| WereKitten said: The PS3 vs GameCube sale equivalence is about right if you limit your data to the USA. But WW sales look entirely different. In general, I really can't understand where the meme about PS3's so-called "horrible sales" or even "failure" comes from... the PS3 is not storming the market but is selling well enough against consoles that 1) are much less expensive up-front (in price tag terms) 2) are much better advertised 3a) had a whole year to estabilish a foothold in mindshare and advance in game quality (Xbox 360) or 3b) cater to a different and much wider market (Wii) In particular it's selling better (at equal time from release) than the cheaper x360 that is its most direct adversary in its market niche. |
The problem is that those things are merely excuses (no offense meant). Sony didn't launch the PS3 as they did expecting that its price, time-to-market would cause it to be 3rd for so long. They simply thought it could do better, and were wrong.
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