Does anyone still believe in a major turnaround this gen?

[Bitmap Frogs]

thismeintiel said:

Bitmap Frogs said:
Yeah, the whole "OMGZ THERES ONE HUNDRED MILLION PS2 OWNERS WAITING TO UPGRADE" was sort-of ok in 2007, laughable in 2008 and straight joke-account status in 2009.

Current gen has sold over 100 million consoles already. But reality will never sink in for some people.

Last time I checked there were more than 100 million in the entire world.  Hell that's less than in most countries.  To act like no one else will buy a console, or those that will buy one in the future will just stick with the trends is just insane.  And as many posts I have read about how someone will get a PS3 when a certain game comes out or when the price drops, change is definitely possible.  Now I'm not saying all will keep their word, but I am sure a lot will.  And considering I'm one of those who waited till 2008 to get a PS3, and do not own a 360, I can see first hand there are those like that. 

Saying that I do believe that Wii will stay in first.  They have way too many casual gamers to lose that.  But the fight for second is not over.  I personally see it being quite close near the end.  We still have 2-3 years to go in this gen, guys.  To call it now would just be arrogant, since a lot can change in 3 years.

 

But last gen sold how many, 170-190 million consoles? 

Are you implying this gen will sell six billion consoles? Get real. This gen is half over or on the verge of hitting it's half.

In your own words, there's two to three years to go. In order for the ps3 to close the gap it needs to outsell the 360 by as much as 250k-375k / month. And that's just to get on even ground. Every week that goes by where the 360 outsells the ps3 increases that figure. To give you an idea of what it means, the Wii (you know, the generation winner) is outselling the 360 by around 400k monthly. 

Right now for the ps3 to close the gap and tie with the 360 it needs to be as succesful as the Wii NOW. If the situation doesn't change for the following 3-4 months, the ps3 would need to become even more succesful than the Wii just to tie it with the 360.