What % of PS3 Slim Sales are Phat PS3 owners REBUYING PS3's?!

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the_bloodwalker said:

We need to calm down. being aggressive of data that we will never know and for obvious reasons Sony will never reveal (not without a spin) like any other hardware manufacturing company.

If we want to be reasonable, then we must all accept that there is a percentage of users that bought or intend to buy a PS3 slim and already own a PS3. in order to be know how high, unbiased parties need to go around the worls asking this question with carefully chosen population samples to avoid any deviation of data. So assumptions won't even touch the tip of the iceberg.

However, there are reason why current consumers would want a new, redesigned model that practically does the same thing. The answer lies in the consumers' way of thinking. Some customers will buy a slim PS3 just because it's new, they see the fat one as old and want to move on (giving it to a relative maybe), in a similar case why many DS owners went to DS Lite, went from a thin-flast screen TV to a thinner one with the same resolution, from big ass TV to bigger ass TV, etc.

Hardware manufacturers know that with releases of new designs they will get that extra percentage in sales from current customers. However it's their decision to see if that percentage is relevant or not to go that route.

I know fanboys that buy a slim PS3 just for the sake of supporting Sony...

I agree with the last line.

@ Smashed. So you know better than ioi now? Perhaps you ought to do the weekly sales numbers from now on then?