PS3 flops in US (March) - what now?

[shams]

FishyJoe said:

shams said:

I'll go out on a limb right now:

April US sales: The DS & Wii will be the two top selling consoles. The PS3 will sell under 100k for the month.

...then its all downhill for the PS3, until the first price cut.

 

I wouldn't exactly call that going out on a limb.

Hmmm... I think you have a point there :)

Referring to this list: http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=11067

...when is the last time a (non-Gamecube) console sold less than 100k units in the US in a month? (also excluding the Xbox, since the 360 has been released...).

The answer - it has only ever happened ONCE (since 2002 anyway). The Xbox 1 sold 80k in April 2002, then received a price cut - then boomed from there. The next two sets of WORST monthly sales ever(*) in the US are held by the PS3 (Feb & March 2007).

(* - the Xbox did hit 120k once, and 130k a couple of times in its lifetime. But considering that the gaming market is now considerably larger than in 2002/2003, Im comfortable with those figures).

That's right everyone... the PS3 is approaching GC sales figures in the US.