people, but to single out the ridicules idea that MGS4 will make a drastic, permanent change in PS3 sales.

Euhm okay :). But the sales of the PS3 has already changed the last year dramatically. Search how much the PS3 sold like a year ago and how much it sells now;.



I searched it for you.

One year ago the PS3 sold weekly around 60K.


Now we see weekly sales of 150k...

I believe in my original post I said it had large change from last year. I also said that was not do to a single game, but that it was due to a combination of many things.

I also said it will not see anywhere near that same change next year as it is not having the same combination of changes in 2008 as it did in 2007 and MGS4 will not drive those up like some people claim.