PS3 flops in US (March) - what now?

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Well, now that the figures for March are out we can properly dissect and analyse them.

 

To me, the big news is that the PS3 flopped. This was meant to be its 'comeback' month (as stated by Kwaad, and other PS3 ... fans).

The sales were going to be driven by Motorstorm (1st party, exclusive PS3 title), HOME announcement (stories of people seeing the announcement, and "rushing out" to buy a PS3), various other releases (Oblivion, MLB). And to top it off, the top selling title for the month - God of War II - would have been a great title to run on a PS3 (improved graphics, etc...).

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But with all of that, the PS3 FLOPPED. It not only came last in sales, the sales were down approximately 20% over February (comparing a 5-week sales period to a 4-week period).

The sales in the US averaged around 25k / week, and the sales in Japan around 25k / week (over the same period).

The sales are weak, it is being comprehensively outsold by all its competition (including its older brother the PS2) - and there are no significant exclusives hitting the console for months to come.

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What happens now? The obvious answer is a "price-cut" (similar to the Xbox1 had, when faced with a similar sales/market position last generation). If Sony don't cut the price - what happens to the PS3? Will a price cut of $100US even make that much of a difference?