Will PS3 eventually pass 360?

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leo-j said:

dtewi said:
But what makes you think everyone wants one? Nintendo dropped the price of the Gamecube low yet no one wanted one, what makes you think the PS3 is the opposite.

Because it is a playstation system, ps2 did well because ps1 did well history repeats its self, wat if the wii stops selling? Wat if the 360 burns microsoft corp down? Wat if sony was destroyed by a meteor? What if etc..

the ps1 did great selling 100million ps2 selling 110million and all of a sudden the ps3 is going to sell 25 million?You see that people want it when it outsells a much chaper system with almost the same graphics with alot more games. People want it but cant afford it.

Wat if sales don't pick up, and stay at similar levels throughout its lifespan? Is that such an unlikely thing to happen?

This is exactly the attitude that has killed off so many companies. Our product succeeded in the past, therefore it will succeed in the future.

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Its not that the PS3 will sell 25m. Look at the DS vrs PSP - everyone keeps forgetting the analogies.

The PS3 may well 25m within 3 years - and by then the Wii will be sitting at 55m-60m.

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Here's a question for you - if the PS3 sells 50m in 5 years, is it a success? Is it still a success if the Wii has sold 120m in the same period? What if the 360 sells 60m in the same time?

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What Sony wants to happen - for the PS3 to outsell the competition by 2:1 - is simply just not going to happen. Its not that it won't be a successful console - it almost certainly will - its that it will almost certainly lose this generation, and possibly come 3rd (i.e. what this thread is about - it is fighting for 2nd spot with the 360 at the moment).