Analyst predicts 127m PS3 sales

[Arius Dion]

Buzzi said:

Arius Dion said:

Buzzi said:
We know the PS3 will be on markets for more years than Wii, that's pretty sure...but we don't know how it will sell after Wii2's launch...do they really think that if Wii 2 launches in 2012, with Wii Sports 3, NSMBW 2, Mario Kart Wii 2 and some other great games it won't become immediately the market leader? And if it is as powerful as a PS3 (quite possible, in 2012 at 250$ it would make profits from the beginning) why should customers buy a PS3 (considering the games which expand the audience are being published now, so in the next years the sales will be caused more by existing games than new ones) ? Wii eill sell over 100m before the new console launch, but then it son't stop selling, likely topping 110-120m. The PS3 I think will struggle to sell more than 90m LTD.

I don't think we know that at all. That's like saying back during the N64/PS1 era that: We know the N64 will be on the markets for more years than the PS1. Tech doesn't determine how long a product is on the market..the market (consumers) do. No third place console has lingered on the market after its successor is released, and no market leading console has ever puttered out after its successor has been released.

As for prof..If PS3 is only up 30% after the 100$ price cut/redesign compared to last year when sales were nothing to write home about, that's not to reassuring that PS3 will hit this mythical number.

But PS3 is starting selling now, and Sony still have to make profit on it...they won't cut it when the tecnology is extremely advanced (someone even says Wii 2 will not reach this power) and can sell a lot. But I think PS3 will sell well before the next generation, and then decline sharply...15-16m in these years is likely, for 2012-2013 is way difficult IMO.

Definitely entitled to your opinion but few things real quick; Someone even says the Wii 2 will not reach this power? Says who? Second, PS3's tech is not extremely advanced..not any more and will continue to become more and more obsolete as the months and years go by and come 2012 it will be comparable to what the PS2 is now. N64 was selling also and made Nintendo big profits, not just breaking even like Sony still isn't doing on the PS3. And again, historically no third place or 'losing' console has ever lingered into the next gen and has been cut off rather suddenly. The idea that "Sony Consoles sell for ten years" isn't accurate because it doesn't matter if its Sony's, Nintendo's or whoevers console, if its the market leading console it will last as long as the market allows. IMO of course.