Will the PS3 EVER reach 40 million?

[Final-Fan]

abcdario said:

Final-Fan said:

Dodece said:
They just don't give a shit they haven't given a shit since Sony launched a six hundred dollar console with not games which nobody bought.

Is that why the PS3 has sold faster since launch than the 360 did?

Seriously, the PS3 is never going to hit 80 million, but it's not on its deathbed either.  People have said it was doomed before, on multiple occasions, and I won't be surprised if it stages another comeback.

The PS3 may have sold more than X360 since launch, but u also need to place the fact that in the launch of the X360 the PS2 and the X-Box where still strong among the gamers, and when the PS3 came out, together with the X360 and the Wii began to displace the last generation and start this one. The hard road was done by the X360 . . .

Another fact to talk is the brand "Play Station", it was a very strong band and to have been in mind for 120 million and now be displaced by the "Wii" and account for only 19 million in its second year is something to worry :)

On the other hand, the 360's first year wasn't competing with the Wii -- and its second year was competing with a very supply constrained Wii.  Also, the 360 was able to monopolize early adopters.  There are many factors but I don't think either situation was massively more advantageous. 

Certainly the PS3 will never live up to the PS2; the crown has already passed to the Wii, although many choose not to see it since it's not the "rightful heir".  But never confuse that for OMG DOOMED.   

As for the PlayStation brand, I have to think that the damage is already done.  No one is going to wake up tomorrow and think, "Wait a sec!  Playstation isn't the popular thing anymore?  Shock!  Surprise!  I was going to get a PS3 but now I'll get a 360/Wii."