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Squilliam on 18 July 2009
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hellonearth said:
Squilliam said:
And why do the people who post that always neglect this?: http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=176&weekly=1 ?

Whats going to happen when the PS3 sales hit the massive spike in late 2008 and early 2009 on that graph?

More than likely be out on the market longer? Ok, give me proof or give yourself death. Thats the kicker with that graph, since Microsoft have explicitly stated that they are only half way through their generation. Their sales have never fallen when you take one year and compare it to the next.


What is that chart supposed to prove? If anything, you just help prove my point that sales always fluctuate between the systems as the link you provide clearly shows the Ps3 has outsold the 360 and vice versa. It doesnt stay the same.

 

"More than likely be out on the market longer? Ok, give me proof or give yourself death."

 

Why would the onus be on me to prove it? Why don't YOU prove that it won't be on the market longer. look at Sonys past history with PsOne and Ps2 and it doesnt take a genius to figure out that they support their consoles far longer than anyone else. the Ps2 is STILL selling on par with these next-gen consoles and we're already 3.5 years into this gen.

 

 

It proves that if the PS3s sales don't improve by a huge margin that the gap between them on that graph will sink to less than 1M consoles by the end of the year. Because it proves that, it proves a lot.

Lets see: NES: 1st in generation, sold for ages. SNES: First in generation, sold for ages. N64 second in generation, was discontinued before the SNES was. Gamecube: Discontinued 5 years later, 3rd in generation.

PS1: 1st in generation, sold for ages. PS2: 1st in generation, sold for ages. PS3: will get a close 2nd using the most optimistic projections at best and most likely 3rd, will not survive a generational transition the 2nd/3rd place consoles never do.

So wheres your proof that the PS3 will buck the trends and last 10 years? The fact that the previous generation console was first and sold for ages does not give the next generation console a legacy, see N64 for proof.

Btw the record for support for a console actually belongs to Nintendo the SNES and NES both lasted longer than 10 years.

If Sony had a 2nd/3rd place console that lasted 10 years you'd have proof.



Tease.