So who thought Sony was crazy when they said the PS3 will sell 13m for 2009

[joeorc]

jacks81x said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

joeorc said:

dolemit3 said:
If 13 million per year is a crazy sell through, the expectations must be really low nowadays from Camp Sony.

what?

we are in a

a) RECESSION

B) the price of the PS3 just hit over christmas $299.00

and it's still only FEB of 2010, and the price of the PS3 is still $299.00

13 million for the year is just being realistic in my opinion.

Its still low expectations, when compared to a certain smaller console

Well, it wouldn't be realistic to expect a more expensive console to outsell a cheaper console.  BMW is never going to sell more cars than Honda.  Not everyone can afford luxury.

yea does this sound like Sony expected the PS3 to sell more than the PS2 right from the start?

"I'm aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi to a mostly Japanese crowd. "But we're aiming for consumers throughout the world. So we're going to have to do our best [in containing the price]."

this was back in 2005 before the PS3 released in 2006

that does not sound like they expected the PS3 to sell as well as the PS2 right from the start.

the PS2 released for $300.00

the playstation 3 released for $500.00 and $600.00

there was quite an upgrade from the PS2 to the PS3 in hardware. for $200.00 the price was expensive, some buyer's think it was worth it other's did not, but it does not take someone being a rocket scientist to see that even Sony knew the price would be one of the thing's that would slow the sale's of the PS3.

the very fact that it did sale pretty d@mn good for a $500.00 and $600.00 system is d@mn feat in of itself.