lapsed_gamer on 15 January 2009
| CMoney said: Everybody fighting over ps3 and xbox 360 numbers need to relax, because those aren't the numbers sony is concerned about. The 60% drop is ps2 sales is what is killing sony right now because they make a profit on the ps2 hardware. When they released the ps3 they assumed the ps2 would gradually decrease in slaes and the ps3 would continuously and gradually increase. Thats hasn't been the case, and now there is a HUGE gap between the ps2 AND ps3 sales. The ps3 is not filling the financial void left by the ps2's huge decrease. Considering the poor economy the ps2 sales should have been marginally higher than 400,000. Recap - ps3 sales are not bad, but with the console still losing money and no ps2 cash cow, sony is in trouble. |
I think this is why Microsoft released the Arcade and cut its price to $200. Not to hurt PS3 or Wii, but to take sales away from PS2.
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