Success or Failure?

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leo-j said:

johnsobas said:
I don't really agree, I think think that a system is a success if it does what the company intended it to do. The PS2 was a success, and the PS3 so far is a failure because they both were made to be market leaders which is clear by their loss taking strategies. If the PS3 sells 30 million it's a failure, but for gamecube to sell 30 million (it didn't even get that high) it would be decent.

You cant compare the GC and the ps3 in any way, right now there are easily more than 30 million people that want a ps3, but cant have it due to the cost of the console. The ps3 is a 10 year system. It is nowhere near being a failure if it just came out started selling bad, but look at it now its out selling the 360 even at North America.

 There are lots of ways you can compare the PS3 to the GC right now. I actually posted this in another thread recently, but here take a look. 

 

If you look closely at the graph you can see the EU launch pushed it up over the GC/Xbox lines.  But looking ahead to the following two christmas seasons, the GC performance is similar to what the PS3 is expected to do.  What I mean is the yr 2 PS3 christmas coincides with a mediocre yr 2 GC X-mas and the yr 3 PS3 X-mas will coincide with a larger yr 3 GC x-mas.  So really the current PS3 expectations follow the graph pretty well considering how different they are from a demographic appeal standpoint.

 Now like I said in the other thread I posted that graph in.  The PS3 is not "doomed' to any one fate yet. They still have plenty of maneuvering ability to get sales going.  But you would be fooling yourself to think that the PS3 has done anything but underperform to date.