Microsoft: on PS3s recent sales surge "We expect it to be short-term and we expect them to be back down to third place soon like they’ve always been.”

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nightsurge said:

Loud_Hot_White_Box said:

As pointed out, Sony wasn't  really in 3rd place in 08 sales and they won't be this year, either.

Someone will bump this thread in a few months and we will see if the MS rep was correct.

 

"like they've always been"? ...PS2 gen says 'hi'.  "Almost never been" is more accurate.

PS3 was behind in overall 2008 sales by ~800,000 units.  The shipments are about equal because there were many unsold units and much lower demand at the end of 2008 than originally thought.  Lots of stores were having massive clearances of old 40GB PS3's for well into 2009 because of this.  Also, "like they've always been" is referring to PS3 only so the PS2 generation can..... calmly stay out of this conversation since it is not a factor

Ah, convenient, convenient!  Then they can at least feel good about a little something!

Further, broader considerations can always be point out by others, however.