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Rainbird on 07 June 2009
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HappySqurriel said:
Million said:
Squilliam said:
The PS3 is going to go seriously downwards YOY for the month of June, I would say the task may be impossible even with a $100 price cut and GT5.

Bull , there is clearly more demand for the PS3 than there is the 360 , this is evident with the PS3 being able to sell within range of the 360 with a serious price disadvantage. GT5 is the biggest simulation racing game on any platform and PS3 sales improve substantialy with every price cut , a price cut in our economic conditions make a price cut much more neccasery.

Wouldn't it be fair to say that the only reason that the PS3 has been able to stay within a similar sales range as the XBox 360 is because Microsoft has been unable to make inroads into the Japaneese market?

While I don't agree with Million's sentiment, I do believe he speaks in terms of WW weekly sales, where the PS3 had its peak in Japan, selling at 13k or so, around its best time, more units than the 360, and when when taken into the context of the worldwide numbers, 13k is not really that much.

I'm not saying Japan is not of importance, but it's certainly not that important.

EDIT: Actually, I want to expand on that.

Currently, the gap between the 360 and PS3 WW weekly are shrinking, with the two being closer and closer. All while the PS3 sales in Japan have been lowering, meaning the importance Japan had for the PS3 is currently even more insignificant than before, and the PS3 still holds up.